Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Academic Huckster: MaryEllen Elia

Hillsborough County School Board Meetings
The most entertaining show in town

Florida's Culture Of Corruption

Scott is running Florida like a business, doing business with his friends
 "Before the Legislature convenes in Tallahassee next Tuesday, Coral Gables healthcare tycoon Miguel B. 'Mike' Fernandez will host a Sunday afternoon BBQ with Gov. Rick Scott, his wife Ann, and key members of the governor’s campaign finance team."
Fernandez, chairman of MBF Healthcare Partners, is more than Scott’s friend. He’s also a huge contributor to his re-election campaign and the owner or co-owner of fast-growing healthcare companies that under Scott’s administration have been awarded multiple, multi-year state contracts potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars........more

Monday, March 3, 2014

Awake The State in Ybor City 3.4.14

Why Joe Newman Is Running For U.S. Congress


Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture: MacDill Air Force Base

Jonathan Hage sat on Gov. Rick Scott's education transition team.
He and his company, Charter Schools USA,
Have given more than $100,000
to Scott's Let's Get To Work fund and the state Republican Party.
Now it appears it was Scott — or someone very close to him — who suggested
Charter Schools USA run a school at MacDill Air Force Base.
Meeting minutes obtained by the Hillsborough County School District, which opposes the school, describe the origin of a plan that is at the heart of a
battle before the Florida Board of Education.....more>

Meals on Wheels of Tampa


Sunday, March 2, 2014

why Tampa Is Amazing

History Bike Tampa celebrates one-year anniversary
Founder Eric Turner talks cemeteries, discovering your city,
and why Tampa is amazing......more>

Florida Led World In Shark Attacks In 2013


Top-Ten Most Mmiserable States Are Red

10. Louisiana
9. Oklahoma
8. Missouri

7. Tennessee
6. Arkansas
5. Ohio

4. Alabama
3. Mississippi

2. Kentucky
1. West Virginia, here
STOP VOTING GOP

Rescued Florida Panther Kitten


Saturday, March 1, 2014

Hillsborough County's 2014 Homeless Count

Volunteers had a tough time Thursday as they fanned out in an attempt to tally every homeless person in Hillsborough County......more

Tegu Lizards Invade Riverview

The Tampa Bay area seems to be a fertile breeding ground for an exotic lizard that wildlife officials want to keep from becoming the state's next invasive species problem.
More than 100 black-and-white tegu lizards have been spotted in Hillsborough County, mostly in an area south of Riverview......more

The lizards are native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina,
and they are an invasive species in Florida.

Modern-Day Lepers" Living in a Remote Florida Town


Life Without Parole For Marijuana

Clemency to Jeff Mizanskey
My father Jeff Mizanskey has been in prison for 20 years and has no possibility of parole.
For non-violent, marijuana-only offenses, my father has been sentenced to die in prison because of a "three strikes" mandatory sentencing policy in the State of Missouri.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Fake or Florida - Late Night with Seth Meyers


Gator’s Dockside In Central Florida

Patriotic’ Owners Adding Obamacare Surcharge to Bills

What Pigs And Pot Have In Common In Florida


Judge John Galluzo Of Seminole County

Was forced to return a Glock pistol and a rifle to a blind man who won immunity for killing another man under the state's "stand your ground" law.....more
 
"I have to return property that was taken under the circumstance," the judge said. "I have researched and haven't found case law to say otherwise."

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Shitty Cape Coral, Florida

The fight of Cape Coral resident Robin Speronis to live “off the grid”
has escalated,
the city has capped her access to the sewer so she can no longer use it.
 It’s a move she calls, “pure evil.”......more
A Porta-Potty place down there should help her out.

They Profit - David Jolly


What Stogie Had For Lunch

Bandeja paisaat Brisas Del Valle  7532 N.Armenia Ave. Tampa 
more

Rep. Alan Grayson: Ted Cruz Is Trying to 'Hasten the Apocalypse'


He was in Sarasota to receive the 'Statesman of the Year' award from
 
The Republican Party of
Sarasota County