Curtis Hixon Park - Tampa, Florida
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Lesson For Florida Dems
Despite holding a slight registation edge statewide, the Florida Democratic party is looking at losing a U. S. Senate seat and a continuation of the Republican grip on the governor’s mansion if polls are to be believed.
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Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum could break that 20-year cycle. The Tallahassee mayor has all the ingredients of a winner: a visionary platform, name recognition, a new savvy finance chairman, and charisma. Oh, and he is African-American.
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Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama gave Democrats a winning template: turning out minority voters in huge numbers, energizing Millennials, and closing the gap with college-educated white voters.
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None of Gillum’s opponents in the Democratic primary would be able to come within light years of what he is capable of achieving in a general election.
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The Florida Democratic party has been more like the Florida Aristocratic party with elitist state chairpersons like Allison Tant and Stephen Bittel. Paying lip service to neutrality in the governor’s race while quietly promoting former Gov. Bob Graham’s daughter would be another in a long history of costly unforced errors by party elders. more
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Join the Revolution here
Monday, February 19, 2018
Florida Hero Anthony Borges
Anthony is a victim of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. During this unspeakable tragedy, Anthony was able to save about 20 other students as he attempted to close and lock the door to a classroom. He was shot multiple times (both legs were shot, left upper thigh bone shattered and one bullet went through his back). He has a long road of recovery ahead of him but he
is alive and stable.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with Anthony and his family. Any help is very much appreciated. here
Florida GOP In NRA's Pockets
Marco Rubio
Carlos Curbelo
Mario Diaz-Balart
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Three of the four Republicans who represent Miami-Dade County in Washington received at least $2,000 from the National Rifle Association during the 2016 campaign, according to campaign finance records from the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Diaz-Balart is also the single largest recipient of NRA cash among Floridians in Congress
since 1998.
since 1998.
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The Awesome Bess Kalb
Lawmakers sending “thoughts and prayers” in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are getting slammed for their financial ties to the gun lobby. Bess Kalb, a writer for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” is responding to each lawmaker tweeting condolences over the murders by listing how much they’ve taken from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently fought any move to
tighten gun control laws. here
tighten gun control laws. here
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Sorry to be crass but we have the motherfucking receipts.
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Andrew Gillum Fans Party In Seminole Heights
Jessica, Jenn and Nikki
Michelle, Gaby and Beau
Candy and Beth
Jenn and Gary
Jim and Nina
Tim and Vela
Russell
Dave and Scott
Jim, Beth and Jim
Russell and Jimmy
The Mayor called
They asked him questions
Join them here
Happy Birthday Jennifer!
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Florida GOP Cowards Bought And Paid For By The NRA
Florida republicans attempted to relax gun legislation the day after 17 people were killed in a school shooting. The Republican cowards bought and paid for by the National Rifle Association tacked on some gun related legislation to the bottom of a 98-page agriculture bill,
SB 740.
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SB 740.
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If passed, the bill would force the Florida Department of Agriculture to grant concealed-carry permits within 90 days of filing...even if the background check of the applicant has not been completed.
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Thanks to the League of Women Voters and Moms Demand Action for catching the buried bit of legislations.
NRA Sellout Adam Putnam: Opie of Open Carry
If you want to get elected to office in Florida, a politician is obligated to grovel before the great and powerful National Rifle Association, which views Tallahassee as a wholly owned subsidiary
of its interests.
of its interests.
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Adam Putnam is currently Florida's Agriculture Commissioner. He's also a Republican candidate for governor and a self-described "NRA sellout."
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He thinks it's a swell idea it is to permit gun owners to carry their little friends on college campuses, as well as endorsing proposals to allow the open carry of weapons in public places. That the protest against the NRA is merely "a classic progressive move.
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The NRA thinks that more citizens need to be locked and loaded because the nation is on the cusp of a violent revolution that it hinted former President
Barack Obama is leading.
Barack Obama is leading.
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Opie tweeted about how he's proud to be an #NRASellout and even created a petition on his site encouraging anyone who is also an
#NRASellout to sign.
#NRASellout to sign.
David Jolly: Want Mass Shootings Stopped? Vote Republicans Out Of Office
Friday, February 16, 2018
Bruce Wright Takes On The City Of St. Petersburg And Wins
A Florida appeals court ruled that the City of St. Petersburg violated Florida’s Sunshine Law when it reached a decision to amend a city ordinance at a meeting that was not open to the public. The Sunshine Law protects the right of the public to bep resent and heard during all phases of decision-making by government boards and commissions.
The court sided with Rev. Bruce Wright, who initiated this lawsuit. Wright felt vindicated by the court’s ruling, saying, “I am pleased the City’s secret dealings are laid bare in this decision. The City’s failure to hold a public debate about this ordinance is undemocratic to its core.”
Wright was represented in this lawsuit by Southern Legal Counsel, a Florida statewide nonprofit public interest law firm. Kirsten Anderson, lead attorney for the case, said, “This decision is a great victory for government in the sunshine. We will continue to fight to protect the public’s right to government that is transparent and accountable
to the people.”
to the people.”
The First Amendment Foundation, Florida’s premier Sunshine Law organization, filed an amicus brief in support of Wright’s case before the appeals court. Read a copy of
the court’s decision here
the court’s decision here
Tampa Democrats For Straz
Vince DiMaio - Democrat
Tampa Tiger Bay Club president,
a Straz supporter
a Straz supporter
and a Democratic political consultant? source
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Consulting the Democrats to their graves.
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Yolie Capin Democrat
Tampa City Council District 6
Filed to run for the Hillsborough County Commission District 1 but dropped her bid to head David Straz's exploratory committee for a possible 2019 mayor's race. Source
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With her candidate having no chance of wining,
now a political has-been.
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More here
Florida GOP Pam Bondi Enthusiastically Backs The NRA
WRITE NOW Florida
Florida native and East Tampa Community Activist, Miss Connie Burton started a Letter Writing Campaign called "Write Now" which sends greeting cards with uplifting words of encouragement to Black & Brown men and women incarcerated in the Florida prison system.
This fundraiser is so that we can purchase a quantity of 300 custom printed 5" x 7" Greeting cards that will have a pair of Brown Lips on the exterior and an uplifting message on the interior. The amount raised will also included the envelopes and postage required to mail them. Thank you so much for contributing to this effort, especially during Black History Month! here
This fundraiser is so that we can purchase a quantity of 300 custom printed 5" x 7" Greeting cards that will have a pair of Brown Lips on the exterior and an uplifting message on the interior. The amount raised will also included the envelopes and postage required to mail them. Thank you so much for contributing to this effort, especially during Black History Month! here
Straz Campaign Finance Report Misinformation
The five-month financial report filed by the Straz for Tampa PAC contains glaring omissions and possibly intentional misinformation. here
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