Monday, March 7, 2016

Gram From Tampa

I am voting  on November 8! Are you? 

Florida GOP Picking On Rick Scott

Since charging into office some five years ago, Rick Scott has routinely had an awkward relationship with the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and other GOP officials. Now, Scott is being handed a string of defeats that could render his final 2 ½ years in office nearly irrelevant. here

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Tampa Taxes Weed

Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance chairwoman Ellen Snelling said her problem with Tampa's weed ordinance is the way it allows offenders to be caught time and time again without facing any consequences beyond a fine. here
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20 grams of weed
1st offense $75
Second offense $150
Third $300 
Fourth $450Expensive bag of weed
Avoid Taxes, Don't get caught!

Palm Beach Bans Free Speach

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, 
which represents about 
40,000 field workers, 
has sued Palm Beach in federal court 
and is accusing the town of maintaining unconstitutional ordinances that make it impossible to stage a protest. here

Florida INC. Patrick Murphy

Last summer, President Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan, a proposal that would implement new EPA standards for power plants to reduce carbon emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Big business interests and Right Wingers (such as Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi) cheered when the proposal was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. here When Florida DINO Patrick E. Murphy was asked if he thought the proposal was unfair to industry, Murphy said that there are too many unnecessary regulations imposed on businesses, and touted his co-sponsonship with South Carolina Republican Mick Mulvaney of the Regulatory Improvement Act, which created a commission to review and revise redundant regulations.

 Florida's Right Wing Infestation

Susan Smith Wing Of The Florida Democratic Party

"Moderates are not needed. We shouldn't have to spend all of our time getting Democrats to do the right thing." Susan Smith