Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Florida Women for Bernie Sanders

Like their page on Facebook. here

Ybor City Dash Cam On A Saturday Night

Good work Joe Keel

Hillsborough County drops its attempt to charge Keel and Curley Winery owner, Joe Keel, for their defense costs in defending ethics charges against County Commissioner Al Higginbotham. here

"Good work Joe Keel of Keel & Curley Winery. Thank you for standing up for the right of people to take on the powers that be. It's never easy. I appreciate you standing up." Pat Kemp

MaryJo Pezzi: An election rigged for Bush by Jeb Bush

The government of Florida tossed out thousands of African American Voters from the Registry in 2000 and also turned away thousands of African Americans from polling places. At the heart of this American political scandal was Gov. Jeb Bush and his Secretary of State in charge of counting the votes, who was also President of the George W. Bush for President campaign.

In fact, in ‪#‎Florida‬ a black person is 1000% more likely than a white person to have their vote thrown out.

Going into the 2016 elections, it is important to remember what happened in 2000 because Jeb Bush is now a candidate for President of the United States. here

United For Care Tampa Bay Regional Office Grand Opening In Ybor

July 31 at 5:30pm
Common Bond Collaborative
Ybor City

St. Pete We Want Bernie Party

Today 6:30pm
Antonio's Pizza 2805 38th Ave N

Monday, July 27, 2015

La Gaceta Trashes Go Hillsborough

Patrick Manteiga, editor of La Gaceta, wrote a thorough analysis & major trashing of the county's push to raise our sales tax to pay for some transportation projects — mostly roads & road improvements, with relatively 
little for mass transit.

Check out what this blog has been posting about this sham.

What Stogie Had For Lunch


Red Nule Ruben
At The Red Mule Pub in Brooksville
This place is at an ordinary shopping center, but once you go inside
it is like stepping into another place and time. They have Yuengling on tap and the food is great. Stop in and say hello to Linda. Visit them here
What an awesome place, We will be back!

16 Lane Interstate Thru the Heart of Tampa

Important Public Meetings on Proposed 16 Lane Interstate 
Thru the Heart of Tampa
Tuesday, July 28 7:00 - 9:00 pm
American Legion Post 111, 6918 N Florida Ave
info

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Mike
He is from New York, homeless 1 year.

From the West Bank to South St Pete: Solidarity with Palestinian and African Liberation

July 29th - 6:30pm
Akwaaba Hall
1245 18th Ave S, St. Pete

Gulfport Bernie Sanders Party

Today - 6:30pm
Neptune Grill
5501 Shore Blvd S, Gulfport

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Hillsborough County Commissioner's Same Old Bullshit

The County Commission wants to add a half-cent sales tax to the ballot for 2016 and they only want 25% for transit and a guaranteed 60% for road maintenance and building. It's so much more of the same. Also, despite a $100 million dollar surplus this year, the Commission won't give anything at all to transit. $10 million dollars and we could have a high speed ferry system. $30 million and we could double the budget for HART. It's time for change! 
 Oh yeah - the consultants now have made $1.25 million.
Pat Kemp

"GO Hillsborough" was all a sham!
Check this out!

Hillsborough County we have to 
rid ourselves of our Right Wing Infestation,
Kevin Beckner can not do it alone! 
Where is Pam Iorio? We want her back!

Inverness Gun Shop Now “Muslim Free Zone"

Ybor Space

At The Bricks

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chopped Steak 
with Mash Potatoes and Corn
At Rooster's Cafe in Brooksville
Visit them here

Jeb Bush: We Need to “Phase Out” Medicare

Sarasota We Want Bernie Party!

Today 4pm
Dutch Valley Restaurant
6721 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Party With Jessica Rose In Safety Harbor

Join Local Treasure Jessica Rose to celebrate the release of "Maybe", her first music video At Bar Fly 
in Safety Harbor. info

I4/1275 Toll Lanes Town Hall In Tampa

July 28th _ 7pm
America Legion Post 111 in Tampa

Florida Have You Signed The Petition


The streets of Ybor
For medical marijuana?
here 

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Omelette with Ham
And a salad
At Suncoast Diner in Homosassa
Visit them here
Nome of the Trump Tower

Ybor Paparazzi

Ian and Justin
Two local greats I have known since they were born.

Friday, July 24, 2015

Tampa Mayor Supports The MCM

Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn is in no hurry to court Cuba. He has taken the position of the Uber- Right Wing "Miami Cuban Mafia". His aloofness is at odds with most in Tampa, from the business chamber to other elected officials, many of whom have visited Cuba already and have been actively pushing for better relations with Havana. Could it be that Buckhorn's antipathy is calculated for a speculated run for governor in 2018, where he would appeal more to South Florida's Cuban exiles? I am sure he knows that polls show a majority of Cuban-Americans say the U.S. should end its embargo of Cuba. 

On the other side of the pond the great mayor of St. Pete Rick Kriseman is a player. He didn't hide his glee earlier this week when the United States and Cuba reopened their long-closed embassies. "This can only mean great things for the Sunshine City and the Tampa Bay area," Kriseman said on Twitter and Facebook, where he repeated his intent to visit Cuba. He even wants to steal the Cuban consulate office from Ybor City. here

Miami Cuban Mafia Exposed

Florida GOP Luncheon

Masaryktown

Local Great Joe Kotvas's New Book

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Moo goo gai pan
At At China Palace in North Port
Visit them here

Miami Cuban Mafia Rejects Reopening of Cuban Embassy in the U.S.

