Friday, October 25, 2013
Vulnerable Florida House Republicans
McResources "Help" Line
Why I don't eat at McDonalds.
McDonald's
just bought another $35-million-dollar luxury jet. Yet their employees make so
little they rely on public assistance just to get by. This
costs taxpayers $1.2 billion a year!
Eat local, support our local businesses.Check out tampabaylocavore.com Pam Bondi Contesting Medical Marijuana
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is contesting a proposed ballot initiative for a medical marijuana constitutional amendment and has asked the Florida Supreme Court for an opinion. Bondi contends the proposal from People United for Medical Marijuana, a group led by high-profile attorney John Morgan, is misleading the public and is presented in a way that does not convey its “true meaning and ramifications.”......more
University Of Florida SDS Demands Tuition Equity
Thursday, October 24, 2013
200 Gather In Tampa To Urge Hillary Clinton
200 people packed into a Mise en Place meeting room in South Tampa on Tuesday night to join a grass roots campaign that is urging the former secretary of state to run for president in 2016.....more
Alan Grayson Maintains Firm Grip on Race
The latest race ratings for Florida's 9th Congressional District affirm that Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Orlando) remains a heavy favorite to win re-election in 2014. "These nonpartisan prognosticators understand the reality of this race. We are in a heavily-Democratic district. We won in record fashion in 2012. We have some of the best field and fundraising operations in the entire country. But most importantly, I work hard, pay attention, and get things done for my constituents. They want a ‘Congressman With Guts' representing them," Grayson said.......more
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Hillsborough County Commissioners Honor Jan Platt
The Hillsborough County Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to name its popular land-preservation program for its originator, former board member Jan Platt. Commissioner Kevin Beckner acknowledged that the proposal he floated last month was spontaneous. It came as the board was celebrating the 25th anniversary of ELAPP, and Beckner said he realized during that presentation that the program and environmental stewardship are among Platt's most enduring legacies.....more
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Fried Fish
With yellow rice and yuca.
$5.95 at La Teresita Grocery, on Boliche Blvd. in West Tampa
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Jessica Ehrlich Not Welcome
In an email shared with Peter Schorsch of Saint Petersblog Mrs. Young, Bill Young's widow advises Ehrlich, who ran against Rep. Young in 2012, that she is not “welcome at any of my husband’s memorial services.”
“People like you are the exact people that makes this world a scary place to live in,” Young writes. “You should be ashamed of the games you attempted to play so you could secure a job.“
Consider Rep. Ted Yoho Of Florida
Accountability
Consider Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), a Tea Party freshman whose outspoken stupidity on a default’s potential benefits, such as an improved U.S. credit rating, has provided a bit of dark humor in these dark days. Yoho, a large-animal veterinarian, announced months ago that he would never vote to raise the debt ceiling. Like most Republican candidates, he had no problem raising contributions from business interests, notably including contractors, insurance companies, manufacturers and agricultural processors — all of which presumably share the horror of default expressed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. But no doubt Yoho parroted the usual right-wing clichés about taxes, regulation, labor, and health care, so all the business guys wrote a check without caring that Yoho is an ignorant yobbo.......moreKKK Group Begs Florida Officials
A Ku Klux Klan chapter is fighting a grassroots effort to change the name of a Florida high school that honors the Confederate general who helped found the notoriously racist organization.....more
Monday, October 21, 2013
The GOP Carnage Has Begun
First Amanda Murphy a Democrat from New Port Richey beats Bill Gunter who had the support of the state GOP and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, who spent $75,000 in the last weeks of the campaign. And now Democrat Cory Booker slides into victory in New
Jersey. A Tea Party Republican has been soundly defeated and thus denied entry
into the Senate, The Tea Party guy Steve Lonegan ran an embarrassing campaign, resorting to
questioning Booker’s sexual orientation in lieu of focusing on the issues facing
the state and the country....more And their man Ken Cuccinelli up in Virginia is also losing.
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Hey Marco Rubio, The Christ Was A Liberal
Read what Mr. Rubio had to say at the Values Voter Summit.
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