Tampa
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Monday, December 26, 2016
Poverty In Hillsborough County
More than 200,000 people in Hillsborough County live in poverty. You need not look far to see the numbers corroborated — the homeless man spending the night on a swinging bench along the shiny, new northern stretch of the Tampa Riverwalk; belongings piled in front of an apartment after a family's eviction; services like the Joshua House for children in crisis bursting at the seams. here
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Big Sugar
$11.5 million
to campaigns and political committees since the end of 2014. Compare that to
$561,000
from board members and top employees at the Everglades Foundation and Everglades Trust. here
Sunday, December 25, 2016
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Shrimp in Lobster Sauce
With Fried Rice
At Good Taste Chinese in Tampa
Eat Local!
The Massacre To Begin In Florida
The Florida Supreme Court cemented death sentences for nearly 200 prisoners Thursday, ruling that they are not eligible for lower sentences or rehearings under a revamped death penalty law. here
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Florida Housing Finance Corp
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When thousands of Floridians were waiting for help in saving their homes, the agency awarded a total of nearly $443,000
in bonuses to its employees.
Friday, December 23, 2016
Tampa's Culture Of Corruption
More than a year after the Florida Commission on Ethics agreed to investigate several complaints filed against County commissioners Sandy Murman and Ken Hagan and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, the cases remain unresolved. here
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They are accused of steering a $1.3 million Go Hillsborough contract to the client of a politically connected public relations consultant.
Children Of Florida Immigrants Christmas Wish
All they want for Christmas is to keep their families together. That's the message dozens of Florida kids hope to send to their elected officials as they plead for an end to deportations. here
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Visit Florida
The board chairman of VISIT FLORIDA said Wednesday he will negotiate the departure of Will Seccombe, the agency president who signed the once secret $1 million promotional contract with rapper Pitbull. Seccombe could demand up to $326,807 in salary and more than $50,000 in bonuses from the agency that's getting rid of him. here
Publix Sucks
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Trump's Thanksgiving Holiday Cost Palm Beach $250,000
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is keeping
track of Trump-related costs.
Local Trump Elector Nick DiCeglie
Florida presidential elector Nick DiCeglie, chairman of the Pinellas County Republican Party, got thousands of requests not to vote for Donald Trump. But he voted for him anyway. here
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Moving The New World Brewery
We heard that the Ybor City's Barrio Latino Commission approved developers' plan to demolish the existing structure at New World Brewery's address. I visited the brewery this morning before they opened. I ran into a rude lady who wasn't very friendly. She did tell me that the brewery would stay open at another location.
She knew nothing about the building and asked me to go to the Ybor City museum for more info, so I did. I talked to Kurt who told that the building has no historical value.
He said that the building next to it
(The old firehouse) does, it will not be touched. The new development will be an extension of it.
Kids Going Crazy In Rick Scott's Florida
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In Tampa Bay,
Pinellas County, the numbers rose by 41 percent, while more than doubling in Hillsborough. here
Tampa #10
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Don't know if Little Buckie had anything to do with this, but we will put him in the good column for this one.
Florida's 29 Trump Electors
Pam Bondi
Carlos Trujillo
Ray Rodrigues
- Sharon Day
- Ade Aderibigbe
- Larry Ahern
- Brian Ballard
- Kristy Banks
- Michael Barnett
- Lizbeth Benacquisto
- Robin Bernstein
- John Browning
- Dena DeCamp
- Nick DiCeglie
- Jeremy Evans
- John Falconetti
- Peter Feaman
- Kat Gates-Skipper
- Joe Gruters
- Debbie Hannifan
- Blaise Ingoglia
- Mike Moberley
- Tony Ledbetter
- Susan Moore
- Joe Negron
- Clint Pate
- Robert Watkins
- Susie Wiles
- Christian Ziegler
- here
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Florida INC. Sugar Cane Farms
Rick Scott's Florida Denying Voting Rights
Help LiAnne Flakes
Ms. Flakes is a childcare worker and worker leader in the Fight for 15 movement in the Tampa Bay area. For the last 2 years, she has stood on the front lines of the movement for fair wages, union rights, and affordable childcare for all. On Tuesday, November 29, LiAnne took part in a National Day of Civil Disobedience and got arrested with thousands of others fighting for a better future for American families from coast to coast-all while suffering from a dislocated shoulder and the loss of her temporary home due to financial difficulty.
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She is a child care professional who has worked in the industry for 22 years. Over recent weeks, she has dealt with a myriad of health issues while still working full time to make ends meet. Struggling with health insurance and mounting bills, this fundraiser is being put together to support a True Warrior and vocal Childcare Advocate who has shown incredible courage and strength in standing up for so many of us. She is being forced to relocate and this funding will assist in that endeavor. We hope to provide Lianne with the resources to pay her medical bills and make a smooth transistion to her home.
Thank you in advance! here
Thank you in advance! here
Monday, December 19, 2016
Commissioner Kemp Fight For 15
Pat Kemp told a group of millennials at the Blind Tiger Cafe in Ybor City.
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“I want them to put something in there that’s like a minimum wage of $12 an hour or something before we subsidize.” Pat Kemp
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We don't believe in Corporate Welfare of any kind, but if you are going to give Corporate America our money the least they can do is pay $15 per hour.
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Write or call her 813.272.5730
and demand $15!
Pic: Ms. Kemp at Fight For 15 rally in Ybor.
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Write or call her 813.272.5730
and demand $15!
Pic: Ms. Kemp at Fight For 15 rally in Ybor.
Rick Scott: Repeal ObamaCare Immediately
Florida GOP Rick Scott is ramping up pressure on Republicans in Congress to aggressively and immediately pursue a repeal of ObamaCare. here
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Florida GOP: Sharon Day
Florida’s electors will meet in the state Capital Monday to cast their votes for president. Don’t expect any surprises.
“I really appreciate all the postcards that I’ve gotten. The front side of them were pretty. I kind of find it amusing. What lemmings they are.” Sharon Day, an elector who also serves as co-chair of the Republican National Committee
Radioactive Alafia River
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Florida Taxpayers Pay Pitbull A Million Bucks
$1,000,000
Visit Florida, (Florida INC's) tourism agency, refused to release how much they had paid him, calling it a "trade secret. But now the mystery is over, he posted the contract on Twitter. here
Rick Scott's Florida #47
Florida has ranked nationally as the 47th for women, a status that has remained largely unchanged for 10 years. here
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