RootStories - Tampa Bay

Kimberly Tucker

Genealogy, family history, and personal history researcher, writer, and educator. 

Visit her Website here - Like her on Facebook

 Call her 813.465.4905
Look ups in Tampa – St. Petersburg – Clearwater and Sarasota.

2015 Hillsborough County GOP

GOP E-Mail Scandal

Ken Hagan's Sports Complex

Bass Pro: Commissioners Benghazi

Go Hillsborough Focus Groups

GOP Corruption

Developers To Run 

County EPC

More Bullshit In Hillsborough County

Shifty Ken Hagan exploiting term limits loophole

Corporate Welfare

County Gives Hollywood $100,000

Tampa Solidarity with the Muslim community Picnic

New Year’s Day 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM January 1, 2016

 Lettuce Lake Park Shelter #1 6920 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa

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Scandalous Year In Tampa

Florida Ethics Commission Investigating

Ken Hagan, Sandy Murman 

And Bob Buckhorn

Bob Buckhorn Kissing FDOT Ass

Cuban Spies In Ybor City

Tampa To Lose Cuban Consulate 

Because Of Bob Bucknorn

Bargain Bob's Talents

Bob Buckhorn's Fringe Groups

Tampa's Pay To Play Culture

Tampa Rap Artist Prince The Rookie

Ybor Paparazzi

Kimberly Bowie

2015 Tampa Bay SuperHeroes

Rick Kriseman

St Pete to stop investing in 

fossil fuel bonds

Donald Trump Barred

Ferry Linking Tampa And St. Pete

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Guido Maniscalco

No on TBX!
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Michelle Cookson @ STOP TBX

Norwood Orrick @ Solidarity Sunday
& Deborah Newell Tornello

Carrie & Robert Gonzalez

Wanda Grubbs Schwerer 

Wayne Schucker

Ndubuisi Callistus Mbano - Mariella Smith

Lynette Benson - Laila Abdelaziz

Kelly Benjamin - Jasmina Forcan

Tim Heberlein - Diane Lebedeff

Nancy Argenziano - MaryJo Pezzi

Joe Kreps - Frank Lupo

Erik Delgado - William Guerra
Wendy Sejour - Ashley Green
Neil Cosentino - Edwin Enciso
Phil Compton - Chris Cano
Lori Karpay -Tom Tito - Mitch Mallett 
Terry Flott - Bill Bucolo
For speaking up. Thank you all!

Solidarity Sunday 2016

1.10 - 2.14 - 3.13 - 4.10

5.8 - 6.12 - 7.10 - 8.14

9.11 - 10. 9 - 11.13 - 12.11 

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Juked Statistics In St. Pete

I've seen it suggested that St. Petersburg crime statistics are manipulated or "juked." I don't know what "juked" numbers are, but the simple fact is that crime is down in St. Petersburg in large part because the community is 

re-engaged. Benjamin Kirby

the revolution starts here

Susan Smith: What the f*ck is going on?

"A mentally ill 19-year-old is shot and killed by the police because he has a baseball bat. A 55-year-old grandmother is also killed in the process when police shoot through her door. What the f*ck is going on? Is it open season on blacks, or are the police just so badly trained that this is the only way they know how to react?" 
Susan Smith

Ybor City Musicians

The Sax guy on 7th Ave.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chopped Steak with Yellow Rice 

and salad

@ Susies Grill in Spring Hill - Visit them on Facebook
Eat Local!

New Years Day with Jessica Rose

1.1.2016 - 9am

Nolan's Pub in Safety Harbor

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Florida Bernie Sanders Phone Banks

Tampa - St. Pete - Stuart

North Miami Beach - Sarasota

Pensacola - Jacksonville

Palm Bay - Merritt Island

Gainesville - Miami

Boca Raton - Coral Gables

Dania Beach - Miami Beach

Orlando - Palm Beach Gardens

Opa-Locka - Delray Beach

St. Augustine - Atlantic Beach

Lake Worth - West Palm Beach
Find yours here

Ybor Paparazzi: Whitegang Nitro

Nitro with friend - Visit him here

Stogie Recommends: Star Wars The Force Awakens

Studio Movie Grill

We have a new heroine. Daisy (Rey) Ridley

Great job  J.J. Abrams

Permaculture Paradise in South Florida Grows Food and Community

Douglas Hughes Of Ruskin For Congress

The guy who landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol as a political protest says he will run for the congressional seat held by Florida DINO and GOP plant Debbie Wasserman Schultz. here

artLOUD In Ybor City

Visit them here

Fishy Odor In Pinellas Park

This past October, Detective Chris Ryan was conducting a 

“random narcotics interdiction” 

at a Pinellas Park FedEx

when he was given a package 

that a driver said smelled like marijuana.

