$250 million
State Rep. Jim Boyd of Bradenton, promised the Manatee County Commission on Tuesday morning to keep fighting for Corporate Welfare funding after his bill to regulate its state funding died in the Senate this year. here
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Tip For Lazy Florida Dems
Check this out
Absentee Voting
Absentee voting refers to voting a ballot received by mail or picked up by or for a voter who is unable or unwilling to go to the polls to vote during early voting or Election Day. Check it out
Friday, March 25, 2016
Florida Progressive Leader Mayor Rick Kriseman
St Pete 100% clean energy
"This is what progressive leadership looks like. Thank you, Mayor Rick Kriseman!" Susan Smith
This is the mayor by the bay that we need to run for governor. Great job St. Pete!
Sarasota County GOP’s “Statesman of the Year” Award: Rick Scott
Gov. Rick Scott will receive the Sarasota County GOP’s “Statesman of the Year” award at a dinner next month. Trump received the statesman honor in 2012 and 2015. here
Florida GOP Locations For Gynecological Care
A bill passed in the Florida GOP legislature this week would effectively defund Planned Parenthood and other reproductive rights clinics. several state lawmakers who have insisted that plentiful alternatives exist for reproductive and sexual healthcare have cited a list of health centers that includes
Dentists,
Optometrists,
and Elementary Schools.
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Pam Bondi
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2013 was considering joining in a lawsuit against Trump University. Shortly thereafter, a check for $25,000 was sent to Bondi’s campaign. AG Bondi (who has since endorsed Trump) ended up not joining in on the Trump University lawsuit. here
She is cheap, only $25,000!
She is cheap, only $25,000!
Florida INC. Rancid Corpses
Thousands of scaly, rancid corpses dot the banks of the Indian River Lagoon, in clusters from Titusville to Melbourne, likely casualties of widespread algae that's bloomed for months.
Scientists say excess nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers, septic tanks, leaky sewer systems, air pollution and other sources is fueling the blooms. here
Thursday, March 24, 2016
President Obama: Thank You From Tampa Cuban Americans
We never thought we would live to see this.
Your legacy is secure with us!
Dear Marco Rubio
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"Mr. Rubio, we have tried it your way for over 50 years. All it has done is make the Cuban people suffer. The change you were looking for did not happen. It should be up to the Cubans on the island to decide how they want to be governed not the deserters in Miami. Dialogue over Isolation works everytime.
Now we have a chance to show them what Democracy looks like." YCS
St. Pete Pledging To Work Toward 100% Clean Energy
St. Petersburg is the first Florida city pledging to work toward 100% clean energy; Sharon Wright is the City of St. Petersburg’s sustainability coordinator and joined the Sierra Club Tuesday morning to officially launch the “Ready for 100” campaign. here
VPC Spreading Into Florida
Voter Participation Center (VPC) is mailing 626,000 voter registration applications into Florida this month.
Unmarried women, Latinos, African-Americans and millennials make up a strong majority — 58 percent — of the eligible voters in the state. But 40 percent of them are not registered to vote.
And the number of unregistered young voters is even higher:
54 percent of millennial Floridians are not registered to vote.
Florida Right Winger Todd Schnitt Attacks Alan Grayson
"Recently, a right-wing hate radio host in Florida said that I’m a “mental defect,” that I’m “obnoxious” and “disgusting,” and that I’m a “media whore.”
The verbal mugger in this case was Todd Schnitt, a hatemonger whose radio show is carried in both Miami and Tampa, the two largest media markets in Florida."
Rep. Alan Grayson
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The Field: A Magical Place In Suitcase City
Once a month it turns into this!
Experience an alternative to capitalism: SHARING!
FREE food, books, toys, games, household items, skillshare, friendship, music, fun, and anything else! Offer what you can, take what you can use, while building community and loudly proclaiming
REFUGEES WELCOME!!!!
Visit these wonderful people here
Loser Marco Rubio Continues To Attack President Obama
Florida's Right Wing Infestation: Judge Pamela Campbell
Campbell (Pinellas and Pasco Counties) is an ideologue, who in 2006 was appointed to the bench by another ideologue, then-governor Jeb Bush, after having represented the parents of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo in the politically-motivated case. here
Now working the Hulk Hogan/Gawker Media trial
350 Pensacola In New Orleans
Members of the environmental activism group 350 Pensacola are in New Orleans today. The trip will coincide with the federal sale of leases to more than 42 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for new oil and gas development. here
Florida Is On The Extreme: Disenfranchise Prisoners
Florida voters weighed in on who should be the next president of the United States. But some 1.5 million Floridians are left out of that voting process: convicted felons. Florida is one of the worst states to commit a felony and expect ever to vote again, because you won’t be able to. here
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Panama City: Police State
“It’s a police state “When there are blue lights in front of Spinnaker and La Vela every night, that’s not welcoming. The sheriff has put the message out on social media that if you come to Panama City and drink on the beach you are going to jail. Not get a citation, but go to jail.” Sparky Sparkman, the owner of Spinnaker Beach Club. here
His business is down 85 to 90 percent compared to last Spring Break as college students have found other destinations in the wake of new laws, including a ban on drinking on the beach in March. Sparkman said it’s not just the Spring Break laws that have taken its toll; it’s also the heavy presence of law enforcement that has chased away spring breakers.
