The Centre for Girls in Tampa needs our help!

The Centre for Girls 2014 Holiday Drive! 

We understand that fostering the arts is a fundamental part of a well-rounded education. We are asking for contributions to cover items like canvases, paint brushes, paint, clay and supplemental tools.  As a special gift for your $25 donation, you'll receive a one-of-a-kind  ornament made by one of our resident artist. here 

Florida GOP Ted Yoho Wasting Our Time And Money

The GOP controlled House this afternoon passed a symbolic bill condemning President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. 
The bill was authored by Florida Rep. 

Ted Yoho of Gainesville 

and passed on a largely party line vote, 219-197. 

Two South Florida Republicans, Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen were among the seven Republicans to vote against the legislation. here

Great Job Ms. Ros-Lehtinen and Mr.  Diaz-Balart 

Dems Rule In St.Pete

Pinellas Democrats for the first time in decades hold a majority of county commission seats as well as the mayor's office in 
St. Petersburg. here

Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare King Ken Hagan

Local Corporate Welfare King Ken Hagan 

and his colleagues are giving 

Good Films Ltd, 

producers of the film The Infiltrator $250,000 to film a few exterior shots in Tampa.

“If we had more incentives, Hillsborough County would have scored the production of nearly the entire film,” Hagan recalled wistfully today.

here

Check out more of Mr. Hagan's giveaways here

Take the Tour de Clay and Support WMNF!

You are invited to the 7th annual Tour de Clay of Tampa Bay. Studio tours and sales will take place on Saturday, December 13th and Sunday, December 14th and help benefit your community radio station, WMNF! Five different studios are participating and supporting your station.

1. Pottery Boys - 30 Bogie Lane, Palm Harbor

2. Clay & Paper Studio - 110 Peterson Lane, Palm Harbor

3. Hidden Lake Pottery - 16705 Hutchison Road, Odessa
4. Wellman & Welsch Pottery - 17202 Whirley Road, Lutz
5. San Antonio Pottery - 11903 Curley St., San Antonio

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the NEIL ROGERS Audio Restoration Project

NeilRogers.org is the work of a collection of fans dedicated to preserving the memory of radio's Neil Rogers. Our primary goal is locating and sharing audio files. If you have audio from Neil Rogers  we'd love to add it to our collection. here

Tampa Tribune Publishing Koch Brother Propaganda

The Wall Street Journal and other newspapers (Tampa Tribune) throughout the country are throwing their support behind the Koch brothers’ campaign against wind energy, publishing Op-Eds that blast federal wind credits without revealing the authors’ financial ties to the oil industry. here

11th Circuit Court of Appeals: NO To Florida GOP

we got big wins from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in two of our key cases – one challenging Florida’s ban on marriages for same-sex couples, and the other challenging Florida’s law mandating that people who apply for government assistance must submit to
suspicionless urinalysis.

Pledge to stand at the goal line with us to defend freedom in Florida. We know that defending freedom is going to be a challenge in the future, but we’ve seen this before, we’ve overcome it, and we have a plan to do it again.

That plan involves you. The ACLU of Florida is where Floridians who care about civil liberties come together to defend them. That defense is only as strong as the people who 
step up to be a part of it.

Sign the pledge to say, “I stand for freedom in Florida!”

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Booze On The Streets In Ybor City

Downtown Tampa is doing it here

St. Pete is thinking about it. here

Why not Ybor?

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

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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

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!

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