Friday, January 10, 2014

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Boliche
With moro and yuca
At LA Teresita Grocery in West Tampa 

Gus Bilirakis Thinks He Is Slick

 Our very own Gus Bilirakis
is introducing a bill "to address Obamacare's security risks"
that he claims "could" happen, citing
FOX news and ALEC, Koch associated think tanks
 that are pushing that idea to right-wing websites and blogs........more>

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Facts About Javier Manjarres

 Paid Attack Dog
Taking on political opposition leaving the client’s hands clean. His broad modus operandi is to attack Republican political candidates
who do not pay him.
here
 
Dedicated to the truth without his spin

Big Mistake Nick Ruiz

Nick Ruiz
Announces switch to run against Grayson, not Mica.
more>
Against Mica he might of had a chance, now he has no chance at all.
Alan Grayson For Congress

Marco Rubio Blocks Gay Black Judge's Nomination

Who he previously recommended 
-- William Thomas, a gay black judge from Miami -- and, to the anger and puzzlement of many, is preventing the nomination from moving forward at all.......more>
Chris Hayes explores the possible motivation behind Sen.
Rubio's obstruction of William Thomas.
here

The Zombie Film Challenge

                                      Tampa info

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Alex Sink Party In St. Pete

Hosting the party are local Progressive leaders, St. Petersburg City Council members Steve Kornell and Darden Rice, Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner and his partner Gil Sainz. Tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Birchwood Grand Ballroom, 340 Beach Drive NE in St. Petersburg.

Florida Speaks Tour

Meet Louis King

 
Local BBQ Master
You can reach him at 330.812.7656

Dine With Ted Cruz In Sarasota

Only $5,000.00
The Republican Party of Sarasota will honor the Texas Tea Party lawmaker.
 2014 Statesman of the Year
Joining a list of past Republican standard-bearers such as 
Sean Hannity and Donald Trump.
A HUGE crowd is expected! So Make sure to arrive EARLY

Ybor Paparazzi

Mark (Tea Cup) with Chef Arsenio, long time chef (50 years) at
the Columbia Restaurant at Hamburger Marys.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Florida Blog Wars

Tampa Bay Blog
Saint Petersblog
Is Under Attack From The Left And The Right
   The Left                                   The Right
Pushing Rope                              Shark Tank

Business is BOOMING at Colorado Marijuana Shops

Join The Party here
Visit Stogie's Smoke Shop here
NY is Latest to Legalize Medical Pot
 

 

GOP Family Values

 A wife and three grown children in St. Petersburg
and a mistress and a new born baby in
 Washington DC.
A married man has an affair with his secretary. He likes it so much he wants to keep her on as his mistress, they even have a child together while he is still married. The wife tells him no and she wants a divorce. Then he has no further contact with the children from that marriage after 1986. Less than a year later, he was awarded the Family and Freedom Award from the Christian Voice, the nation's largest conservative religious lobby.
 He received the award because of
how he voted on "key moral issues."

The Florida Charter School Scam

Dunedin's Life Force Arts and Technology
One of the most egregious cases of mismanagement in Florida charter school history: a public elementary school that enriched its administrators, impoverished its teachers, failed its students
and collapsed in disgrace......more>

Hanan Islam and her company, Art of Management, fired teachers, starved classrooms of supplies and distributed books and pamphlets written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
For months, Islam evaded warnings and visits from Pinellas County school officials, all the while steering more than $100,000 from the school to her private business accounts.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Florida Blue Revolution 2014

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

A New Breed Of Cuban-American

For more than two decades, running for Congress in this sun-soaked capital of Cuban exiles has required two things: a Republican registration card and a hard line toward the Castro regime. And then came Joe Garcia

In a break with the exile community, Garcia campaigned in support of loosening restrictions on Cuban-Americans who want to visit relatives on the island or send them money. Since taking office, he has pushed for U.S. trials of a Cuba-developed diabetes treatment and for easing travel rules for Cuban diplomats who visit the U.S. And while Florida Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio, fumed when President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro last month, Garcia dismissed it as a simple courtesy.

Welcome To Tampa

Expect Delays
Mayor Bob should  stop worrying about Pinellas and take care of us.  
WE NEED Transportation Solutions NOW !

Candidates Wanted For Dist. 5

The only one running so far is this guy. Any Dem, Green out there want to run against him?

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Florida Tested, No One Approved


What Stogie Had For Lunch

 Meat Loaf
With yellow rice and veggies
At Hamburger Mary's on 7th Ave in Ybor City.

