Whether it's on tax policy, abortion rights or international affairs, Marco Rubio is a true-believing wingnut. here
Friday, October 2, 2015
What Stogie Had For Lunch
BBQ Beef
With Collard Greens and Baked Beans
At Al's Finger Licking Good Bar-B-Que in Ybor
Visit them here
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Koch Brothers Behind Anti-Solar Initiative In Florida
The Koch brothers and utility giants are bankrolling a ballot initiative in Florida to block the development of home solar and to protect the utilities' continuing oligopoly on energy generation in the Sunshine State. here
USF Students Want Bill Young's Name Off Building
C.W. Bill Young was a Florida state Senator and member of the Johns Committee, which was dedicated to persecuting LGBTQ+ students and professors across the state, including at the University of South Florida. here
Jeb Bush's Energy Plan
Would approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada and will take aim at President Barack Obama's climate change plan that would limit carbon emissions. here
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Patrick Murphy: Why Florida Dems Suck
Murphy's campaign has announced the endorsements from Amanda Murphy of New Port Richey (Shame, this blog HAD high hopes for her), Cynthia Stafford of Miami, Richard Stark of Weston and Mia Jones and Reggie Fullwood, both of Jacksonville. The added support gives Murphy the backing of almost 60 percent of the 53 Democrats in the Florida Legislature: seven in the Senate and 24 in the House. here
Please note, in a poll at THE FLORIDA SQUEEZE, he is in 3rd place behind Alan Grayson and Pam Keith. Is it to early to start taking bets on how bad he will lose to the GOP if he is nominated?
God Is Protecting Daniel Webster's District
Uber right wing Florida GOP
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster
Wants Boehner's job. He could win support from the Religious Right, as he has, “aligned himself with organizations and individuals who advocate the application of biblical law to contemporary society, including wives submitting to their husbands.”
Webster has long history of collaborating with the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), a ministry founded by Bill Gothard. Webster’s speeches to Gothard’s group emphasized that “God is on his side and that God opposes his opponents,” he told participants at Gothard events that God is protecting his district to make sure that conservatives are in the majority. here
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Rude And Ungrateful HART Drivers
A scavenger hunt to raise money for
Teams were given a list of task, one of them was to get a picture of a team member holding a bus pass next to a bus driver. Our team visited the Marion Transit Center to try to accomplish this task. After talking to several bus drivers, not one would help us. We showed them our tasker, told them why we needed the pic and even offered to block out their faces. Still they were rude and would not help us. We checked with other teams and with the hunt director and no one was able to accomplish this task. May we remind these drivers that it is activist like us who fight super highways (TBX) and promote mass transit so they can keep their jobs. If you would like to let HART know what you think, please do it here.
Spacial thanks to:
The bartenders at The Hub, the folks at MF Arts Ybor for the use of their awesome space, Red Star Rock Bar, the man at Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe who let us in to get our pic of the two headed gator even though they were not open yet (Thanks for the offer Dude!),
La Segunda Cenral Bakery, Ulele, Mermaid Tavern, Nicko's, King Corona and many more for being so HELPFUL!
And The Heights Collective for this awesome event!
La Segunda Cenral Bakery, Ulele, Mermaid Tavern, Nicko's, King Corona and many more for being so HELPFUL!
And The Heights Collective for this awesome event!
Ben Affleck: Corporate Welfare Whore
Ben Affleck bought the film rights to “Live By Night” a novel by former Tampa area writer Dennis Lehane set in Ybor City during the 1920s and 1930s about a petty Boston thief’s rise to successful Gulf Coast rum runner. (Un)fortunately for Tampa, the absence of state tax incentives for movie productions “Live By Night” will bypass the original. Instead,
a fake Ybor City
is being erected in Georgia. here
Remember this when this movie comes to local theaters.
a fake Ybor City
is being erected in Georgia. here
Remember this when this movie comes to local theaters.
Florida Lawmakers To Live On Minimum Wage For A Week
At least 18 Florida lawmakers plan to live on a minimum wage this week to draw attention to efforts to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. Starting Monday, the lawmakers will live for five days on $17 per day. here
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Tallahassee Swindlers
Florida GOP Show Contempt For Constitution And Voters
Most embezzlers try to conceal their thefts, but not in Tallahassee. The looting of Florida’s Amendment One conservation funds took place in broad daylight, orchestrated by two poker-faced swindlers named Andy Gardiner and Steve Crisafulli. here
Monday, September 28, 2015
Florida Is One Of America’s Most Corrupt States
Harvard Law School’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics is out with a fascinating new report measuring legal and illegal corruption in American states, and Florida does not fare particularly well. here
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Alan Grayson In Tampa
Alan Grayson
Gil Sainz and Pat Kemp
Norwood Orrick and Chris Regalado
Mike Fox
Tampa Letter Carriers Hall
Party With Pat Kemp In Tampa
Wednesday, October 28,
2015 - 5:30pm
Copperfish Seafood Grill
1502 S. Howard Avenue, Tampa
Rsvp, or to join host committee:
pat@electpatkemp.com or
(813) 508-0965
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Florida’s Dems are setting themselves up for failure once again
Hillsborough County GOP Reject Transportation Tax Plan
Last week,
The Hillsborough Republican Party Executive Committee
voted unanimously to oppose putting a sales tax referendum on the November 2016 ballot to pay for transportation projects. here
What Stogie And Pilar Had For Lunch
Smoked Mullet
With Yellow Rice, Black Beans and Veggies
and
Mahi Mahi Sandwich
At Skippers Smokehouse In Tampa
Visit them here
Florida Latino Voters Want Climate Action Now
According to a new poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Earthjustice and GreenLatinos, a leading national nonprofit of Latino environmental leaders, 76 percent of registered Latino voters in Florida strongly support national clean energy standards and 74 percent strongly support state clean energy standards to combat climate change. here
Friday, September 25, 2015
Florida Frackers
File bills that would prevent communities from regulating fracking.
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On Sept. 17, Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, introduced SB 318 (aka, "Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources"). The bill summary is completely blunt about what it's proposing: "Preempting the regulation of all matters relating to the exploration, development, production, processing, storage, and transportation of oil and gas."
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Meanwhile, over in the House, Rep. Ray Wesley Rodriques, R-Fort Myers, filed a bill the same day that would do essentially the same thing as SB 318. Rodrigues' bill, HB 191, declares that it's the state's job to regulate all things relating to the oil and gas industry, "to the exclusion of all existing and future ordinances or regulations relating thereto adopted by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state.
Hey, Ft. Myers and Naples. We got your back!
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