Several local establishments will thank those who attend and speak at the MPO Board meeting on June 22nd to StopTBX, by providing a free beer or soft drink after the meeting! here
Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis posted on Facebook on Sunday that “All Orlando nightclubs should be permanently closed. With or without random gunmen they are zoos,; utter cesspools of debauchery.”here
A survey, released Friday, found 30 percent of Floridians polled said they approved of Rubio’s job performance. Another 49 percent said they disapproved of the job Rubio was doing, while 20 percent stated they weren’t sure. here
Sen. Greg Evers a congressional candidate and state senator from Florida’s Panhandle announced a “Homeland Defender Giveaway” contest to give residents of the district a chance to win an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle on Independence Day. here
------- For 14 years, Evers has earned an A-plus rating from the NRA.
Joe Kaufman is running against Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova for Florida's 23rd Congressional District. On Sunday, he put out a call to shut down "every Florida radical Muslim institution" — though he couldn't say how he'd sort out "radical" from "nonradical" ones. Kaufman is running, in essence, on a platform that boils down to "Muslims are scary." He writes often for the ultra-right-wing FrontPage Magazine, where he calls Muslims "terrorists."here
In the wake of Sunday’s gun tragedy in Orlando, the gun violence prevention organization Americans for Responsible Solutions issued the following statement today on United States Senator Marco Rubio’s record of voting to protect the loophole in federal law that allows known and suspected terrorists on the FBI’s terrorist watch list to pass a criminal background check and legally purchase guns at federally licensed firearms dealers:here
A St. Pete lighting company in which Sen. Jeff Brandes is invested received $65,000 worth of work as the result of a grant he helped secure in the 2013 state budget.here
The numbers in eight polls taken since January 2015 vary widely as to whether people of Florida support the legalization of medical marijuana. But the polls all agree that over 60 percent — the percentage needed to pass Amendment 2 in November’s general election — said they were ready to vote yes on the change in the state’s constitution.here
Conservationists, animal advocates, and other grassroots activists will gather in over 28 cities across Florida, on June 18 to protest the state's bear hunts.here
Our friend, Ashton, from our FNB food shares has won one trial and is going to pretrial for another charge on June 21st before Judge Holdens Court. Ashton, a young travelling homeless man, was arrested and beaten by police, claiming that he stole a sandwich from a store, despite video evidence showing otherwise. Tampa Food Not Bombs and other concerned community members will be there to support Ashton in this difficult time. here
Anderson Cooper, celebrity and TV host, can be an acquired taste if you're not big on news anchors who get dry-humped by Madonna on stage at a concert. But he appropriately mixed passion with fair-minded inquisition Monday as he made a total fool of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a hopeless right-wing partisan and a onetime analyst for Fox News. here
"We all need to complain to the RIVERSIDE Board of Supervisors about the election day chaos: misinformation, denial of voting for a Dem Party Candidate, elimination of names who had re- registered as Democrat so they could vote for Bernie, etc." Candy Doss
As my local friends know I spent 20 days in Cali. helping Bernie. On election day things did not go as planned. Please help these dedicated Riverside Berners. Call or E-Mail and let your voices be heard. here
According to the LA Times, Secretary of State Alex Padilla reported on June 9th that there are some 2.5 million votes that have yet to be counted from the statewide primary. In fact, LA County alone has 616,000 uncounted ballots and it is a heavily democratic county according to Public Policy Institute of California.here
Join Commissioner Kevin Beckner and ask Governor Scott to show solidarity for LGBT victims by raising the Pride flag at the Capitol June 15 - 30, 2015. here
This coming Wednesday, June 15th, Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner will ask his colleagues to stand in solidarity with our Tampa Bay and Orlando communities by doing three things:
- Raise the Pride Flag at the County Center
- Officially recognize June as LGBT Pride Month in Hillsborough County
- Set aside June 12th each year as a day of remembrance for the victims of the Orlando shootingsinfo