The Ybor City Stogie

Thursday, December 26, 2013

God In Hillsborough County Classrooms

Terry Kemple is a divorced family man from Valrico who believes that teachers should have the academic freedom to bring God into the classroom and that they should never, ever, be allowed to mention the theory of evolution. Terry is vying to fill one of the 7 positions on the Hillsborough County School Board, a group which is responsible for overseeing the 11th largest School District in the US.

Learn more about Mr. Kimple here, on You Tube here

Rick Scott's Florida

Don't let the right wing media fool you.

We live here and things are not good.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Jennifer Nettles & John Legend - "O Holy Night"

Happy Holidays

From The Ybor City Stogie, Join The Party 2014

Is America a Christian Nation?

Florida Under Water

A senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, Jane Long, has warned Florida residents that global warming will lead to them being under water. The remarks were made at a recent three-day conference targeting journalists and addressing the issue of global warming and worldwide climate change at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)........more>

A new study published this Friday has revealed that conservative donors are more active than ever in funding efforts to block action on climate change — to a tune of more than $1 billion a year.....more>

Ybor Paparazzi

Local Dancers

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

I Remember Tampa

Right Wing Rewriting the Bible So it’s Less ‘Liberal’

here

Florida Blue Revolution 2014

Join the revolution, turn Florida blue Nov. 4 2014
Click here and pick a Candidate

Rick Scott's Florida

Monday, December 23, 2013

Happy Festivus Day

From The Ybor City Stogie

Ybor Paparazzi

Photographer on 7th ave

No Brakes

Car runs into the Rent A Center, Northgate in Tampa

Give refunds to drivers wrongly ticketed by red light cameras

Wengay Newton wants St. Petersburg to start refunding fines to drivers incorrectly ticketed by red light cameras installed since the fall of 2011.

“This was not a thing about safety,” Newton told 10 News. “This was all about revenue”

here

Get The Facts on Red Light Cameras

here

Where Are The Job Seekers?

I hate to sound like a right winger but in this case they might have a point. My friend is looking for 2 people to fill positions in his company, he placed an ad on Craigslist. About 30 people called, only one showed up.
Does anyone want a job?

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Tampa Theater Voted One Of The 10 Most Beautiful

The Tampa Theaters has been voted as one of the Top 10 Most Beautiful theaters according to the BBC. The Tampa Theater joined the list that also includes Havana's Cine Acapulco and The Castro Theatre in San Francisco.......more

Pic thanks to

Tampa Pix

The best website in Tampa. More here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

The Buffy

At Hamburger Mary's in Ybor City

Rick Scott Blasted For Deaths Of 40 Children

South Florida Democrats fired a stinging rebuke at Gov. Rick Scott (R) Thursday, holding him responsible for the deaths of 40 children who were known to state child welfare workers when they died during the first half of 2013.......more>

"Clearly, your idealogical agenda of smaller government and less regulation doesn't always neatly fit with the priority of child protection, which has resulted in heartbreaking outcomes for too many Florida children" wrote Rep. Perry Thurston of Fort Lauderdale

Interview: Florida Cop Arrested For Refusing to Remove Guy Fawkes Mask

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Black Santa In Port Charlotte

Raíces en Tampa: DL4ALLFL

On Dec 17, a new immigrant rights group, Raíces en Tampa, met with community members and students to launch a movement to demand driver licenses for undocumented immigrants in Florida. Previous attempts to pass driver license bills in Florida had support, but still failed. In 2012, the Dream Act Driver License bill unanimously passed in the state legislature. However, Florida Governor Rick Scott brought it down with a veto. here

Dolphins Dying In Gulf From BP Oil Spill

A study backed by the federal government and paid for by BP shows that dolphins in some of the worst hit areas by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 are suffering from lung disease and other abnormalities consistent with toxic exposure to oil.......more>

Friday, December 20, 2013

Ben Kirby Is The Man Around These Parts

St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman's Director of Communications

here

The Most Dangerous State For Homeless People Is: Florida. Again

Florida has a problem.

Once again, the Sunshine State has been deemed the most dangerous in the nation for homeless people -- the third such designation it has earned since 2008 -- according to the National Coalition for the Homeless' 2012 database of known cases of violence........more>

Tampa's Community Cats

Commissioners voted 6-1 to approve an ordinance that would

trap, neuter, vaccinate and release stray cats as a strategy

for controlling their population......more

This guy Republican Victor Crist voted no

Medical Marijuana Day of Action II

Saturday, December 21st

Pick-up OR drop-off locations:

10am-2pm at:Avid Brew, 1745 1st St. S St. Pete
Leader: Cyndi Hamad – (727) 421-7862

10am-2pm at:Chic A Boom Room, 319 Main St. Dunedin
Leader: John Chase – (727) 204-6101

5pm-10pm at:
King Corona Cigars and Café
1523 E. 7th Ave Ybor City
Leader: Bianca Garza – (813) 321-3476

info

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Ybor Surveillance

Ybor City

What Stogie Had For Lunch

ORECHIETTE ALLA BARES

With salad, bread and Pepsi $8.99

At La Case Della Pasta in Carrollwood.

Gator For A 12-Pack In Miami

Fernando Caignet Aguilera was cited Dec. 10 after he tried to exchange a live gator for a 12-pack at the Santa Maria Market, wildlife officers said......more

‘Intolerance Is In The Republican Party’s DNA’

"The only place where intolerance against the community is welcome is in the Republican Party. Intolerance is in the Republican Party’s DNA."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz during a speech at a Michigan area LGBTQ community meeting.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

TPD Violence In Ybor City

Cost: $165,000

Florida's Culture Of Corruption

In a major procedural victory

for opponents of Florida's new congressional map, the state Supreme Court ruled that legislators and their staffers can be required to testify about whether they drew the new lines with improper partisan intent. Amendments to the state constitution passed in 2010 now forbid the legislature from creating maps "with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent," but plaintiffs charge that lawmakers did exactly that......more

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Palomilla steak with sides.

at Machu Picchu Restaurant. 3974 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa

Local Homeless Day of Dignity

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Project Downtown Tampa, Red Crescent, Islamic Relief and many other organizations provided free health and human services Sunday for the homeless in Hillsborough County at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa.....more

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Poop On Ybor's Head

The founder sits in a Ybor City courtyard with bird poop on his head.

The Marxist Pope

Asked how it felt to be called a Marxist, the Pope answered:

The Marxist ideology is wrong. But I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so

I don’t feel offended."

We like this guy.

Tampa Parks and Recreation

Disposable Trash Cans

The Duval County School Board

With more than 50 activists and community members present,

The Duval County School Board voted unanimously,

to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School. The historic vote by the school board comes at the end of a six-month campaign by the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition (JPC) and other forces to drop the local high school's racist namesake.....more>

Great job Everyone!