In Florida Prisons, Guards Are The Criminals

Lowell Correctional Institution, in Ocala
 Your tax dollars are financing a prison where officers from the Florida Department of Corrections allegedly abuse inmates sexually, physically and psychologically, dehumanizing them at their will. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article49549180.html#storylink=cpy

Poll: Marco Rubio Top GOP Presidential Candidate Among Wealthy Voters

According to a CNBC Millionaire Survey, 26 percent of Republican voters with at least $1 million in investable assets support the Florida senator. here

Local Treasures: Alicia Gazga

Co-Founder @ Raíces en Tampa

Miami Under Siege

In the Miami area, the daily high-water mark has been rising almost an inch a year. here

Florida's Charter School Ripoff

Charter schools, which are public schools run by private groups, have received more than $760 million from state taxpayers since 2000 according to an Associated Press analysis of state Department of Education records. Schools can use the money for construction costs, rent payments, buses and even property insurance.

Yet charter schools in 30 districts have wound up closing after receiving as much as $70 million combined in such funding. here

Environmentalists Protect The Morris Bridge Sink

Contact Swfwmd NOW by email, or phone, and tell them not to use Morris Bridge sink water and grant a 90 day extension to discuss solutions. 

https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/contact
Join here
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"Thank you to all our great environme ntalists who stood up to protect the Morris Bridge Sink. Everyone had the same message: Sierra Club opposes the permit to pump water from the Morris Bridge Sink. Speaking in opposition was Phil Compton, Sierra Club, Mary Elizabeth Figg, Rick Garrity, Jan Platt, Sid Flannery, Janet Dougherty, the new Director of the Environmental Protection Commission and Chet Joyner." 
Pat Kemp

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If we remember correctly they built The Tampa Bypass Canal 
(Destroying Six Mile Creek)  to keep the river from flooding.
 So why now do we have to take the water from The Morris Bridge Sink?

Solidarity Sunday Saturday Night Debate Watch Party

12.19.2015 - 7pm

@ Lee's Grocery in Tampa Heights

RSVP

Tampa Natives Show: Fabulous Rockers" with Dr. Dennis Pupello & Lynn Marvin Dingfelder

The 809 Idiots Of Woodland, North Carolina

The city council rejected a proposed re-zoning for a solar farm after residents expressed concern that the farm would cause cancer deaths, kill plants around the panels, and drive away young people from the town.  

But the best/worst reason 
came from local 

Bobby Mann, 

who claimed that the solar panels would …

 “suck up all the energy from the sun.”

here, and here

The Rubio Card

Rick Scott's Soul

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R-of course) has once again demonstrated just how much he doesn't care if people—children, even—suffer and die in ways that are totally preventable on his watch. An investigation by the Miami Herald has uncovered how the state gutted its Children's Medical Services, a program designed to help chronically ill and disabled poor children. here

In Miami-Dade, It Is Illegal To Own A Pit Bill

Tell Miami-Dade, Florida to Get Educated and Drop BSL! here

Billionaires For Marco Rubio

Ken Griffin, (The wealthiest man in Illinois) one of the Republican Party's biggest donors, is backing Marco Rubio for president, the latest top-tier financier to align with Rubio 

in recent months. here

Rick Scott's Florida Voter Suppression

 When Republican Rick Scott took office in 2011, he immediately rolled back a policy of his predecessor, Charlie Crist, who automatically restored the rights of many felony offenders who had completed their sentences. Scott introduced new rules requiring that people convicted of nonviolent felonies wait five years before they can apply to have their civil rights restored; those convicted of violent and certain more serious felonies must wait seven years to apply. Under Crist, tens of thousands of felons, on average, won back their right to vote each year. So far, Gov. Scott has restored the rights of just 1,866. here

Solidarity Sunday: Pat Kemp

Pat, Gaby and Kate

Thank you Norwood Orrick for leting us co-host.
Pat Kemp is awesome!
Join us here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Gyro Platter

At Lario's Grill in Holiday

Visit them here

Class Warfare

@ Amalie Arena

St. Pete Civil Citation Program For Marijuana Offenders

A St. Pete City Council committee unanimously approved taking a closer look at implementing a civil citation program for adult marijuana offenders. here

Florida's Solar Amendments

Floridians for Solar Choice

Would allow us to contract with a solar company to put panels on our roof.

 while the other 

Consumers for Smart Solar 

Backed largely by the state's major utility companies, including 

Florida Power and Light and Duke Energy 

Largely reaffirms existing regulations over utilities, solar energy 

and who can provide it. here

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Florida don't be confused, that is what they are hoping for!

Sign the Petition

Jessica Rose Live In Ybor City

12.17.2015 - 7pm

@ Tequilas

info

The Merchants Of Ybor

Dysfunctional Grace Art Co

Visit them on Facebook

Rick Scott's Florida Prisons: 50 Is The New 70

In prison, 50 is the new 70: Lifetimes of poverty, limited access to health care, untreated mental illness and addiction leave inmates in such poor health that 50 is the formal definition of an elderly prisoner in Florida. here

Gun Nuts Stay Out Of Pinellas County

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said, if an officer arrives at the scene of a crime and sees someone with a weapon, "At a minimum, they're going to be thrown down on the ground with a gun pointed at them --- or worse." And if good citizen with a concealed weapon walks into, say, a bank during an armed robbery, Gualtieri added, "he's going to take one in the chest because he's a threat. It's not good for Florida, it's not good for the economy, it's not good for tourism." here

Jack Latvala: Trump Is A Plant

“This maniac is a facist (sic)… And democratic plant put in the race by the Clintons. If he wins the nomination he will get trounced by his longtime friend Hillary Clinton. Perhaps that was the plan all along.” Jack Latvala