In the course of just seven months, the budget fell apart and the House and the Senate fell short of agreement on redrawing congressional and Senate districts. In total, the cost to taxpayers of repeated special sessions this year is likely to exceed $1 million. here
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Florida GOP Failures Costing Taxpayers Over $1M
Flip-Flopper Al Higginbotham
As a candidate for the Hillsborough County Commission last year, Republican Al Higginbotham promised to support a sales tax for transportation projects if it was approved by a city-county board called the Policy Leadership Group.
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The leadership group voted 8-3 to recommend that the county commission put a half-cent-per-dollar sales tax on the November 2016 ballot. Higginbotham voted against the measure. More importantly, Higginbotham said he will vote against holding the referendum when the commission makes a final decision in December
— an apparent flip-flop. here
St. Petersburg, Florida's Progressive City
St. Pete is home to the largest Pride Festival
in all of Florida.
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All but one City Council member are Democrats.
So too is the Mayor.
So too is the Mayor.
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The city is taking steps to soon launch a bike share program to eliminate vehicular congestion in downtown.
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The city is taking steps to soon launch a bike share program to eliminate vehicular congestion in downtown.
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Residents can drive two blocks in and around downtown seeing public art displayed on any one of dozens of wall murals.
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Mayor Rick Kriseman wants to put $1 million into an arts endowment. We’re the No. 2 midsize destination for the arts.
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A wage theft ordinance, increased parental leave policies including paid paternal leave and “ban the box,” a program geared to giving ex-felons a better shot at getting a job with the city.
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Kriseman even performed the first same-sex marriage ceremony when it became legal this year. here
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Kriseman even performed the first same-sex marriage ceremony when it became legal this year. here
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"We are what we value as a city. This is what makes St. Pete great."
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Janelle Irwin,
Progressive Florida,
St Pete
WTF: Rick Scott To Be Honored for Conservation?
The Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida has announced Florida Governor Rick Scott and First Lady Ann Scott will be honored at this year’s annual BlueGreen Event,
in Weston. here
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“Governor Scott has been instrumental in helping develop a strong connection between fish and wildlife conservation (Panthers) and traditional outdoors activities like hunting (Bears) and especially fishing,” said Rodney Barreto, Chairman of FWFF.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Rhea Chiles RIP
“Today is a profoundly sad, but also joyous day as we gather as a family to both celebrate and mourn the life and death of our mom, Rhea Chiles,'' wrote her children in a statement. here
November Solidarity Sunday In Tampa
Kay and Ashley
Danielle, Alvin, Kelly and Ashley
Of Fight For 15 Florida
At Lee's Grocery - Central Ave Tampa
Join Solidarity Sunday
Where Tampa Bay's Liberal Activist gather once a month!
Ybor City Will Get The Last Laugh
Corporate Welfare whore Ben Affleck's decision to build a fake Ybor City up the road might cost us in the short term.
Business lost at hotels, bars, restaurants, temporary jobs. After all everything is fake in Hollywood, right? But in the long term, if he sticks with the story, our little haven will be on the big screen. Want to talk about it?
Check this out!
Business lost at hotels, bars, restaurants, temporary jobs. After all everything is fake in Hollywood, right? But in the long term, if he sticks with the story, our little haven will be on the big screen. Want to talk about it?
Check this out!
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Ad 2 Tampa Bay,
Ben Affleck,
Corporate Welfare,
Ybor City
Rick Scott Wants $1 Billion For Corporate Welfare
Rick Scott urged manufacturers to
rally their employees
and lobby their legislators in support of his proposal to cut business taxes. Scott wants to eliminate corporate income taxes on manufacturers and retailers. here
Employees get fired up about your bosses not paying any taxes!
rally their employees
and lobby their legislators in support of his proposal to cut business taxes. Scott wants to eliminate corporate income taxes on manufacturers and retailers. here
Employees get fired up about your bosses not paying any taxes!
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Florida INC. Bill Johnson
The man who has spent the past few months urging lawmakers to pour tens of millions in additional state dollars into Enterprise Florida Inc. -- warning lawmakers its economic development fund is running dry --
spent the same period of time eating
at lavish restaurants with EFI staffers and staying at expensive hotels. here
Labels:
Bill Johnson,
Corporate Welfare,
Florida Inc.,
Florida's Culture Of Corruption,
Rick Scott's Florida
Florida GOP Ben Albritton Read A Book!
