The Ybor City Stogie

Friday, July 3, 2015

Hillsborough County GOP Corruption

The Fox Guarding the Hen House

"The one essential advantage Dougherty had for the EPC gig was an intensive lobbying campaign on her behalf by influential business and development interests. In the real world, if powerful business and development types were aggressively pushing for their choice to lead an agency charged with protecting the environment from business and development concerns, one might well conclude such naked special interest arm-twisting would be a disqualifying factor. In Hillsborough County, such wheeling and dealing leads to a coronation."

Daniel Ruth on Janet Dougherty's new Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission gig. here

Tampa Bay Follow Miami/Dade

Starting this month, people caught with small amounts of marijuana in Miami-Dade County could walk away with a civil citation and no
criminal charge.

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Cuban Sandwich

At Deli World in Brooksville

Visit them here

Marco Rubio Opposes Obamacare

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He said it is hurting "millions of Americans." here

Tell Duke Energy: Stop Killing Birds and the Laws That Protect Them

Duke Energy has launched an all-out attack on the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). The company is seeking to cripple America’s oldest and most important bird protection law at the very moment we need to be increasing protections for migratory birds. Please join us in requesting that Duke Energy stand down from this misguided effort. here