Saturday, August 29, 2015

Florida Corporate Welfare: $6.37 Million

Johnson & Johnson, the giant pharmaceutical company said it has picked Tampa as its headquarters to house key corporate services.
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Cost to Florida taxpayers $6.37 million

What Pilar Had For Lunch

Pepper Chicken with Veggies
And Rice
At Thai Cuisine Restaurant in Spring Hill
Vist them here 

Expanding Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

Florida GOP Just Blew 651k Of Our Money

Florida taxpayers paid more than $651k for June special session - most expensive special session in 15 years.
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The GOP says you're welcome, and thanks for that added bonus along with our paychecks!

Friday, August 28, 2015

Welcome To America, Litbrit

This is the happy face of a Brit who, today, finally applied to become an American after all these years. So I can VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS next spring, of course!

What Stogie Had For Lunch


Hot Garlic Wings
With Bloody Mary
At Clawdaddy's Raw Bar and Grill in Crystal River
Visit them here

Gus Bilirakis to energy conference: I’ll fight “tooth and nail” against EPA overreach

"The Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan is a prime example of a harmful disconnect.”
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U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis addressed a group of energy industry executives and representatives Wednesday in Tampa. 2015 Gulf Coast Energy Forum attendees spent the better part of the morning and afternoon railing against the Obama administration’s EPA and its new proposed regulations to rein in coal-fired power plants. here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet David
He is from Detroit, homeless 3 years.

Ybor Radical Cinema Club: Film Night

The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Monday, August 31 at 7:00pm
Ybor Daily Market - Downtown Ybor City

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Welcome To Tampa Fortune 500 Companies

“Everything is firing on all eight cylinders" 
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn 

Is Jeb Bush A Schlemeil?

Translation: A bumbler, a fumbler, a person plagued by ineptitude. Or, to put it more inelegantly, a schlemeil is somebody who eludes a mud puddle only to step in dog poo.
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While trying to mend fences with Hispanics, he said that he hadn't meant to suggest that the slur term "anchor babies" applied to them. No, no. Here's what he meant: "Frankly, it's more related to Asian people coming into the country." Well, that clears things up. He hadn't meant to smear Hispanics. He was trying to smear Asians. here

Affordable Child Care for All - Tampa Bay

September 1, at 6:30pm
Seminole Heights Branch Library
4711 N Central Ave, Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp Dumpling Soup
At Koo's Kitchen in Englewood 
Visit them here

Alan Grayson - Most Effective

UNITED FOR CARE STATEMENT REGARDING MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION PETITION

Regulate Florida, a recently formed political committee, released a constitutional amendment petition to allow adult use of marijuana in Florida, under a regulatory structure similar to that which exists for alcohol. The organization led by longtime marijuana reform advocates, Karen Goldstein and Michael Minardi.
United for Care remains dedicated to the passage of a constitutional amendment to allow sick and suffering Floridians access to medical marijuana and has no official position on the legalization initiative. Campaign manager, Ben Pollara, issued the following statement regarding the new initiative:
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"I know firsthand that getting on the ballot by petition is a Herculean task that they are taking on, and I wish Karen and Michael the best of luck in this endeavor.” Pollara continued, “United for Care remains entirely dedicated to passing a strong medical marijuana law that serves sick and suffering Floridians, and we have not and will not take a position regarding this new amendment.”
“Perhaps our intellectually dishonest opponents will have to find a new argument to oppose medical marijuana now, given that their standard line of attack has been that this is a ‘trick’ to legalize marijuana. This campaign has always been and will always be about the needs of the sick and suffering among us."
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To date, United for Care has collected about 400,000 petitions, and 43,259 had been verified as of 5 pm on Wednesday. A constitutional amendment petition requires signatures from 683,149 registered voters.
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For press inquiries please contact 
Bianca Garza at press@unitedforcare.org.