Friday, December 5, 2014

Booze On The Streets In Ybor City

Downtown Tampa is doing it here
St. Pete is thinking about it. here
Why not Ybor?

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Shut It Down Tampa

Dec. 5 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Groups from around the Tampa Bay area will meet at Curtis Hixon Park to Demand:
Justice for Mike Brown
info 

Global Tourism Final Project: Ybor City's History and Tourism

The Wall Street wing of the Democratic party

Last week, while many Americans were sitting down for a Thanksgiving meal with family, Senate Democrats were preparing a deal with
GOP that would have given permanent tax breaks to big businesses while doing nothing for working families. here

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

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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!

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.

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

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Happy Giving Tuesday From The Stogie

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$24.50 
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Florida GOP Already Looking For Ways To Fuck Tt Up

On November 4th, Florida voters overwhelmingly passed the biggest land and water conservation amendment in U.S. history.
 Seventy-five percent of voters passed 
Amendment One
Well guess what, The Florida GOP is scamming again. 
instead of fully funding the projects that these laws protect, they’re going to rewrite the laws. Did you know since Scott took office, environmental projects have taken a massive, crippling hit. For instance, funding for Florida Forever, the program that buys land to protect water supplies and habitats went from 
$300 million to $29 million. here

There’s nothing Republicans hate more than losing the power to control money. Especially losing that power to voters for such an unworthy cause like the environment.
Free lube for GOP voters at
freelube@yborcitystogie.com
Also AVAILABLE to non-voters

Giving Tuesday & WMNF

Please consider making a 100% tax-deductible gift of any amount, whether its $1,000, $500, $250, $100 
or whatever you can afford. 
When you do, post an "unselfie" to Facebook, Twitter or other social media, and use the keywords #UNSELFIE, #Giving Tuesday, and #WMNF. You can hold up a picture of your favorite record, something that depicts a cause you support, or wear a WMNF t-shirt! 
Be a part of Giving Tuesday by giving here: https://www.wmnf.org/give 
or calling 813-238-8001 and telling us you want to participate.

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King

Support the League on #GivingTuesday

Celebrate #GivingTuesday by 

Giving Back to Your Democracy! 

League of Women Voters

Tampa Bay Young Republicans For Lyft And Uber

Members of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans say that the PTC opposes the companies in order to protect the taxi industry from competition. The ban, “violates conservative principles by limiting consumer's choice and impeding the free market to flourish." They feel the PTC is overexerting their power and incorrectly and unfairly attacking innovation, free enterprise and consumer choice,” here

We have to agree.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Drinking Liberally - Florida

We were here in 2004 when President Bush won, and in 2010 when the Tea Party swept into power. And we're still here now: to vent and scheme, learn and laugh, a catharsis and an organizing hub.
Brandon - Key West
  Orlando - Ybor City

Obama’s Latest Power Grab

Acording to the American Energy Alliance
 "He will stop at nothing to use federal agencies like the EPA to continue his green energy crusade."
They sent us an e-mail asking for our help stoping 
Obama and his Big Green allies.
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Hail to the chief!

Florida Inc: Corporate Welfare

Florida’s treasury and taxpayers are losing $4 billion a year to “economic development subsidies,” tax breaks and loopholes for the largest, most profitable corporations?

The 20 percent of us with the lowest incomes paying more than 13 percent in taxes, and the 1 percent of us with the highest incomes paying only 2 percent? here

FREE LUBE FOR GOP VOTERS
freelube@yborcitystogie.com

Liberals Rule In DC

A group of congressional liberals teamed up with President Obama to kill tax cut deal that would have given hundreds of billions of dollars to the wealthy and corporations. here