Jeb's legacy is taking a huge hit

One of Bush's finest moments came in 2002, when he and President George W. Bush pledged a 50-50 state-federal partnership to clean up the Everglades. Gov. Bush did secure state funding. Federal funding, however, lagged. Republican deficit hawks played a part in that. And Gov. Bush significantly undermined his own work when he agreed to delay clean-water standards for a decade. here

The Sun Sentinel reported last week, oil companies are taking advantage of Florida's chronically lax environmental laws to begin a form of fracking — fracturing of underground rock to release oil — in sensitive areas close to the Everglades. Republicans who dominated the Legislature since Jeb's tenure have failed to approve rules to protect the Everglades from fracking 

Florida GOP Allen West

Obama Secretly Dispersing Illegal Immigrants Around the Country. Immigrant children being dispersed to all corners of the nation in under cover of darkness. here

Miami-Dade County to fire hundreds of Cops

Get Yourself Some Firearms Because You’re Going to Have to Protect Yourselves. 

Dade County 

may have to fire hundreds of cops here

Seguimos en la lucha amigos!

Fletcher Ave, Tampa here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Matty she is a local.

Fruitland Park Police Links To KKK

A confidential FBI report reportedly links two 
Fruitland Park, Florida police officers to the 
Ku Klux Klan — one of whom was, 
until recently, 
the local police department’s deputy chief. 
Deputy Chief David Borst resigned his office shortly after the FBI provided a copy of the report to 

police Chief Terry Issacs. here

Mayor Of Tampa Wanted

If you plan to run for mayor of Tampa next March, now is the time to lay the groundwork.

Mayor Bob is doing just that, but there are 

no signs anybody else is. here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Neet Winston, he is from Georgia

Raíces en Tampa Rally at El Rey De Oros

Parking Lot of El Rey De Oros
2002 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa
July 14 Today 7:00 pm info

Ban Fracking In Florida

Recently, the Dan A. Hughes Co. of Texas was given a minor slap on the wrist by Gov. Scott's Department of Environmental Protection for secretly and illegally fracking on endangered Florida panther habitat in the heart of the western Everglades.

Now more than ever we must act to protect the Florida we love. 

Add your voice to the voices of Floridians saying it's time to end fracking by signing the petition. here

Kush Liberty - Florida

Freedom Fighters Wanted

Net Neutrality: Gov. Howard Dean

Miami, the great world city, is drowning

Low-lying south Florida, at the front line of climate change in the US, will be swallowed as sea levels rise. here

Rubio is an idiot

The GOP Disaster At The Border

The visual of a mob of angry white people in Texas screaming “USA! USA! USA!” at a busload of Latino children and the people supporting them is deeply imprinted on the mind of Latino voters. here

Hillsborough County is one of the biggest recyclers in the state

And Pasco County isn’t far behind. here

Bondi's Bungles

Submit yours here

St. Pete looking for place to dock Bay ferry

The Kriseman Administration  

is working to get St. Pete on board with the new

Turanchik Bay Ferry 

the passenger ferry service based in Hillsborough County.

The proposed service would be focused on carrying servicemen and women and civilian employees between south Hills­borough and MacDill Air Force base. But outside of rush-hour travel, ferries will be used to carry residents and tourists between the downtowns of Tampa and St. Petersburg. more>

Rick Scott's Tampa Visit

 Hillsborough County Sheriff Deputies
in uniform took part in a 
Tampa re-election event for 

Gov. Rick Scott 

Florida lawpublic employees must avoid political activity during working hours.here

“It’s been publicly advertised 
as a campaign event to everyone,” 
including the invitations to law enforcement agencies, 
Scott campaign spokeswoman Jackie Schutz said. 
Florida statute 1094.31 says employees “of the state or any political subdivision may not participate in any political campaign for an elective office while on duty.”
Rick Scott Gets the Support of 40 Sheriffs
This is how we Get Ur Done'  in Rick Scott's Florida

Raíces en Tampa Rally

 July 15, 2014

Raíces or “Roots” 

An organization started in Tampa that 

is dedicated and committed in uniting 

all Latin communities of Tampa. info 

Disgraced Florida GOP Rep. David Rivera

Announced Friday he was suspending his bid for the congressional district he once represented Rivera, who lost to Democrat Joe Garcia in 2012, cited a Thursday court ruling holding that the Florida Legislature illegally redrew boundaries defining congressional districts to benefit the GOP in 2012. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pepper Steak

With Yellow Rice And Platanos

$5.00 At El Paraiso Cafe in Tampa

Florida: Broad public support for immigration reform

 Immigration reform has flatlined in Congress, but Florida voters overwhelmingly support changes and reject the Republican contention that a lack of enforcement of current law is reason not to act, a new poll released Wednesday shows. here

Florida GOP illlegally gerrymandered redistricting to favor party

The Florida Legislature illegally drew the state’s congressional districts to primarily benefit the Republican Party, a judge ruled Thursday as he ordered them redrawn. here

Judge Terry Lewis blasted the GOP-controlled state Legislature for working with political consultants to make a ‘mockery’ of Florida’s Fair Districts amendments — passed by voters in 2010 — that call for the decennial redistricting process to be conducted without taking into account partisan makeup or incumbent advantage. ‘Republican political consultants or operatives did in fact conspire to manipulate and influence the redistricting process,’ 
Lewis writes in the opinion.”

