Daniel Pantaleo Goes Free

Protests in NYC grow 

 after grand jury decision's 

not to indict Daniel Pantaleo here

Safety Harbor Looking For Candidates

Candidates must be registered voters who have lived in Safety Harbor at least a year. Qualifying lasts from 

noon Dec. 29 to noon Jan. 6. here

The Sunshine State Bans Solar Energy

Florida 
right-wing 
state regulators
launched an attack against solar energy , when they approved proposals to slash the state's energy efficiency goals by over 90 percent and terminate solar rebate programs 

by the end of 2015. here

Thank You Mrs. Helen Gordon Davis

Youth at the Centre for Girls in Tampa express their gratitude to Helen Gordon Davis, Founder of the Centre for Women for all she has done for women and girls!

Visit them here

Slave Labor At Buccaneers And Rays Games

Our great Commissioner Kevin Beckner 

will ask for a federal investigation of 

New Beginnings of Tampa, 

a homeless charity that sends its impoverished residents to work unpaid at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Rays games. he will contact U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor to try to prompt an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.  here 

Tampa Looking For Mayor

I make this post with some sadness but it needs to be done. I have to go ahead and officially end this endeavor. I did an interview last night in which I admitted that we are not going to make the ballot to run against Bob in the March 3, 2015 election.
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I deeply appreciate all the vocal support and encouragement I've received in response to my campaign. Unfortunately, campaigns don't run on good... intentions and the help I needed with petitions simply never materialized. I must sincerely thank those who did help, and they know who they are, 

but the effort fell short of the goal. 

Becky Rubright
If no one else qualifies by the end of qualifying in mid-January,
Mayor Bob will be re-elected automatically.
Anybody out there with some cash want to give it a shot?

Neil Rogers - Bridge Tender

Legendary Miami radio talk show host Neil Rogers takes a phone call from the bridge tender, one of his most famous moments. Although never well known at the national level, Neil Rogers was arguably one of the greatest radio talk show hosts of all time. The bridge tender gets his revenge. here

He was our favorite, and we miss him. Great job Random Pixels

Pissed Off Florida State Park Fans

Florida GOP Department of Environmental Protection has been proposing major changes in the state park system for over 3 years. — mostly to make money. 

 "Those beach parks are real cash cows," said 

Julie Wraithmell of Audubon Florida

They tried at Honeymoon Island State Park.

That proposal ran into a firestorm of opposition. 

A public hearing in Dunedin drew about 
1,000 pissed off fans.

Now they want Hillsborough County's Cockroach Bay. Thankfully we have Mariella Smith watching The South Shore. 

DEP did not consult with local officials or activists who had already worked on improving Cockroach Bay, said 

Mariella Smith of the Sierra Club.

here

GOP Cought Schmoozing In Boca Raton

A half-dozen potential Republican presidential contenders spent last week peacocking across the sprawling grounds of a pink-hued luxury resort, schmoozing with donors and sizing up the competition in the party’s most fractured field in decades. In contrast, Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent recent weeks basking in the glows of grandmotherhood and applause at a few public events — without any major challenger for the Democratic nod, should she choose 

to pursue it. here

The Awesome Orange County Commissioners

The Orange County Commissioners 
unanimously voiced their support Monday night for giving unaccompanied child refugees equal access to education, health care and protection under the law. here
Nice job Orlando, Go Magic!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/12/02/4370407_orange-commissioners-vote-to-help.html?sp=/99/102/&rh=1#storylink=cpy