Apopka Man Arrested For Protesting Red Light Cameras

66-year-old Mark Schmidter was on the corner handing out fliers to motorists stopped at red lights. The fliers had a petition and a message about a city council meeting, where citizens could voice their concerns about red light cameras. Schmidter was approached by a police officer. He told the officer he didn't have a permit for the protest, and when asked for identification, responded that as he wasn't driving, he had no need for ID. When he continued to (peacefully) resist the officer's requests for identification or information about who he was, the officer cuffed him and made an arrest. Schmidter's argument about the cameras was that,
Red light cameras are all about money - not safety......more

Nancy Pelosi In Tampa

A little high for a single working mom, but still a lot cheaper then Rick Scott's shindig in Pinellas.  

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Rick Scott Touts New Obamacare Jobs In Tampa

We are blessed in Florida with mild winters, good Cuban food and spectacular, mind-bending politics that turns other states green with envy. Consider Wednesday's big economic story: A company called HealthPlan Services announced it would add 1,000 jobs in Tampa over the next five years. HealthPlan Services is adding people largely because of the new national health-care law pushed by President Barack Obama and fiercely opposed by most Republicans, including (at least initially) Scott. In fact, as the Tampa Bay Times' Steve Bousquet reminds us, Scott called the health-care law "the biggest job killer ever," last year in an interview with FOX News........more
Read what Mitch Perry has to say about it here

Amanda Murphy, Democrat, for Florida State House, District 36

 The Republicans picked their man to replace Republican Mike Fasano in House District 36. Bill Gunter, a candidate handpicked by Republican leadership in Tallahassee and funded by Rick Scott's wealthy allies. We know the Republicans in Tallahassee will spend big for their handpicked candidate and to try and continue Rick Scott’s agenda: cuts to education, higher insurance rates, and no access to health care. Check out Democrat Amanda Murphy.

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Friends Of Stogie

 At Gaspar's Patio in Temple Terrace

$50K Per Couple For Rick Scott's Pinellas Fundraiser

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The Citrus Taliban: David Caton

 Florida Family Association Labels Al Jazeera America 'Jihad TV'

The far-right Florida Family Association is planning to run an aerial banner this Sunday before the Cincinnati Bengals game criticizing Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble, for running ads on Al Jazeera America........more

I wonder how his addiction to pornography is going?

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Bill Nelson Will Vote Yes For War On Syria

Over 60 protesters stormed his Jacksonville office on Sept. 12, demanding that the senator renounce his support for President Barack Obama’s proposed military strike on Syria......more

Right Wing 2016

Bumper stickers are ready, get them here.

Tim Tebow A Jacksonville Jaguar?

A group of Jacksonville Jaguars fans held a rally in order to convince the owners of the Jaguars to sign Tim Tebow as their next quarterback. It started at 3:16 PM and was to last for 3 hours and 16 minutes (all allusions to Tebow’s faith, of course). It drew a whopping crowd of 20 people.....more. They have a website, check them out here. The folks that don't want him there The Bold City Brigade, a nonprofit organization in Jacksonville which seeks to expand and embolden the fan-base, has created a website called

“Even If He’s Released”.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pot Steak

With Black Beans and Rice

$6.50 at Super Saver Supermarket, 2001 E. Fletcher Ave. in Tampa 

Every time I am in Suitcase City I always eat here. Great Spanish food.

Gwen Graham Within 2 Points Of The Incumbent Republican

Emily’s List poll: Southerland 44, Graham 42

A poll in the congressional race between Rep. Steve Southerland and Gwen Graham shows her nipping at the incumbent Republican’s heels, trailing by less than the poll’s error margin. The poll was done for Emily’s List, a political action group that supports Democratic women candidates, by Clarity Campaign Labs, a relatively new Washington-based polling and political consulting firm.......more

Lets help her out here 

Florida Medical Marijuana News

Florida Bans Workers From Signing Up People for Obamacare

The Florida Department of Health is banning outreach workers from signing up uninsured people for Obamacare at county health facilities. The outreach workers, also called "Navigators," are only allowed to distribute materials related to Obamacare by request. HHS spokesman Fabien Levy said,

"This is another blatant and shameful attempt to intimidate groups who will be working to inform Americans about their new health insurance options and help them enroll in coverage, just like Medicare counselors have been doing for years."

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz slammed Fla. Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Twitter: “Time to end the political theatrics and work on implementation, not more obstruction.”.......more

WMNF Fall Marathon!

See what all the fun and fuss are about joining the Circle of Friends! Explore the benefits and rewards of joining the Circle of Friends! Contact Laura Taylor, Development Director, at 813-865-8260 or email laura@wmnf.org!