Inside the package there was $8,320 in cash. A drug-sniffing dog  identified a “narcotic odor” coming from the cash. Now, having filed a complaint for forfeiture, the PPPD is seeking permission to 
keep and use the cash. here

2015: Florida GOP Highlights

Sandy Murman/Tea Party Transit Plan

Ted Yoho: We should eject Muslims and others with a Middle Eastern background

Marco Rubio Voted Against Barring Suspected Terrorists From Getting Guns

Manny Diaz Jr. and Greg Evers 

Siding With Polluters

Florida gets a D

Failures Costing Taxpayers Over $1M

Dick Cheney Dinner In Orlando Sold Out

Pam Bondi

Florida’s New “Religious Freedom” Bill

Feds Say No

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Philly Cheesesteak

With Fries

At Philly's Best Cheesesteak House in Spring Hill

Visit them here

Instrumental Society Of Tampa Bay

Instrumental Society Music Group is a revolutionary entertainment company focused on producing REAL Hip Hop music and Instrumentals.  Created to express Truth through the microphone, Instrumental Society aims to progress the community through the art of Hip Hop. The unique content spans several different genres.  Through the use of different beats inspired by Rap/Hip Hop and Dub Step/EDM, the artists of Instrumental Society cultivate a unique sound that cannot be duplicated.  The Truth spoken through lyrical hip hop, openly express Artists real life situations, feelings, and emotions. Our Artists are real folks, going through real life, bringing inspiration to help guide our generation. The ability to become great is obtainable. Instrumental Society is here to lay its foundation. here

Kentucky Takes It Deep

Matt Bevin is a Tea Party Republican 

who took office less than a month ago 

from former Democratic Governor Steve Beshear.

While in office, Gov. Beshear restored voting rights to 140,000 former felons that have served their sentences. Now Gov. Bevin has reversed this. He also reversed former Gov. Beshear’s executive order that raised the minimum wage for state government workers and contractors 
to $10.10 an hour. here

 To the GOP voters of the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, take it deep!

Here in Florida we offer GOP voters free lube. 

It makes the experience more memorable!

Local Treasures: Shane & Emily

Friends Of The Stogie

Tampa Legend Ronny Elliott

Visit him here
Will be @ The Non-Denominational Post Holiday Ruckus 
at Skippers tonight. info

2015 Florida GOP Idiot Award

Our own Randy Maggard of Pasco County

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Honorable mention

A right, “granted not by government but by God."

Matt Gaetz

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Bloody Mary and a Chicken Bowl

At Beef o Brady's - Spring Hill

Visit them here

Volunteers take back our Republic with MAYDAY.US

All Blacklivesmatter @ Macfarlane Park

12.31.2015 - 2pm

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Hope In Humanity @ USF

The Tampa Bay 

Street Medicine Team

For a year and a half, about a dozen students from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have met biweekly on a graffiti-covered parking lot at Franklin and Estelle streets before fanning out to deliver free medical care to the homeless. 
The Tampa Bay Street Medicine Team, 
modeled after groups across the country, brings a supervising volunteer physician, physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner from the college to help in extreme cases, but the rest is left to the students. here

Seasons Greetings From Ybor City

Visit Ybor City

Disturbed - The Vengeful One

Non-Denominational Post Holiday Ruckus In Tampa

12.26.2015 - 8pm

@ Skippers info

Ybor Paparazzi: The Doctor Is In The House

Doc

Of the band "The Doctor Is In The House"
Check them out here
Thanks for the CD. It is awesome!

Protest The Ringling Bros. Circus @ Amalie Arena

Wednesday, January 6, 6–7:30 p.m. 
Thursday, January 7, 6–7:30 p.m. 
Friday, January 8, 6–7:30 p.m. 
Saturday, January 9, 4:30–7:30 p.m. 
Sunday, January 10, 1–3 p.m.

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Stogie's Top Ten Of 2015

Congratulate LGBT Floridians!

Did GOP Hillsborough County Commissioners Sabotage GO Hillsborough?

Miami Rally to End Marijuana Prohibition

The Campaign Against Debbie Wasserman Schultz

TBX: Lipstick On A Pig

John Morgan ready to kick some ass

More Bullshit In Hillsborough County

Fight For 15 Black Friday Protest

What Democracy Looks Like In Tampa

Jan Platt's Brilliant Idea

Best Pizza In Tampa Bay

Pizza Techs at Lee's Grocery

Tampa Heights

Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture

Three days after Gov. Rick Scott signed a new gambling agreement earlier this month, Scott’s Let’s Get To Work political committee reported receiving a $20,000 check from Resorts World Miami,  a company that is a division of a Malaysian casino conglomerate that could benefit from the deal. here 

What Stogie And Pilar Had For Lunch

Beef Lo mein & Shrimp and Lobster Sauce

At Peking King in Tampa

Visit them here, Say Hi to Jenny and Nancy!
Eat Local!

The Merchants Of Ybor: Mobile APPS Media

Visit them here

Local Treasures: Laila Abdelaziz

Legislative & Government Affairs Director 

@ CAIR Florida 

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After 50 Years Miami Cubans Finally Figure It Out

 Earlier this month, nearly a year to the day President Barack Obama shocked Cuban Americans with the news that the U.S. would reestablish relations with the Castro regime

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A group of Cuban-American business people, almost all from Miami, quietly traveled to the island to see for themselves what, if anything, had changed. Most of the 10 men — even a couple of otherwise  staunch conservatives — returned convinced 

that stronger ties to the U.S. would help Cubans. here

Learn more about the folks holding things up!
 The Miami Cuban Mafia Eposed 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article50773855.html#storylink=cpy