Saturday, May 31, 2014

Lobbyist Carlos Curbelo

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling makes it even easier for out-of-state millionaires to give more money to buy elections for lobbyists 
likeCarlos Curbelo who are only looking after the interests of their billionaire donors and not the people they are supposed to represent.

Tampa’s Jackson House


Entertainers and musicians like Ella Fitzgerald, 
Cab Calloway, James Brown, Ray Charles, 
and Count Basie have all called this hallowed haven home, at least for a few nights.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken with Potatoes and Brocoli.
$8.00 at Uncle Fats in Temple Terrace

Florida GOP And Prison Rape

Florida and 6 other states, all led by 
Republican governors, are defying a federal law aimed at cracking down on the nationwide epidemic of prison rape—and on Wednesday, 
the Obama administration 
started calling them out. Here 

Jacksonville demands: ‘Angela Corey out now!’

On May 27, two dozen supporters gathered 
for a press conference announcing the
 Jacksonville Progressive Coalition's 
campaign launch to get 
State Attorney Angela Corey 
out of office.

Florida's Gerrymandering GOP

Jonathan Katz, a professor at the 
California Institute of Technology 
testified in court that
 Florida's congressional map 
was heavily biased toward electing 
Republicans 
despite the state's Democratic-edge in voters," 
the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Obama "Deporter-In-Chief"

Obama Continues 
Record Deportations, 
Delays Immigration Reforms 
In Order to Court Republicans. more>

Miami Gardens Police Corruption

In a city of 110,754 since 2008, 
police have stopped and questioned 
56,922 people who were not arrested, 
with a total of 99,980 stops that led to no arrest and 250 individuals who were stopped 
more than 20 times each....more>

 it is department policy.  to detain any black male they see between the ages of 15 and 30 and frisk them in hopes of finding 
something to charge them with.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Pam Bondi Sees Harm in Recognizing Gay Marriage

Florida's attorney general contends in recently-filed court documents that recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states would disrupt Florida's existing marriage laws and "impose significant public harm." 
Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Republican 
along with fellow Republican 
Gov. Rick Scott 
and other state officials, earlier this month filed a lengthy response that asks a federal judge to throw out the lawsuit for several reasons, 
saying a federal court shouldn't rule on 
a state's marriage laws.......more

Florida Worst Gerrymandered State

When it comes to manipulating 
political boundaries 
to favor one party, Florida stands above all other states. 
In 2012, Republican candidates for the House of Representatives in Florida won 53% of the vote, 
but gained 63% of the seats......more>

GOP BS: Marco Rubio Mostly False

Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."

Marco Rubio on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly

Floridian Richard Rowe

7 generation native Floridian
Born and raised in the Ocala National Forest
Why I Hate a Whole Generation, and Why You Should Too
America’s Worst Generation — Generation Hate, Generation Greed
aka “The Silent Generation

The RightWing’s Desperate Attempt To Control The Florida Supreme Court

There’s a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let Gov. Rick Scott pack the court 
if he is re-elected. The right wing already has a foothold in the Supreme Court with 
Chief Justice Ricky Polston and
Justice Charles Canady.......more>

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Yolanda Fernandez Joins The Kriseman Administration

St. Petersburg Police Department spokesperson 
and Community Awareness Manager. here


Drug Free Florida Hires Tobacco Lobbyist And longtime Republican Operative Sarah Bascom

What Drug Free Florida is truly all about
United for Care, the main organization advocating for the approval of Florida Amendment 2 allowing for the medical use of marijuana in the state, expressed it’s dismay at Drug Free Florida’s hiring
Bascom. She joins a team riddled with credibility issues. Drug Free Florida is headed by controversial Reagan-era drug policy aide Carlton Turner, who has been quoted as stating that marijuana “leads to homosexuality…and therefore to AIDS.” It is
solely financed by
Saint Petersburg developer Mel Sembler.
It reported zero contributions from no donors in 
the month of April.....more>

Check out Stogie's Smoke Shop,

Kush Liberty 
Needs Freedom Fighters  here

Tampa's Paws for a Cause

Residents of Seminole Heights to help raise funds to assist in the rebuilding of the Animal Coalition of Tampa (A.C.T.). On April 19th, the A.C.T Building was burned and three (3) cats killed in a suspected arson. The fire caused an estimated $200,000 in damage and forced closure of the building and its services. 
Saturday, May 31st, from 10am-2pm 
Seminole Heights United 
Methodist Church 
6111 N Central Avenue, Tampa
(corner of Hanna and Central)