Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Broward County Court; Jury Rules Medical Marijuana Patient “Not Guilty” on All Counts

A jury in the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida ruled that Ft. Lauderdale resident, Jesse Teplicki, was “not guilty” on all criminal charges surrounding his medical use of marijuana for the treatment of his chronic anorexia. Michael C. Minardi, partner at the Kelley Kronenberg law firm and longtime medical marijuana advocate, successfully argued Mr. Teplicki’s medical necessity defense in front of a jury of his peers. Today’s verdict is groundbreaking in that it is the first time that the “medical necessity” defense was successfully argued in a jury trial, since Florida courts established the defense over 20 years ago. 

Florida for Care Executive Director, Ben Pollara, reacted to the verdict with elation, “This verdict that Mr. Minardi won for Jesse Teplicki is a game changer on the eve of the start of the 2015 legislative session. Legislative leaders in Tallahassee now have to look at medical marijuana through the lens of this precedent established by a Florida jury, in addition to the 58% of Floridians who voted for medical marijuana at the polls last November.”

He continued, “the medical use of marijuana is no longer solely a political issue with wide popular support, it is legal precedent in Florida courts. This ruling should be a message to the legislature that they should act this session on establishing a medical marijuana system in our state so that sick and suffering Floridians don’t have to fight in court for the right to use the medicine recommended by their doctors, as Mr. Teplicki did today.”

Tampa Pride 2015 - Ybor City

March 28th, 2015

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Centre for Girls: First Fridays Seminole Heights Art Walk

Please join us this Friday from 7-10pm for our first showcase in the First Fridays 
Seminole Heights Art Walk. info  

Florida DINOS Vote With GOP

Gwen Graham and Patrick Murphy 
Voted with GOP to promote 
government-by-crisis. here

Hillsborough And Pinellas Leaders In “Wage Theft”

Surpassed only by more-populous Miami-Dade County.
Leave it to local Liberals Darden Rice and Kevin Beckner to do something about it. here 

SWFL Scholarship Opportunity Now Open for Undocumented Students

Florida Banana Republicans

lorida Million Dollar Obamacare Alternative and No One Signs Up here

Monday, March 2, 2015

The Real Bob Buckhorn

 He believes the legalization of medical marijuana is a “slippery slope,” and was no fan of Amendment 2. here
He did not endorse anyone in Florida'governors race.here
The case of Bishop Chuck Leigh. here
On Occupy Tampa here
His 6 foot rule here
Right Wing love fest in Tampa here
We do have a choice, VOTE for Jose Vazquez

Florida Deputy Disciplined for Dragging Woman

What Stogie And Pilar Had For Lunch

Chicken Supreme
At D' Italia Pizza, Ybor City
Visit them here

St. Petersburg Black History Celebration


Sunday, March 1, 2015

Hillsborough's Annual Homeless Count

300 volunteers armed with pens and clipboards fanned out around the region, counting, one by one and face to face, people without homes in the annual Point in Time Homeless Count. here

Pat Kemp 2016

 Ms. Kemp is definitely running again in 2016, this time for the Democratic nomination for the countywide District 6 seat that will go before the voters in November of 2016. here

More Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare

$2.1 million to
Johnson & Johnson
Hillsborough County commissioners are scheduled to take up the matter at their Wednesday meeting. here

United For Care Needs Our Help

Leonard Nimoy RIP

March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015