Florida GOP Dana Young Seeing The Green From Marijuana

71 percent of Floridians in November approved making medical marijuana legal and accessible across the state. But the complex details on how to get that done is now being hashed out in Tallahassee and as we uncovered, some key lawmakers in Florida's weed wars are already seeing the green from it. Take Florida GOP Senator Dana Young of Tampa, chair of the health policy committee in charge of writing the rules on how cannabis will be regulated. more

The Citrus Taliban: Pastor Protection Act

A debate is again building in the state Capitol about same-sex marriage as conservative lawmakers back a proposal known as the “Pastor Protection Act.”

Florida GOP Rep. Scott Plakon of  Longwood

Florida GOP Sen. Aaron Bean of Fernandina Beach

Carlos Guillermo Smith of the gay-rights advocacy group Equality Florida called the proposal “an invented problem” aimed at getting religious conservatives to the polls. here

Shameless Florida GOP Mario Diaz Balart

From the NRA's Political Victory Fund, the first South Florida member of Congress shameless enough to take cash from the NRA post-Parkland is none other than Florida GOP Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart. more

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Florida GOP Shame

 Florida's Culture Of Corruption 
Will Weatherford 
has sent  Judge Lewis a letter. 
Florida GOP will do what he wants. 
They better get it right this time,
 everyone is watching
including the Feds. here

Do your thing on  11.4.14, VOTE!

Florida GOP On The Road Pandering

Florida GOP travels to Texas for a college football fundraiser at the ACC opening weekend between 

No. 1 ranked Florida State Seminoles 

and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. here

Cowboy fans Please don't give them any money! They will only bring it home and oppress us. They will also be bothering people at 
Yankee Stadium, and US Open.

Florida GOP in Total Control

Florida GOP passes a bill to severely restrict the voting rights recently reinstated for former felons, even after Florida voters supported 
-- by 64.5%.

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We are in total control and don't really give a shit what you voters want! HERE

Florida GOP Proposal Would Ban Pride Flag—But Let Confederate Flag Fly At State Buildings

A Republican lawmaker in Florida filed legislation Tuesday exempting the Confederate flag from a broad proposal to ban most flags from being flown outside government buildings in the state—including LGBTQ pride flags—as culture war issues take the forefront at Florida’s GOP-led legislative session.....MORE

Florida GOP Jeanette Núñez

Back in 2016, Miami-born Cuban-American Republican Rep. Jeanette Núñez tweeted, “Wake up, Florida voters; Trump is the biggest con man there is.” But in 2018, Núñez is the running mate of Trump worshipper and Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, who is in a close, tight race with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (the Democratic nominee). DeSantis, with his white nationalist rhetoric, is an obvious racist. But having Núñez on the ticket was obviously an attempt to make DeSantis appear less bigoted. And she has deleted her anti-Trump tweet of 2016, now declaring herself to be a Trump supporter. here

Florida GOP Smells The End

The Florida GOP is smelling the mass termination of republicanism in Tallahassee in November and is doing every thing they can to protect their corporate clients before the exodus. 

They have proposed a constitutional amendment that would require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to increase statewide taxes and fees. They want to put the question on the November ballot.  

Our next governor Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum wants to raise corporate income taxes from 5.5 percent to 7.75 percent, which he says would give about $1 billion to education. 

“Republicans know a blue wave is coming in Florida, and when we're in charge that three decades of corporate tax loopholes will be closed so we can properly fund public schools, expand affordable health care and improve job opportunities and wages," Gillum said. here
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10 Dems betrayed us

Kionne L. McGhee
Joseph Abruzzo - Matt Willhite - David Silvers
Al Jacquet - Emily Slosberg - Shevin D. "Shev" Jones
Katie E. Walpole - Patricia H. Williams - Kimberly Daniels

Florida GOP Marco Rubio Could Cost Florida 78,000 Jobs, $8 Billion From State Economy

Florida GOP Marco Rubio seems likely to vote for the Senate's Obamacare replacement that effectively puts poor people through a meat grinder and turns them into Soylent. Both the Senate and House plans sharply cut Medicaid funding for the poor while giving rich people massive tax cuts, and are among the least popular bills in American history, according to recent polls. here

Florida GOP Ron DeSantis: Trump is solidly behind me

Florida GOP Ron DeSantis, banking on Donald Trump's endorsement to help him win Florida's Republican gubernatorial primary against Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, tells The Buzz he is not  worried that Trump could wind up staying on the sidelines. here

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He brushed off the contention that he is too far to the right ideologically to make a strong general election candidate. 