"We want to be very careful of course in providing speculation or personal opinion on something that may be out 5, 10, 15 or 30 years from now," he cautioned, "and not building concrete ideas or concrete decisions around this table on something that might be speculation." here
ResignRubio.com
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Truant) has quit on you. He’s quit on me. And he’s quit on 19,000,000+ people in Florida. Marco has been playing hooky. He is no longer showing up for his job, despite being paid nearly $15,000/month to do it. If he can’t be bothered to show up and vote, then he should quit, and we should all move on. Add your name now to tell Marco Rubio to resign from his Senate seat.
Florida GOP David Rivera Keeps Coming Back
As Marco Rubio emerges as a strong contender for the presidential nomination, the ghosts that have haunted his past are threatening to come back around for another pass. Former Rep. David Rivera who have been allies with Rubio since their political infancies. Rivera has been under investigation as the alleged mastermind of a campaign finance scheme. here
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Darden Rice On Wage Theft
St. Pete is the first city in Florida to pass a
Wage Theft law.
Wage Theft law.
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Darden Rice,
St Pete,
The Kriseman Administration
Fracking Coming To Florida
A bill that would create a new regulatory structure in Florida for oil and gas drilling, including the controversial practice known as "fracking," easily passed a House panel Tuesday despite roughly 50 environmentalists on hand to oppose the measure.
Filed by Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero,
and Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Avon Park,
on a straight party-line vote of 9-4. here
Estero and Avon Park
We got your back!
Write The FWC: No More Black Bear Slaughters
Florida's bear hunt – authorized and championed by Gov. Scott's Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) - was a dark day in the history of our state.
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Gov. Rick Scott’s Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) just completed their cruel and widely condemned Florida black bear hunt, and it was an unmitigated disaster. They were forced to end the hunt early after the state’s quota of 320 bears was nearly met in just two days. In the eastern Panhandle nearly triple the state’s quota of bears for that region were killed.
These numbers don’t even account for the orphaned bear cubs that will be unable to survive without their mothers, or the injured bears left to die in the forest, or any illegally killed undersized bears that went unreported. Unbelievably, despite this horrific debacle, Gov. Scott’s Fish and Wildlife Commission is already planning the next black bear bloodbath. Email the Fish and Wildlife Commission and demand they call off future Florida black bear hunts. here
Fight For 15 Rally - Downtown Tampa
Friday, November 6, 2015
Want A Bigger Penis? The Tea Party Can Help
Check out the e-mail they sent me:
Why Black Guys Are So Much Better Endowed Than White Guys.
Ever wonder why black guys are so much better hung than white guys? One researcher did – and what he discovered is shocking
It turns out there’s a very simple reason why black guys seem to be so “blessed” down there… But it’s not genetics.
Instead, it’s actually 100% due to the foods they eat from a very young age. And if you think that sounds crazy…
Inside, you’ll see the scientific proof that literally ANY man can still add additional length and strength without pumps, creams or pills. Plus, you’ll also be given the specific ethnic foods that I guarantee you hardly ever eat… But that will make your little man grow faster than Pinocchio’s nose. Seriously: if you think this sounds like a joke, you HAVE to watch this short video now. I thought the same thing when I first heard about this… But the growth I’ve seen since I started adding in these ethnic foods is just unbelievable.
Click here to watch it now.
Please note: For those of you wondering how they got my address,
I am a Newsletter Subscriber.
Please note: For those of you wondering how they got my address,
I am a Newsletter Subscriber.
Bucs, Dolphins And Jaguars File For Corporate Welfare
The Daytona Speedway is also asking for money. The Bucs want $1 million a year. here
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"It’s a tricky question at a costly time for the state. Should it be involved with giving money to existing teams that make a profit? Or could Florida’s other needs, such as road, education and infrastructure, make better use of the funding?" Gary Shelton
Labels:
Corporate Welfare,
Gary Shelton,
Jacksonville Jaguars,
Miami Dolphins,
Peter Schorsch,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Florida Power And Light Customers About To Take It Deep, Again!
will end up paying for.
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FPL got state approval to charge customers for more than $241 million in “advanced recovery costs” for two more nuclear reactors at the company’s aging Turkey Point plant in Miami.