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Sun Sentinel Reporter Goes Off on Tea Partier

Florida-Friendly Landscaping

The Polk County Florida Yards & Neighborhoods Program will teach you how to landscape the Florida-Friendly way! This means conserving water and practicing environmentally sustainable landscape maintenance practices. Any landscape can be Florida-Friendly if it is designed and maintained following the nine principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping........more

Zimmerman Is A Sandy Hook, Aurora Waiting To Happen

Apparently Zimmerman does not have a friend in his local police chief. Steve Bracknell, who heads the department in Lake Mary, Florida, where Zimmerman lives, agreed with some pretty intense criticisms of the acquitted killer contained in two angry emails he received Tuesday about Zimmerman's recent altercation with his wife. "Zimmerman is a Sandy Hook, Aurora waiting to happen," the emailer, Santiago Rodriguez, asserted, in an email posted online. "Your job is to protect the communities you serve, and you are failing big time."........more

Nathan Bedford Forrest High School

An online petition with more than 78,000 signatures requests a reconsideration of the name of a Florida high school christened after the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

Nathan Bedford Forrest High School, of the Duval County School District in Jacksonville, opened in 1959 and was named after the Confederate Army Lieutenant General during the Civil War who joined the KKK around early 1867......more>

Rick Scott Is Trying To Dupe Voters

Gov. Rick Scott is in trouble. With his favorability rating in the tank and his re-election campaign just around the corner, Scott has promised to spend $100 million of special-interest money to convince Floridians he isn’t who they think he is. The problem is Scott has done very little as governor to crow about........more>

Tampa, High Speed Chase and Shootout!

Watch and listen as Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee and Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor give this blow-by-blow account of the chase and shootout of a rape suspect, from the moment it began to the gunfire that ended it.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

The Royal Red Robin

At the Red Robin, Citrus Park Town Center in Tampa

Florida Republicans Fraud Alert

The potential for fraud in the 2012 presidential election was how Florida Republicans justified measures that made it tougher to register voters. So nine months after ballots were counted, where exactly are the culprits of voter registration fraud? The Florida Department of Law Enforcement hasn't found them. They did find 2, both involving Strategic Allied Consulting, a vendor for the Republican Party of Florida........more>

Time For #19

It's time to make Florida the 19th state to allow recall of elected state officials. Rick Scott bought his way into office spending tens of millions of dollars of his own money in the process. Rick Scott is rapidly proving himself to be an ideologue Libertarian, abandoning what's good for Florida, in an effort to push through his far right ideas of how state government should be run, no matter what harm it does to the future health of the State's economy and citizens........here

Florida Women Kicking Ass On X-Factor

Meet Rion Paige, Jacksonville's Finest

And meet Lillie McCloud from Orlando.

Miami protest at Senator Nelson’s office

Over 25 people gathered outside of Senator Bill Nelson’s Miami office on Sept. 12 to demand that the U.S. Senator from Florida vote against any military authorization bill that comes his way. The rally began at 6:45 p.m. in front of Nelson’s office, which is located in Coral Gables. Protesters held Syrian flags and anti-war signs with slogans such as, “Hands off Syria,” and “I don’t want my tax dollars supporting Al-Qaeda.”........more>

The Citrus Taliban: Terry Jones

The Rev. Terry Jones was planning on torching nearly 3,000 Qurans on the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at Loyce E. Harpe Park, in Mulberry at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Supporters gathered, but Jones never arrived. That's because Grady Judd's boys saw Jones at a McDonalds in Mulberry and watched as he doused the books with kerosene on his way to the park. He was pulled over  a couple of miles away and arrested on charges of unlawful conveyance of fuel and open display of a firearm........more>

Rick Scott Is Selling Our Public Lands

Have you ever enjoyed a nature trail or stream that was then turned into a strip mall or parking lot? I know I have. Now Gov. Rick Scott wants to sell off up to 4,000 acres of environmentally sensitive lands our tax dollars have already purchased and protected so he can kick back more money to his big business buddies. here, Here’s a complete list of all the lands the state is considering putting on the auction block. Take a look and see if any of them are in your backyard.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pizza

Anchovies, peppers and onions

At the Firehouse Pub in Temple Terrace.

Tampa Rapper Prophit

Prophit (real name Reginald M. Wilks) a local who grew up in an East Tampa neighborhood near Hillsborough Avenue and 40th Street, and still lives in the Tampa area has scored a spot on the soundtrack for “The Family,” the upcoming film starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Human Rights Forum In Tampa

Monday, September 23, 2013 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

University of Tampa, Reeves Theater
401 W Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa

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WMNF Birthday Party

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Dirt Poor Red States

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Meme of the Day: Jeb gives an award to Hillary

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Walking While Black In Florida

Bobby Wingate was cited by an officer for “walking down the wrong side of the road” during the stop, then punched in the face. When the officer pulled out his Tazer, Wingate called 911 to protect himself. “He said do I really want to fight him?” Wingate can be heard telling the emergency dispatcher. “I haven’t done anything wrong.” Wingate was arrested, charged with resisting arrest without violence and walking down the wrong side of the road and brought to trial. But in court, the officer testified he was not sure what side of the road Wingate was on, prompting the judge to dismiss the case. Wingate has since filed a civil suit against the department........more>

Don't Drink And Drive In Tallahassee

Bob Buckhorn’s Shtick Begins To Wear Old

For a guy who lost three races before winning his dream job, Bob Buckhorn sure is worried about a lot of other things than being mayor of Tampa......more>

Conservatives Completely Disconnected From The Consequences Of Their Politics

A couple of months ago, a study was released that showed that conservatives are completely disconnected from the consequences of their politics. It doesn’t matter if banning contraceptives increases the number of abortions, all that matters to them is punishing whores their “religious beliefs.” It doesn’t matter if cutting billions from food stamps will send millions of children to bed hungry every night as long as niggers those people don’t get a free meal........more>

Underground Fashion Connection

Meet Erica and Cathy. They own this cool shop at the Big Top flea market in Tampa.

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