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"They said it about Ronald Reagan. They said it about Rick Scott. They said Charlie (Crist) needed to run for Senate because Marco couldn't win. They said Donald Trump couldn't win."

Florida GOP Rick Roth

Florida politicians don't like it when you take control of your own government. They want to be the ones pulling the strings ... well, they and their lobbyist pals. So Florida GOP Rick Roth has introduce a bill to make a Constitutional amendment harder to pass. He wants to raise it to 67 percent. here

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BTW.  He only got 58 percent of the vote in his last election

Publix’s Federal Contribution List

FLORIDA GOP

$1,248,515 

The Republican Agriculture Commissioners 527 

$200,000

 The Republican Governors Association 527 

$100,000

The National Republican Congressional Committee

$25,000

Florida GOP  U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan

 (CREW's Most Corrupt) 

is also on the list. Florida Dems Got $353,600

here

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Florida GOP Sliming of Florida

Again, Florida politicians are scurrying about, trying to camouflage their reputations and avoid being targeted in November by angry voters.
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There's Rick Scott, trying to unseat Bill Nelson for US Senate: Scott, whose very first act as governor was to chainsaw the budget of the science agencies charged with protecting Florida waters. No funding, no science, no problem.
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And Adam Putnam, whose loyalty to agricultural polluters in Florida led him to lobby Congress to WEAKEN federal laws protecting state waters. more

Florida GOP Bill Galvano’s Billionaire Boulevard

Progress Florida labeled Florida Senate President Bill Galvano’s ambitious toll road plans a “Billionaire Boulevard” and public “boondoggle.”

“Billionaire land developers are looking to cash in on their big campaign contributions to Florida’s legislative leaders,” wrote Mark Ferrulo, Progress Florida executive director. HERE

Florida GOP Do Your F*'n Job!

Florida environmental groups filed a suit asking the courts to force the Florida Legislature to return Amendment 1 funds to a conservation land buying fund. here

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"We are asking for Florida’s courts to uphold the constitution as amended by the voters. The legislature needs to be held accountable for ignoring the will of the people." Serra Club Florida Conservation Chair Tom Larson.

Steve Crisafulli Screw You

Florida GOP conservative extremists led by Crisafulli 

flat out quit on the job. They refused to keep attending to the people’s business because they can’t solve healthcare expansion and budget standoffs with Senate colleagues. here

Florida GOP

Free Lube For Jack Latvala Voters

Florida GOP passed a tax cut package that included a break for yacht owners who spend more than $1 million on repairs.

Florida GOP Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater, 
sponsored the amendment.

 He defended the proposed tax cut, saying that it was 

intended to create jobs. here

Florida GOP Approves More Corporate Welfare

$400 million in corporate welfare to special interest groups and targeted industries. Taxes would be slashed for boat and yacht repairs, jet fuel for aviation schools and gun club memberships 

among them. 

Florida GOP Jack Latvala of Clearwater, defended the tax cuts on boat repairs. 

here

They did give us some scraps, cut our cell phone bills by about $20, give back-to-school shoppers 10 days of sales tax free shopping, and lower textbook prices for 
college students.

"Please turn your dead brains back to the "on" position and start thinking critically about what the Legislature is doing. They give you $20 in your left pocket while stealing $100 from your right pocket by forcing you to subsidize their lobbyist friends." Susan Smith

Florida One Of The Worst States For Tax Fairness

Florida GOP Jeb Bush and Rick Scott as well as GOP legislators consistently discussed the need to lower taxes to create a”favorable business climate.It did not work. 

Not only can they not attract enough new business to the state, but Florida’s Republicans have crafted a fundamentally unfair tax structure that hurts workingfamilies and those who seek to be upwardly mobile in society.

It has long been the goal of Florida Republicans to reward corporations and entities that handsomely contribute to campaigns. here