The Warmongering Wing Of The Democratic Party

A group of Democrats are joining Republicans in trying to undermine the White House's negotiations with Iran by imposing a new set of sanctions. Fifteen of them, actually, who prefer status quo bluster and threats to diplomacy that might actually do something to end Iran's nuclear ambitions. They are

Bob Menendez (NJ)
Chuck Schumer (NY)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Bob Casey (PA)
Chris Coons (DE)
Dick Blumenthal (CT)
Mark Begich (AK)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Mark Warner (VA)
Kay Hagan (NC)
Joe Donnelly (IN)
Cory Booker (NJ)
Joe Manchin (WV)

Charlie Crist Apologizes for Backing Gay Marriage Ban


Saturday, January 4, 2014

The Stogie Party

Ybor Paparazzi

Future Local Stars

Mayor Rick Kriseman

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman was sworn in. 

Hillsborough County GOP

Hillsborough County
Rick Cochran -  Stacy White
Janet Lee Dougherty - Ken Hagan
Al Higginbotham - Don Kruse
Robin A. Lester - Terry Kemple

As of 12/30/2013 there are
Democratic: 309,348
Republican: 245,522
Lets keep these people out of office.
Vote
Join The Party
Please consider Mary Mulhern, Donna Lee Fore

Friday, January 3, 2014

Local Bartenders: Shannon

Meet Shannon
She works hard at Pix Lounge, 10005 N Florida Ave in Tampa.
Stop in and say hello, She makes a great Bloody Mary.

National Repeal Day In Ybor City

This year, it was held in Ybor at the Don Vicente.
 A bartender from St. Louis had this to say.

Florida "No more sneaking around."

Floridians we can do it too.
11.4.14

Stop Fracking In Florida: Hydraulic Fracturing In Naples

Oil Drilling Truck Convoy headed for Naples 
One of the newest controversies in the field of oil and gas extraction is playing out in South Florida, just outside of the City of Naples. While there has been history of oil and gas development, both on- and off-shore in Florida since the 1940s, the risks of fracturing rock to extract hydrocarbons more than 10,000 feet below the surface, has been gaining much attention recently.......more>
 
Preserve Our Paradise, Inc. was formed when we learned that the Dan A. Hughes Company of Beeville, Texas had applied to drill a well that presents maximal threats to public safety and our natural environment.  It is positioned to drill under the City of Naples main water wellfield, the future Collier County water wellfield area, the Florida Panther National Wildlife Preserve, and the residential suburb of Golden Gate Estates.....here

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Rick Scott Ended 2013

In a crushing defeat for his endless assault on the poor, Florida Governor Rick Scott ended 2013 with a federal judge ruling that his policy of mandatory drug testing for all welfare recipients is unconstitutional, making a hold on the law in 2011 permanent after its brief roll out.....more

Rocky Mountain High


VOTE Nov. 4, 2014
Weed Sales Begin In Colorado
Colorado recreational marijuana retailers
Make it happen here
Florida's
Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act

Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture

A new report from Progress Florida and the Center for Media and Democracy describes how an out-of-state agenda is peddled in Tallahassee by local special interest groups with close ties to the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).......more>

It's Time for a New American Sunrise


Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Countdown Clocks 2014

Tampa's Abelardo Arteaga

There was a time when his neighbors celebrated the support Abelardo Arteaga gave to the Cuba of the Castro brothers. Fifty-five years ago this Jan. 1, Cubans in Ybor City and West Tampa danced in the street when the Cuban revolution declared victory. Much has changed since that day in 1959. Yet through it all, Arteaga, a Tampa native, has never wavered in his support of the island nation. At 91, Arteaga is the elder statesman among those in Tampa who would eliminate the trade and travel embargo imposed by the U.S. He has challenged it from the beginning.......more>
End The Embargo On The Cuban People.

Pray For Allen West

To defeat progressive socialism, secular humanism, and radical Islamism, all of which are apparently embraced by Barack Obama. I ask that those who know the power of prayer, pray my strength and courage through God’s divine providence. Game on.  Steadfast and Loyal.......more> 
Who is Allen West?
While serving in Iraq, West had his soldiers arrest an Iraqi police officer, and beat the living daylights out of him. Then, for good measure, West took out his own gun, and shot it right next to the Iraqi police officer's ear. West was convicted of violating the Military Code of Conduct,
fined $5000, and ushered out of the U.S. Army.
West somehow parlayed that experience into a seat in Congress, proving that there is fine, fine line between fame and infamy. During West's one term in Congress, he:
Denounced Democrats as "chicken men, said that "about 78 to 81, Democratic Congressman are "members of the Communist Party,"  characterized Obama supporters as "a threat to the gene pool," called Rep. Keith Ellison the "antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established" simply because Ellison is Muslim, and called Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, "the most vile, unprofessional, and despicable member of the US House of Representatives."
Now he works part time for FOX News.

Tampa Bay LGBT Welcome & Youth Center