Pat Kemp Party

Thursday, July 17 - 5:30 – 7:00 pm
824 S. Orleans Ave, Tampa

Some of Tampa's finest will be hosting

Linda Saul- Sena - Mary Mulhern - Susan Smith - Yolie Capin - Lisa Montelione

info

The Awesome Collier County Commissioners

Collier County Commissioners 
decided Tuesday, June 10th, 

to stay the course and uphold their decision to file a petition against the consent order between the 

 Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the 
Dan A. Hughes Company.

Dan A. Hughes is the applicant for exploratory drilling in Golden Gate Estates - 1,000 feet from residences and less than one mile from the
  Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
They are also the company involved in using
illegal fracking techniques
at the Collier-Hogan well
within the
Big Cypress Swamp Watershed. here

There's only one Everglades   

Check out Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues

Clean Energy Rally in Tallahassee

WHO: The public -- including you!
WHAT: Sunshine State Clean Energy Coalition Rally 

WHEN: Monday, July 21, 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Public Service Commission, 2540 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0850

Questions: Contact Julia Hathaway at julia.hathaway@sierraclub.org or call 202-315-8211

More info

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Seak Fajitas with beans and rice 

At El Rincon Mexicano in Plant City

more

Rick Scott: Florida's Culture Of Corruption

Scott,  rejected $2.4 billion in federal transportation money to develop a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando. The architect of Scott's opposition to high-speed rail was Adam Hollings­worth, then an adviser to the governor on transportation issues. Hollingsworth then went to work for Parallel Infrastructure, a company owned by Florida East Coast Industries, which also owns All Aboard Florida, the project to develop a private rail line between Miami and Orlando.
"The state has no involvement in this railway." 
Pay no mind the $1.5 billion federal loan that All Aboard Florida wants. 
Avert your eyes from the more than 

$250 million in state money 

that has been set aside for projects that will assist this train. Ignore the $44 million in direct state-funded grants the company plans to seek. 
It could end up costing us $1.8 billion 
here
This happens when a self-deluding governor has his chief of staff book a seat for him on the Last Train to Cronyville. Tallahassee is truly a mystical place.  Daniel Ruth

The Stogie Party

Join

Rick Scott "What's Your Plan, Gov?"

A campaign made up of Latino, business, academic, community, and faith leaders who want to ask Governor Rick Scott what his plan is to address climate change. We want to promote the benefits of reducing Florida's carbon footprint and investing in renewable energy.

here

Poop In The Water At Tampa Beaches

The Hillsborough County Health Department 

advises beachgoers not to wade in the waters at Picnic Island and Davis Island beaches. Water samples taken Monday detect the presence of shit in the waters. The county says the pollution may have come from stormwater runoff, wildlife waste, or human sewage. here

Meet Holly Fisher of Charleston, WV

A Lying Right-Wing ‘Christian’ Taliban Extremist here

Hobby Lobby Tampa Protest

Awake Pinellas Rally  

in Front of the Tampa Federal Courthouse.

Florida students demand end to Israeli terror

 

University of Florida Students for Justice in Palestine held a solidarity protest in Gainesville  for Palestinian teens under attack by the Israeli state.

here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Philly Cheese Steak

At Sam's Subs in  Port Charlotte

more

Gwen Graham On Tour With The Legendary Bob Graham

Gwen Graham later this month will launch an extensive tour across Florida’s 2nd Congressional District, visiting all 14 counties with members of her family, including her father, the former governor and senator 
Bob Graham. here

The Ritz Ybor

Tampa Blogger Slams Peter Schorsch

Pushing Rope

Ask Charlie Crist If Peter Schorsch Is Working On the Campaign

here

Florida Dems Kicking Butt In November

The state party is coming into this 

year’s elections two years after the 

2012 cycle turned out to be one of their most successful campaigns in Florida’s political history. Barack Obama was powered 
on by an 

explosive Latino vote 

to become the first Democrat since FDR 

to carry Florida twice.

 in Florida, the question is no longer what Florida Democrats can do to survive. The real question is whether or not they can build on this momentum, or see it evaporate in a midterm election 

with miserable turnout. more>

Join The Stogie Party Vote!

Native American Shuts Up Anti-immigration Radicals

Minimum Wage Hurts Everyone

Per Andy Puzder 
head of the parent company of 

Hardees,and Arby’s

He made $4.4 million in 2012. His restaurants brought in $1.28 billion dollars. 
Imagine some of that money staying here. 

Helping our small businesses. more

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