Kennedy and Marion
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Friday, April 14, 2017
Trump Has Cost Florida Taxpayers $3.5 Million
Ric Bradshaw says his agency
has racked up about $3.5 million in total expenditures since Trump’s November victory. here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Pepper Steak
With yellow rice and platanos
At Supersaver Supermarket in Suitcase City
Eat Local!
Eat Local!
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Rick Scott
Rick Scott’s political committee last month raked in more than $600,000 in contributions from companies with major bills before the Legislature that could end up on his desk next month to veto or sign into law. here
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The largest amount, $100,000, came from U.S. Sugar, a group that opposes Senate President Joe Negron’s ambitious plan to build an Everglades water storage reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Central Florida Republicans Want To Suspend Aramis Ayala
Bob Cortes - Altamonte Springs
Scott Plakon - Longwood
Mike Miller - Winter Park
Rene Plasencia - Orlando
Mike La Rosa - St. Cloud
71% of Floridians
Over 71% of Floridians voted "yes" for Amendment 2 last November. Now the legislature is working to implement the law and they need to hear our voices again. They need to know we're paying attention. They need to remember they are implementing the will of 71% of Floridians. here
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Carlos G. Muniz
As a top aide to Florida's attorney general Pam Bondi, Carlos G. Muniz helped defend the office's decision to sit out legal action against Trump University. Now Trump is naming him to be the top lawyer in the U.S. Education Department. here
Florida GOP Vote Down LGBTQ Protections
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Florida for two whole years, yet under state law, employers in the Sunshine State are still well within their rights to fire or refuse to hire people solely because they're gay. Likewise, landlords can boot tenants or refuse to rent to them based on their sexual orientation. here
Don't expect that to change anytime soon. A House bill adding sexual orientation to the state's nondiscrimination clause is all but dead after getting passed over in committee.
Communist League of Tampa Statement on war with Syria
We, the Communist League of Tampa, resolutely oppose the recent attacks on Syria that have united the Democratic and Republican war-machine. An attack on the people of Syria is an attack on our fellow citizens of the world and must be opposed for that reason alone. here
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Florida GOP Ken Hagan Wrong Again
The City of Tampa may have a highlight reel to show off its successful 2017 College Football Playoff championship, but Hillsborough County doesn't seem to have the tax receipts to prove the event was an economic success for the region.
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When Tampa landed playoff championship week more than three years ago, Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan claimed the event would bring somewhere between 1,700 and 1,800 full-time jobs, as well as $250 million to $350 million in economic impact. However, that kind of revenue would have generated an extra $17.5 million to $24.5 million in sales taxes, which there seems to be little evidence to support. here
Florida INC Culture Of Corruption
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The Marco Rubio Rescue
We'll probably need Sarah McLachlan warbling a few bars of Angel to get through this public service announcement in support of "The Marco Rubio Rescue" organization. Won't you please help find our poor, beleaguered and homeless junior senator a new Tampa office? Just a few pennies a day could make all the difference. here
Urge Florida Legislators to Support an Animal-Abuser Registry!
Animal abuse is a community concern, and people who abuse animals often do so repeatedly and harm humans as well. With this in mind, Florida legislators are considering House Bill (H.B.) 871, which, if passed, would require residents convicted of felony cruelty-to-animals crimes to register, thereby providing law-enforcement officials, animal shelters, and concerned citizens with quick access to a list of offenders in their communities.
This important measure needs your voice.
Click here
and please urge your Florida legislators to support
H.B. 871.
Click here
and please urge your Florida legislators to support
H.B. 871.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Florida GOP At War With Cities
The enemy? Cities.
Those teeming, overcrowded havens for immigrants, Democrats, people of color, millennials, academics, free thinkers, transit riders and other undesirables. here
Openly Racist In Charge Of Rewriting Florida's Constitution
Monday, April 10, 2017
JAMES L. WILSON OF PLANTATION
Republican legacyU.S. Rep. Devin Nunes and the Republican Congress will never investigate President Donald Trump’s ties to RussiThe Texas Republican Legislature never sanctioned state Attorney General Greg Abbott after he accepted $35,000 from Trump and refused to investigate Trump University. The Florida Republican Legislature has given its imprimatur for Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi, who solicited a $25,000 bribe from Trump before deciding not to investigate Trump University.
Now that Trump has been forced to pay $25 million in partial damages for the fraud he committed with Trump University, the only winners are Abbott, who today is the governor of Texas, and Bondi, who is still the attorney general of Florida.
The GOP is the party of coverups and obstruction of justice — the Nixon legacy.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Dominican
Shrimp and Rice with Yuca
At Food Town Meat Market on Busch in Tampa
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Jessica Vaughn: Stones vs. Beatles?
The battle between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has been going
on ever since they first crossed paths on the charts almost 50 years ago. In
this episode of Stogie TV, we caught up with Hillsborough County School Board
candidate, Jessica Vaughn, to get her take on the age old question: Stones or
Beatles?
Friday, April 7, 2017
Kate Connolly's Next Mission
Just me and Kayla
#39 5:30 PM ON A TUESDAY
I4 and MLK
Lee Roy Selmon Expressway
1. Pat Kemp
2. Conversion Therapy Ban
3. Transit?
HELP HER WIN
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Tampa Bans Conversion Therapy
The City of Tampa UNANIMOUSLY passed the City Councilman Guido Maniscalco's proposed ban of Conversion Therapy in minors today!
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Guido, The King of Tampa
"Thank you to everyone who helped me organize this reality. Great thanks to the haters, too! Every time you told us we could not do this; that it wasn't worth it and all the other hateful or despondent things – you made us stronger!" Kate Connolly
Chicken Shit In The Suwannee River
Environment Florida announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Jacksonville against the second-largest chicken producer in the world, Pilgrim’s Pride, for alleged ongoing violations of the federal Clean Water Act at its poultry processing plant in Live Oak, Florida.
The complaint alleges that the company has committed 1,377 days of Clean Water Act violations since 2012, by discharging wastewater that exceeds pollution standards by as much as triple the legal limits. here
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The lawsuit is a major step towards restoring the health of the Suwannee River.
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The lawsuit is a major step towards restoring the health of the Suwannee River.
1 May Day Tampa March and Rally In Ybor
5.1 - 5 PM
Sociedad La Union Marti Maceo Cuban Club
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Join Fight for 15, Black Lives Matter Tampa, Tampa for Justice, Community Protection Coalition, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Faith in Florida, local unions and many others groups as we celebrate International Workers Day
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Transit Now Tampa Bay
Local Liberal activist Kate Connolly has started a new transit group. This young lady is known as someone who gets things done. Hopefully this one will succeed where others have failed. Visit her group here and like her page.
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"Local badass and dear friend Kate Connolly fighting
the good fight!" Asher Edelson
Bob Buckhorn Supports Corporate Welfare
At the Brian Glazer Family Jewish Community Center in West Tampa having lunch Buckhorn used the opportunity to advocate for the continuing existence of Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. Earlier this month, the House passed a bill that would eliminate Enterprise Florida and nearly two dozen tax incentive programs. here
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“All of you need to get your phone and call your legislators and say, ‘stop this foolishness. Stop it now." Bob Buckhorn
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