The Ybor City Stogie

Monday, July 3, 2023

DANGER: Moms for Liberty designated “anti-government organization”

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has officially designated Moms For Liberty as an “anti-government organization.”

“Moms for Liberty and its nationwide chapters combat what they consider the ‘woke indoctrination” of children by advocating for book bans in school libraries and endorsing candidates for public office that align with the group’s views,” SPLC writes.

“They also use their multiple social media platforms to target teachers and school officials, advocate for the abolition of the Department of Education, advance conspiracy propaganda, and spread hateful imagery and rhetoric against the LGBTQ community.”

More HERE

Downtown Tampa's free 'Summer Series' concerts kick off Friday

Last week, the Tampa Downtown Partnership and Brokenmold Entertainment finalized the lineup for their Summer Series, which is basically a month-long pop up underneath a big ass, 10,000-square-foot tent meant to keep park goers out of the sun (and sometimes the rain) as they enjoy local green spaces.....MORE

Tampa Hoods: Davis Islands

Columbia Dr.

I Finally Rode TRON at Disney World - Ride POV & My Take On Light Cycle Run

TOLD YOU! Hillsborough County Commissioners prepare to pitch plan to move Rays to Ybor

The bid for the Tampa Bay Rays continues, according to Hillsborough County Commissioners, who said they're getting ready to pitch their plan to bring the team to Ybor.

"We finally have a financial model and framework that we will be in position to present to the Rays here very, very soon," Chairman, Ken Hagan, said.

"I'm still extremely confident that end of the day that the Rays will play baseball in Ybor City for generations to come," Hagan added.

More HERE

Ybor Paparazzi

Marie

Tampa Locavores

Yodi, Andy and Marie at Las Magaditas

DeSantis faces criticism over anti-LGBTQ video

Tampa Locavore

Gaby at Kanka's - Tampa

Florida will become a permitless carry state Saturday

Rebel Hearts Pop Up Trailer Bookshop

SATURDAY AT 1 PM – 5 PM

4210 w Granada st, Tampa

Rays New Stadium BIDDING WAR starting?

Tampa Hoods: Davis Islands

Davis Blvd.

Ybor Paparazzi

Andy

Federal judge issues preliminary injunction against Florida voter registration changes

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction targeting aspects of changes to election law passed by the Legislature this year, after a hearing last week in which plaintiffs made their case against changes that they said violated the Constitution by stopping third party voter registration organizations from doing their work.....MORE

“Slate of Hate” spurs statewide rallies by Florida For All

Florida For All rally at St. Pete City Hall. By: Josh Holton (7/1/23)

A coalition of progressive organizations marched on Saturday in cities across the state of Florida to shine a light on some of the 200 new laws that went into effect that day. A march in Pinellas County had about 100 in attendance. They aimed to shine light on policies they say attack Floridians’ freedoms just days before Independence Day.....MORE

MILITARIZATION: DeSantis establishes Florida State Guard as local army

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Florida now has its own army. This isn’t the National Guard, this is Florida’s Army, and, in case you aren’t afraid enough, this army has the power to arrest people and just graduated its first class of 120 enlistees.....MORE

One year after Dobbs, Democratic momentum on abortion continues

It’s been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the widely unpopular Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health ruling, which ended the constitutional right to abortion, upending 50 years of precedent. Over the last 12 months, the American public’s already strong support for abortion rights has become even more entrenched, and the draconian bans imposed in Republican-controlled states have triggered a seismic shift in the political landscape — one that is advantageous to Democrats — surrounding the issue.....MORE