Terrorists In Ybor City?

Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee stood before City Council members Thursday clutching a report from the Department of Homeland Security he said detailed all the dangers that could befall his operations center in Ybor City. But he wouldn't tell them what it said. Instead, he asked the council to let him close off 20th Street, which borders the center, from Palm to Eighth avenues. In the end, the council voted 5-1 to let him gate it off........here

Even council member Mary Mulhern, who is opposed to closing off streets, made an exception: "There are so many other areas that have been closed off for less important things. This is a necessary thing to do." The only dissenter was Linda Saul-Sena.

Sheriff Should Vacate Ybor City

You Wanna Be a Republican?

Trade with Cuba is wrong because Cuba is a communist country. Trade with China and Vietnam is vital to both international harmony and buying cheap baby-killing toys at Wal-Mart........here

Bush Rallies Conservatives "Four More Years"

Bush spoke to a boisterous crowd shortly after 7 a.m. EST. The ballroom erupted in cheers when someone shouted "Are there conservatives in the house?" When the president walked on stage, they clapped and chanted "Four more years! Four more years!".........here

Who Are These People?

"The stakes in November are high. This is an important election. Prosperity and peace are in the balance.".......G.W.Bush

One On One With Congresswoman Castor

2:00pm - 4:00pm, Monday, February 11, 2008, At The College Hill Library
2607 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, Tampa

Representative Kathy Castor

A Chorus of Millions

Conservatism Is Running On Empty

With his preemptive war and seemingly permanent occupation in Iraq, and his attempt to privatize Social Security, George W. Bush pushed American conservatism past the point where the American people were willing to go -- pushed them, in fact, to the point where they recoiled at the conservative project. And with that, American conservatism shuddered to a halt.........here

Florida Orders Sex Offenders From Bridge

The state is trying to dissolve a community of sex offenders living under a bridge that includes a makeshift gym, kitchen, living room and numerous pets. The men have lived under the Julia Tuttle Causeway for more than a year. They say limited money and strict local ordinances make it nearly impossible for them to live anywhere else. But state officials are telling them to leave.......here

Miami Beach Is Running Out Of Sand

It's midmorning in Miami Beach. The sun is shining, the waves are lapping - and the bulldozer is roaring. Orange netting ropes off sections of the shore as heavy equipment moves in to replenish one of the world's most famous beaches. The Atlantic Ocean lies no more than 20 feet away along some stretches, the result of incessant wind and water erosion, not global warming and rising seas. Grain by grain, Miami Beach is losing the fine, bone-white sand that helps draw tourists.........here

Sheriff Should Vacate Ybor City

The sheriff's operations center is actually three parcels of land, which include an auto maintenance facility and several parking lots. The main facility, which occupies about two square blocks, sits on top of sections of 9th and 8th avenues. Not only does the building disrupt Ybor's street grid pattern, but also the sheriff's office provides little benefit to the historic district. The sheriff has no jurisdiction in Ybor; policing the area is the responsibility of the Tampa Police Department........here

Critical Habitat Proposed To Protect Florida’s Disappearing Corals

Today the federal government proposed designating almost 5,000 square miles of reef area off the coasts of Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the threatened staghorn and elkhorn corals.......here

Confused Florida Voters Wanted To Vote On Super Tuesday

Millions of Americans in 24 states turned out to vote in Super Tuesday presidential primaries from Georgia to Alaska. Some dedicated if confused Florida voters tried to as well.Elections offices across the state reported hundreds of calls from voters wanting to know where they could vote Tuesday........here

Floridians almost single-handedly did in 2000 what two World Wars and Adolf Hitler couldn't: Bring democracy to a screeching halt. If they're voting on the wrong day and some are trying to vote twice, maybe it's time to cut Florida loose. The whole state is just dangling off the side of the country anyway. Get some movers, save Disneyworld, and push the rest of Florida into the Atlantic Ocean.......Jeff Girod

Ginny Brown-Waite Invokes The Ire Of The Puerto Rican Community

And what did this fine solar-baked Caucasian Congresswoman from the Sunshine State do to deserve that dubious recognition? She argued that any tax breaks provided through the economic stimulus package should be denied to “residents” of Puerto Rico because they are “foreign citizens … who do not pay federal income taxes.” And for good measure, she threw in the good people of Guam as well.......here

Alabama, Florida Declare Victory In Water War With Georgia

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington today ruled that a secret settlement agreement entered into between Georgia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Atlanta-area water users is illegal under federal law. The agreement, which was signed in 2003, would have allocated nearly 25 percent of Lake Lanier, a federal reservoir on the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia, to supply Atlanta's 470,000 residents with water........here

Happy Birhtday Bob Marley!

Super Tuesday’s Biggest Loser: Rush Limbaugh

The truly most divisive figure in the 2008 race is not Hillary Clinton, it’s John McCain. His ascendancy has ripped the Republican Party asunder — and his most vicious and vocal conservative opponents include the loudest mouths in America: Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and, especially, Rush Limbaugh. As has been stated here before, it is too early to write the obituaries for the conservative movement, but the results from the Feb. 5, 2008, primary do provide evidence that these Reagan era dinosaurs are losing their sway among their own kind........here

Dinosaur World in Plant City, Florida

Robert De Niro Campaigns With Obama

"I've never made a speech like this at a political event before. So what am I doing here. I'm here because finally one person has inspired me. One person has given me hope. One person has made me believe that we can make a change.".......... Robert De Niro

Jack Nicholson Endorses Hillary

Florida Gets An 'F' For Insurance System

Florida has one of the least effective property and casualty insurance systems in the country, according to a new study that gave Florida and four other states an 'F' grade. Florida had the worst rating in the residual homeowners category, which measures how much of the market is served by government-provided insurance. Jacksonville-based Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer of last resort, is No. 1 in statewide market share.........more

Valerie Plame-Wilson At USF

February 12, 2008- 7 pm, Sun Dome Corral, Tickets: Free for USF Students with valid USF ID, $3- USF Faculty, Staff, and Alumni with valid USF ID, $8- Public, more info......here

DFA Uncounted House Party

In homes across America, DFA members are gathering on February 13 to reveal the truth about our voting system. Please join fellow DFA members, friends, and family for the new documentary film, Uncounted.........here

Amy Goodman Interview

Amy Goodman is one of the leading journalists of our time. She is executive producer and host of Democracy Now, a daily, independent radio and television news program broadcast on 650 stations around the world......here

www.democracynow.org

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