Tampa's Historic Ties To Cuba
" With Tampa's historic ties to Cuba, its time for relations to open up. I went to Cuba in January." Pat Kemp
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Roadblocks
Cuban Spies In Ybor City
Tampa Bay Sierra Club On Our Transportation Planning
Kent Bailey
Monday, March 21, 2016
Dems Wanted For Hillsborough County District 60
Florida GOP
Rebecca Smith and Jackie Toledo
want to replace Dana Young.
No Democrat has yet entered the contest.
11 Appalling Laws Pushed By Right-Wing Republicans: Florida #3 And #9
#3. Florida SB 1722/HB 1411:
Anti-Abortion, Anti-Contraception,
Anti-Women’s Health
Anti-Abortion, Anti-Contraception,
Anti-Women’s Health
#9. Florida HB 191:
Fast Track to Fracking
Fast Track to Fracking
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Florida Thanks You President Obama
Over the past two years,
more than 100 local governments,
100 members of Congress,
1,000 small businesses,
and hundreds of thousands of residents
have voiced a bi-partisan call to protect
our coast from the impacts of offshore drilling. Together we have stood up for the quality of life we enjoy on the Southeast coast and the booming tourism economy, which are dependent upon
clean and healthy
beaches and marshes. here
Tampa Keep It Below 20 Grams
The City Council on Thursday eased the penalties for carrying misdemeanor amounts of marijuana, creating the option of imposing a civil fine instead of arresting offenders. The ordinance would effectively decriminalize in Tampa the consequences of possessing up to 20 grams — or about three-quarters of an ounce — of marijuana.. here
What Stigie Had For Lunch
Baked Fish
With Moro and Platanos
$5.95 At LA41 in Lutz, like them on Facebook
Nice value meal, eat local!
Floridians Walking Across The Everglades
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Tampa Bay Rays To Play In Cuba
St. Pete Mayor Kriseman will join President Obama for an historic game between the Rays and the Cuban National Team. Local Treasure Mario Nunez along with his father, Felipe Nunez will also be there. here
How cool is this!
Tampa Right Wing Attacks
Tampa tea party founder Sharon Calvert and conservative activist Sam Rashid have been relentless in their attacks on the Go Hillsborough transportation initiative, suggesting that rampant cronyism influenced the spending of $1.35 million in public funds.
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But when county sheriff’s investigators last year asked Calvert and Rashid for evidence of wrong-doing, the critics came up empty. “Investigators asked if they had facts to support their claims and allegations but they had none to provide,” investigators said in records released Monday. here
But when county sheriff’s investigators last year asked Calvert and Rashid for evidence of wrong-doing, the critics came up empty. “Investigators asked if they had facts to support their claims and allegations but they had none to provide,” investigators said in records released Monday. here
Florida GOP Voters Stumped
Republican voters in the Sunshine State are wrestling with how they'll vote if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee. Some say a Trump nomination would force them to vote for a Democrat — or not at all. here
Friday, March 18, 2016
Upgrade Ken Hagan, Sandra Murman and Bob Buckhorn
GO Hillsborough
Smoking Gun
Smoking Gun
Failure of Sheriff’s investigators to get deleted text messages.
After seeing the pattern of communication specifically around the PB selection timeframe, Investigators attempted to obtain any deleted text messages from the cell phones of Ms. Leytham, Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandra Murman, and Mayor Bob Buckhorn. Investigators asked each person if they still possessed the cellphone they used during the 2014 time period. All four advised they had upgraded their cell phones and no longer possessed them. here
Lazy Florida Dems
Rick Scott: Republican On Republican Violence
"If we spend another four months tearing each other apart, we will damage our ability to win in November. It's time for an end to the Republican on Republican violence. It's time for us to begin coming together, we've had a vigorous primary, now let's get serious about winning in November."Scott endorses Trump here
Trump says it's time to rally around him or expect 'riots' here
Thursday, March 17, 2016
In Winter Haven You Can Only Vote Republican
They hid the Democratic ballots
in a closet.
in a closet.
Theresa Wibert of Polk County was shocked to arrive at her polling station only to be handed a Republican ballot – and then told that Democrats couldn’t vote there. “The boss came over and said we could vote for Republicans only,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it. I told them I wasn’t leaving … It sure wasn’t politically correct. We pushed it a little further and the lady called a few people. Finally, she looked in the bottom of a closet and found a box with the Democratic ballots. here
Susan Smith Wing Of The Florida Democratic Party
"It's depressing how little the Florida Legislature (controlled by Republicans) cares about issues that impact the lives of working people. They only want to protect the interests of big business while coddling right wing religious nuts."
Susan Smith
Susan Smith
sanctions for Commissioner Sandy Murman
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and State Attorney Mark Ober found no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing in how county staff, commissioners, and private consultant Beth Leytham acted in the months leading up to the selection of Leytham's client, Parsons Brinckerhoff, for the lucrative "Go Hillsborough" project. But the report corroborates 10Investigates findings that Leytham made a habit of influencing decision-makers behind the scenes.
And Ober suggested sanctions for Commissioner Sandy Murman - and training for other commissioners - over non-criminal public records violations. here
And Ober suggested sanctions for Commissioner Sandy Murman - and training for other commissioners - over non-criminal public records violations. here
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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