Congressional Republicans for Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Curbelo, expressed on Tuesday their rejection to the reopening of the Cuban embassy and announced their opposition in Congress to the appointment of the future ambassador. here

Miami Cuban Mafia Exposed

Thursday, July 23, 2015

$8.1 Million For Florida Republicans To Defend Their Lying And Cheating

Florida legislators announced Monday they will convene a 12-day special session starting Aug. 10 to comply with a court order to revise the state's congressional districts after spending $8.1 million defending their flawed map in court. here

Will they be working for free doing the 
12-day special session?


freelube@yborcitystogie.com

Florida's savviest Political Players Pick Gwen Graham For Us

The latest Tampa Bay Times Florida Insider Poll 
160 of Florida's savviest and most 
experienced political players 
voted U.S. Reps. David Jolly, R-Indian Shores, 
and Gwen Graham, DINO-Tallahassee, 
the most formidable general election candidates their parties could field 
to succeed Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

Letter Jeb Bush wrote to the swiftboaters in 2005

2005: Letter Jeb Bush wrote to the men who orchestrated the smear campaign against then-presidential candidate John Kerry.

2015: Enough with the slanderous attacks. @SenJohnMcCain and all our veterans - particularly POWs have earned our respect and admiration.

Local Idiots: Dade City Mom Rhiannon Gentry

Abandoned her three children at a Waffle House in Augusta, Georgia so that she could go booze it up at a bar across the street. here

United For Care Petitioning at Slightly Stoopid Concert @ Vinoy Park

Sunday 2:30pm
Vinoy Park - St. Pete 
Looking for Volunteers

Kevin Beckner Found Bigfoot

Eat your heart out Tim Fasano

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Marco Rubio Not Cuba's Favorite Son

This should not come as a surprise. Rubio is a reactionary fanatic who demagogues incessantly about the evils of the Cuban government. He supports illegal and immoral policies that cause vast damage to the Cuban economy and needless suffering by the Cuban people.

But Rubio cannot accept that Cubans’ nearly unanimous rejection of his right-wing politics might mean he is badly mistaken in his Manichean view of the Cuban socioeconomic system. Rubio wears Cubans’ disapproval of him as a badge of honor. For Rubio, Cubans are incapable of independent judgement. If the Cuban people are against him, it means they must be brainwashed 
by the evil Castro regime.

Miami Cuban Mafia Esposed

"Let Cubans deside whats best for them, 
not the cowards who ran away from the revolution."

Florida GOP Ron DeSantis Wants To Stop The Iran Deal


George Lopez: Fuck That Puto

Feds Dumped Bombs In Gulf Of Mexico

One just washed up on shore in 
St. Pete Beach
"We thought it was strange that a World War II bomb would be in the Gulf of Mexico in the first place. But then we found this congressional report that said that many unused weapons were actually dumped in the oceans and the Gulf in the years following World War II," 

Mustard projectiles leaking mustard?
Toxic munitions?

2015 Florida Middle Class Champions

Wow all Democrats!
what a surprise
here
Thanks to our local hero Janet Cruz!

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

BernieSanders White Knights

A local activist brought to our attention this commentary by the website "Fight Back News" on her Facebook page (Which no longer exist) on why they will not support Bernie Sanders. here

"we cannot support the candidacy of Mr. Sanders. As senator, Sanders supported the 2010 Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill that included more militarization of the border, more temporary workers, cutting legal immigration from Africa in half by the elimination of the so-called diversity visa, and cutting back on family reunification visas. Sanders has said almost nothing about the ongoing police occupation of oppressed nationality communities, and the plague of police killings that target young Black and brown men."

We expressed our opinion on her comment section but the post disappeared, apparently  dissent is not tolerated. 

We think one of their own said it best:
"It's an organizing opportunity, not a horse race or a checkoff list of 'correct' positions. Avoiding the electoral area, failing to build organizations with a capacity to win elections at the grassroots, and counter-posing it with a kind of 'street heat syndicalism.' isn't going to get us where we need to go."
Carl Davidson, Online University of the Left

Sandra Bland Deserves Justice

Last Friday, 28 year-old Sandra Bland was driving to her new job in Waller County, TX when she was pulled over for switching lanes without a signal--a routine violation that usually ends with a ticket. But instead, officers slammed her head into the ground and arrested her. Three days later, she died in police custody. here

Fight For 15 Rally In St. Pete Today

5:30pm
Child's Park Recreation
4301 13th Ave S, Saint Pete

Rick Scott Is Cool With Trump's Racism

HE WAS NOT OFFENDED
He was asked what he thought of Trump's comments on whether Mexican immigrants were, for the most part, "killers" and "rapists". You would think Rick Scott could handle an easy condemnation of Trump's remarks considering he is governor of a state with 
a very large Hispanic population. here

The Republic Of Ybor


Marco Rubio Drinking Water

Being Marco Rubio is a thirsty business

Monday, July 20, 2015

Thank you President Obama: The Beautiful Cuban Flag Flies Again In DC After 54 Years

Latino Right Wing Florida Blogger Javier Manjarres

Mexican-American Comedian George Lopez, performed this past  Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona, leading  “the audience at the Phoenix Celebrity Theatre in a profanity-laced chat against” Donald Trump. here

Here is what Mr. Manjarres had to say:

"Just because Lopez is Latino, he does not represent every Latino from countries like Brazil, Colombian, Venezuela, or even Mexico. (You forgot Cuba) Hey George, not every Latino is Mexican, and many of these Latinos support what Donald Trump said."

Florida GOP Welcome To Ybor

7th Ave.