Now comes news that FPL is trying to get customers to foot the bill for another expensive, dubious project — a new power plant near Lake Okeechobee that’s projected to cost a whopping $1.2-billion.
A billion here, a billion there, and we end up paying the costs every month for the rest of our lives. The price tags are so high, our children and
our grandchildren will still be paying.
our grandchildren will still be paying.
The kicker is that the power plant that FPL wants to build near Lake Okeechobee is not even necessary. here
Tell David Jolly to Stop Attacking Veterans Benefits
David Jolly, proposed dismantling the Department of Veterans Affairs. Say you won’t let him dishonor our veterans like this by adding your name to our petition right now. here
New Dem Picnic In Thonotosassa
A Sunday fundraiser for Charlie Crist's congressional campaign. It's being held at the Thonotosassa home of Alex Sink. Chaired by Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn. Why is
Kathy Castor going? here
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"Why isn't Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the list? That would be the icing on the craptacular cake." Sandy Lusk
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Alex Sink,
Bob Buckhorn,
Charlie Crist,
Kathy Castor,
New Dems
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Cuban Spies In Ybor City
Everybody wants the Cuban consulate established in Ybor City. Much of the Tampa Bay area business and political establishment and the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners. Then along comes these two wild and crazy Hillsborough Republicans.
Danny Alvarez and E.J. Otero.
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Alvarez said: “I am quite sick and tired of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce and its like pushing a money-driven agenda veiled in false promises of freedom for the Cuban people. It’s amazing how blind one can become after a few mojito-laced walks through Ol’ Havana on “fact-finding” missions guided
by a government handler.”
And then Otero makes a fool of himself with this:
"If a Cuban consulate was established in Ybor City, potential spies for the Cuban government could end residing just four miles away from
Mac Dill Air Force Base." here
Mr. Otero you gotta lay off those John Grisham novels!
"If a Cuban consulate was established in Ybor City, potential spies for the Cuban government could end residing just four miles away from
Mac Dill Air Force Base." here
Mr. Otero you gotta lay off those John Grisham novels!
Labels:
Bob Buckhorn,
cuban,
Cuban Embargo,
Danny Alvarez,
E.J. Otero,
Miami Cuban Mafia
Tourist Beware: Florida Law For Intimidating And Shooting People
Tourist Beware
The Florida GOP, never one to leave bad enough alone when it comes to gun safety, is returning to the state’s notorious Stand Your Ground law to make it even easier for defendants to use it as
a shield for intimidating and shooting people.
Senate committees approved legislation this month
that would relieve defendants of the need to prove that they were in fear for their lives. Instead, prosecutors would be required to disprove the self-defense claim. here
Ybor City Musician
14 people who didn't have to die in Florida’s mental hospitals
When Florida cut $100 million from mental hospitals and fired a third of their workers, patients paid the price — sometimes with their lives.
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THE PATIENTS
Miguel Menendez Carrera - Tuarus McNair
Luis Santana - Morris Celnikier
James Fleurant - James Bragman
Joerhonda Griffin - Taalib Glover
John Kenyon Whitaker - Steven A. Frank
Loida Espina - Michael Salacup
Blondine Williams - Rashida Wills
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article41984748.html#storylink=cpy
Floridians Against Fracking
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Has To Go
And she has to take her approach to building the party with her. How many times does Howard Dean's 50-state strategy have to be vindicated before the Democratic Party admits that he was right, and that Rahm Emanuel (and DWS)
were wrong? here
were wrong? here
Woman Goes Off On Anti- Abortion Protesters In Tampa
Florida’s Hardest Hit Fund A Flop
A federal inspector general paints Florida’s Hardest Hit Fund as a flop at saving homeowners from foreclosure. here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Poll: Everybody hates Jeb! (except rich people)
Meet N' Greet For Kevin Beckner
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Jeb Can Fix It: Remember The 2000 Election
Bush delivers a "reset" speech
"Our story is about action, doing, not just talking" he said
and he debuted the new "Jeb Can Fix It" motto.
By Monday afternoon, #JebCanFixIt had gone viral, becoming a trending hashtag on Twitter. But not necessarily in the way
the campaign wanted. here
Marco Rubio Snags Another Billionaire
Two days after the latest Republican debate, the Florida senator won the backing of billionaire investor
Paul Singer . here
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