League of Women Voters, are challenging the state’s congressional map and accusing legislators of violating the 2010 constitutional amendment requiring them to draw districts that do not protect incumbents or members of a party." more
At a meeting of the Florida State University Presidential Search Advisory Committee, Tallahassee Dream Defenders spoke out against the nomination of Senator John Thrasher as the new Florida State University (FSU) president.......more>
Thrasher is being given special treatment and students say it is because he is rich and politically powerful. They also say Thrasher is racist and anti-worker.
Central Florida
ranks as the most dangerous metropolitan region for walkers over the ten year
period of 2003 – 2012 with the state of Florida taking first place in the
nation.
on Friday, flagging $120 million in spending the group says was included by lawmakers without the proper public vetting, including large projects in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Miami-Dade and Pasco Hillsborough County had 12 projects flagged.
Is City Council candidate Jackie Toledo
using a campaign photo that
superimposes her own image on Mayor Bob Buckhorn's
official city portrait?
It looks that way, say five photography experts who examined both photos. Mayor Bob is not happy. Toledo's photo could mislead voters into thinking she has an endorsement he hasn't given. "I knew I would be a lame duck someday, but I didn't think people would be Photoshopping me out of my own picture," he said.here Are the pics of her with Iorio and Montelione also fake?
Super PAC funded by liberal billionaire and environmentalist Tom Steyer
has announced it will spend as much as $100 million this election season attacking Republicans in seven key states who it says are climate-science “deniers.”
The Republicans being targeted by Steyer’s political committee, NextGen Climate Action, includes Rick Scott of Florida
Sooners have been putting solar panels on their homes to save on energy costs and reduce
fossil-fuel pollution.
The state's Republican-controlled government slapped a new "fee" – actually, a tax – on the bills of those who convert from grid takers to grid producers in the future.
It came from a secretive corporate front group called ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Florida we are not Texas, Georgia or Kentucky where the Oligarchy can buy our votes with 30 second TV ads. Be informed when you vote. You can start here
You know, for her to have been a veteran, a wounded warrior for the United States Army, she should know that this is not the right thing. And hopefully, you know,
she will remember the oath of office
that she took as an Army officer and not the allegiance I guess she believes she has to
Bill Nelson with half the U.S. Senate urged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to change the Washington Redskins’ name, saying it is a racist slur and the time is ripe to replace it. here May we suggest The Washington Scoundrels
Marlo Lewis, senior fellow of the fossil fuel-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute, argued that moving regions that will be affected by sea level rise is a better idea than taking efforts to mitigate climate change.....more>
Do Hillsborough County residents prefer their taxes be spent on better roads or do they want a more diverse array of transportation options, including rapid bus routes, light rail and a high-speed ferry? It turns out they want all of the above
and would be more comfortable in the Ukraine or
Russia. GOP supporters should stay away from our
country. This is a Republican party that has
decided they like power so much that they think it’s okay to win by taking away
the right to vote, They are not American, They
could be more comfortable in the Ukraine or Russia but stay away from our
country. This is based on
McDonald’s has workers arrested while protesting for $15 and a union at corporate HQ today. If you stand with arrested workers, call McDonald’s and tell them now: (855) 572-9499
Recently unearthed footage of Rep. Ted Yoho speaking at Berean Baptist Church in Ocala, during his candidacy for Congress in the 2012 election cycle shows the Republican politician suggesting that only property owners should have the right to vote. See more at: Pushing Rope