Saturday, March 21, 2015

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp Black Bean Sauce
At China Jade in Wildwood

Draft Alan Grayson for U.S. Senate

A page to build support for Congressman Alan Grayson for the U.S. Senate in 2016. It's time for progressive leadership in Florida! here

Friday, March 20, 2015

Tampa Yankees And C4G

Tampa Yankees mascot with the girls of C4G 
in Seminole Heights

Central Florida NORML‎SPLiFF, Spring Leaf Freedom Festival in Ybor City

Welcome To Tampa

Expect Delays

Support WMNF at Whole Foods!


WMNF is giving you a way to support your station while shopping! This year, we are at two locations for your convenience, Whole Foods Market Tampa and Carrollwood!
What:  WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market
When:   Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Where:  Two Locations!
Carrollwood/Northdale Store 3802 Northdale Blvd, Tampa
Tampa Store1548 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa
Time:  8am-10pm

Marco Rubio’s house of horrors

A Tallahassee home co-owned by a scandal-plagued ex-congressman is the locus of questions about the senator’s finances and judgment. here

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Tampa's Right Wing Infestation: Jackie Toledo

There’s less than a week to go in the Tampa District 6 City Council runoff election. Get out and VOTE. Let's keep Tampa's City Council BLUE. here

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Public (Corporate) Service Commission

Will have to stream its meetings live on a website, but it won't be forced to impose new restrictions on the powerful utility industry that holds sway over its commissioners. here

Florida Inc. Corporate Owned And Operated

 Local Tampa Bay Democrats, supported by unions, are pushing ordinances to intervene when employees say an employer has shorted their pay. The proposals are the exact kind of local "wage theft" ordinances that Republicans and 
retail groups have 
sought unsuccessfully to outlaw in Tallahassee here

Take Action To Save The Everglades From Big Sugar

It’s time to protect our water by ending the deadlock on Everglades restoration once and for all. What has been called "the most critical piece of land ever for Everglades restoration" could be bought this year, but Big Sugar, who agreed to sell this land to the public in 2010, is trying to run out the clock, hoping you won’t notice.
Sign the petition to the Florida Legislature today and tell them to buy this critical land south of Lake Okeechobee. We can help save the Everglades from Big Sugar and protect Florida’s drinking water all at the same time. here

Ybor Surveillance

7th Ave

Seminole Heights Fights FDOT and Wins

Seminole Heights is a historic streetcar suburb, three miles north of Downtown Tampa. During the 1990s, still recovering from the dark days of urban America's 1980s, the neighborhood found itself in a fight for its life. FDOT had plans to widen Hillsborough Avenue through the heart of the neighborhood. DOT saw the road as part of a six-lane divided highway with turn lanes running from Pinellas to Polk counties. Their $33.5 million plan to widen Hillsborough Avenue only included the cost of a chain-link in the budget. On the other hand, the historic district's residents envisioned a four-lane boulevard with trees, period streetlights, landscaped medians and brick crosswalks. 

Something had to give. Seminole Heights residents convinced FDOT to make concessions by embracing their four-lane boulevard concept. 20 years later, now featuring mature landscaping, this stretch of Hillsborough Avenue shines above the rest of US 92's path through Hillsborough County and the dire traffic congestion predictions have not materialized. here