Thursday, September 5, 2013
Tampa Bay Area Peace GroupsTo Protest
Peace activists plan to gather from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Saturday at S Dale Mabry Highway and Gandy Boulevard in Tampa to protest possible U.S. military intervention in Syria.......more
Hard to believe we are having to do this again so soon.
"Raytheon's stock is up 20% in the last 60 days. It seems that nobody wants US intervention in Syria except the military-industrial complex. I oppose US military intervention in Syria. Join me."....more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Rally At Kathy Castor's Office In Tampa
Bypass Boehner Day of Action
MoveOn and other progressive groups have committed to supporting a discharge petition for comprehensive immigration reform. We hope you will join us in urging FL Representative Kathy Castor to be true to her bipartisan convictions by standing against partisan stalling on immigration reform.
Rep. Kathy Castor's Office, 4144 N Armenia Avenue in Tampa
Thursday, September 5th, 12:00 PM
Countryside High Principal Gary Schlereth
A local school district
won't let cheerleaders wear their uniforms to class because they're too
sexy. principal Schlereth said "The district instituted a stricter dress code this year and the short skirts
and sleeveless tops don't make the cut." Principal Kevin Hendrick at Northeast High added "The skirts were just too short.".......more
Tampa Demands: Hands off Syria
Over 100 protesters gathered Aug. 31, to demand no military attack on Syria by the U.S. Members of the Syrian American community as well as many others assembled at a busy intersection in South Tampa waving signs at motorists who went by......more>
I could not make it!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Tampa Bay's New Leaders Council
Tampa Bay has a new community resource for progressive leaders wanting to play a role in shaping the future — the New Leaders Council.......more>
Tell Congress: Don't Attack Syria
Florida
Rep. Alan Grayson says he'll work to convince other House members to vote
against the U.S. attacking Syria, and has started an online Petition.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Justice For Oswaldo: Rosa Maria Paya
This brave young woman daughter of Oswaldo Paya, the Cuban dissident killed in a car accident in Cuba last year has been traveling the U.S. and Europe calling for an independent, international investigation into how her father died. Check her out here.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Historic Tampa Cuban Sandwich
Miami New Times is bashing our Cuban because we like them with Salami and mayonnaise.
According to the City of Tampa, it, and not Miami, is the birthplace of the Cuban sandwich. It even went so far as to "officially rename" the sandwich, the "Historic Tampa Cuban Sandwich." Considering the fact that in Tampa the sandwich's ingredients include salami and mayonnaise, Tampa can keep the name. That ain't no Cuban sandwich.
Tampa should call its sandwich the "mixto" as it was originally called, because that is what it is -- a mix of cultural appetites resting between two slices of bread -- and stop trying to steal the title of "birthplace of the Cuban sandwich" from Miami, where it belongs.......more>
Amanda Murphy House District 36
Amanda Murphy in the race to replace Mike Fasano in House District 36. Murphy, a Raymond James financial advisor, is running in a special election on Oct. 15 to replace Fasano. Fasano resigned when he was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to replace county tax collector Mike Olson who died.
Check her out here
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