Three Amazing Florida Women

Progressive Florida

Three new amazing Democratic women 

threw their hat into the ring for countywide office around the state.
They are:

Pat Gerard for Pinellas County Commission

Daniella Levine Cava for Miami-Dade County Commission

Val Demings for Orange County Mayor

Rick Scott's Florida Suicide Epidemic

No more renting guns to kill yourself

A chain of gun-shops that has built gun ranges across

Central Florida

has announced it will no longer rent out guns in order to stop a string of suicides that occurred when customers borrowed weapons and used them

to take their own lives.....more>

The Lower Green Swamp Preserve

Citizens rallied four years ago to ensure one of Hillsborough County's largest land holdings stayed free of developers' clutches forever. This month the county will finally open a small portion of what is now dubbed the Lower Green Swamp Preserve to public exploration for the first time in decades. County officials are planning a
grand opening for the preserve at 10 a.m. Jan. 28......more>
BTW, Republican Ken Hagan had alot to do with making this happen. Great work everyone. 

City of Tampa's Free Mobile App

Bob connects you to Mayor Bob.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jim

He is from Brooksville. He has been homeless 3 months.

Auburndale Fights For Student Safety

US Highway 92 and Old Dixie Highway 
Over 150 community members gathered at the intersection to demand Polk County Florida commissioners take action for public safety for high school students.
Tenoroc High School
was built and opened up to Auburndale students in 2008. It is located near the intersection which has no sidewalks and lighting is almost non-existent Since the opening of Tenoroc High, there have been two students who, while walking to school,
were hit and killed by vehicles.......
more>

Stogie Party: Mr. Blue

296 Days and counting

Florida Blue Revolution

11.4.14 Ybor City

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Stop Alex Sink Campaign

Michael Hussey - Pushing Rope

has created a Facebook group

looking to stop former state CFO Alex Sink from running

for statewide office in the future......more

Yea we are with that, lets bring Jessica Ehrlich back!

Florida Tea Partier Trey Radel

Our partier gets 1 year of probation
After pleading guilty to possessing coke, avoiding the possible year in jail and $1000 fine such a charge can bring in the nation’s capitol......more

Presently across the US, 500,000 non-violent drug offenders are sitting in America’s prisons for equal and sometimes even lesser crimes.
Please note, we have nothing  against congressmen getting coked up once in a while. Some of us spent the late 70's and early 80's on this wonderful drug. It's the hypocrisy that bothers us. 

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>

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

here

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

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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.

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