Florida Is On The Extreme: Disenfranchise Prisoners

Florida voters weighed in on who should be the next president of the United States. But some 1.5 million Floridians are left out of that voting process: convicted felons. Florida is one of the worst states to commit a felony and expect ever to vote again, because you won’t be able to. here

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Panama City: Police State

“It’s a police state “When there are blue lights in front of Spinnaker and La Vela every night, that’s not welcoming. The sheriff has put the message out on social media that if you come to Panama City and drink on the beach you are going to jail. Not get a citation, but go to jail.” Sparky Sparkman, the owner of Spinnaker Beach Club. here

His business is down 85 to 90 percent compared to last Spring Break as college students have found other destinations in the wake of new laws, including a ban on drinking on the beach in March. Sparkman said it’s not just the Spring Break laws that have taken its toll; it’s also the heavy presence of law enforcement that has chased away spring breakers. 

Tampa's Historic Ties To Cuba

 " With Tampa's historic ties to Cuba, its time for relations to open up. I went to Cuba in January." Pat Kemp

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Roadblocks

Tampa Mayor Supports The MCM

Cuban Spies In Ybor City

Tampa To Lose Cuban Consulate Because Of 

Bob Bucknorn

Ybor City May Lose Cuban Consulate 

to St. Pete

Cuban Americans have a message for President Obama

Tampa Bay Sierra Club On Our Transportation Planning

"The Tampa Bay region pays a high price to remain the only major metropolitan area in America without a viable public transportation system. Permissive development policies in Hillsborough County created sprawling, cul-de-sac subdivisions that frustrate public transportation planning. Tampa will not attract the best and brightest entrepreneurs and professionals so essential to a vibrant, thriving economy if we continue to ignore their desire for walkable, bicycle friendly communities and a modern public transit system." 
Kent Bailey 

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Dems Wanted For Hillsborough County District 60

Florida GOP

Rebecca Smith and Jackie Toledo 

want to replace Dana Young.

No Democrat has yet entered the contest. 

here

11 Appalling Laws Pushed By Right-Wing Republicans: Florida #3 And #9

#3. Florida SB 1722/HB 1411: 
Anti-Abortion, Anti-Contraception, 
Anti-Women’s Health

#9. Florida HB 191: 
Fast Track to Fracking

here

Florida Thanks You President Obama

Over the past two years, 

more than 100 local governments, 

100 members of Congress, 

1,000 small businesses, 

and hundreds of thousands of residents 

have voiced a bi-partisan call to protect 

our coast from the impacts of offshore drilling. Together we have stood up for the quality of life we enjoy on the Southeast coast and the booming tourism economy, which are dependent upon 

clean and healthy 

beaches and marshes. here

There Is Nothing Wrong With Ybor City's Image

The Chamber needs to do their job!

Tampa Keep It Below 20 Grams

The City Council on Thursday eased the penalties for carrying misdemeanor amounts of marijuana, creating the option of imposing a civil fine instead of arresting offenders. The ordinance would effectively decriminalize in Tampa the consequences of possessing up to 20 grams — or about three-quarters of an ounce — of marijuana.. here

What Stigie Had For Lunch

Baked Fish

With Moro and Platanos

$5.95 At LA41 in Lutz, like them on Facebook

Nice value meal, eat local!

Floridians Walking Across The Everglades

The Everglades is ailing, so dozens of Floridians will walk 80 miles across the system to highlight things they say are destroying everything from wildlife habitat to sacred burial grounds. here

Historic Ybor City, Florida

Tampa Bay Rays To Play In Cuba

St. Pete Mayor Kriseman will join President Obama for an historic game between the Rays and the Cuban National Team.  Local Treasure Mario Nunez along with his father, Felipe Nunez will also be there. here 

How cool is this!

Tampa Right Wing Attacks

Tampa tea party founder Sharon Calvert and conservative activist Sam Rashid have been relentless in their attacks on the Go Hillsborough transportation initiative, suggesting that rampant cronyism influenced the spending of $1.35 million in public funds. 

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But when county sheriff’s investigators last year asked Calvert and Rashid for evidence of wrong-doing, the critics came up empty. “Investigators asked if they had facts to support their claims and allegations but they had none to provide,” investigators said in records released Monday. here

Shit In The Water At Local Beaches

The Hillsborough County Health Department

Bahia Beach

Ben T. Davis Beach

Cypress Point Beach

here

Florida GOP Voters Stumped

Republican voters in the Sunshine State are wrestling with how they'll vote if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee. Some say a Trump nomination would force them to vote for a Democrat — or not at all. here

Upgrade Ken Hagan, Sandra Murman and Bob Buckhorn

GO Hillsborough 
Smoking Gun

Failure of Sheriff’s investigators to get deleted text messages.

After seeing the pattern of communication specifically around the PB selection timeframe, Investigators attempted to obtain any deleted text messages from the cell phones of Ms. Leytham, Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandra Murman, and Mayor Bob Buckhorn. Investigators asked each person if they still possessed the cellphone they used during the 2014 time period. All four advised they had upgraded their cell phones and no longer possessed them. here

Stop TBX Spreading In Tampa

Hillsborough  and Florida

Join Sunshine Citizens

Lazy Florida Dems

Turnout on Tuesday was 46 percent, the highest for a Florida presidential primary since 1976. More than 2.3 million Republicans voted, blowing past the 1.7 million Democrats. here

Welcome To Tampa

Expect Delays!

Rick Scott: Republican On Republican Violence

"If we spend another four months tearing each other apart, we will damage our ability to win in November. It's time for an end to the Republican on Republican violence. It's time for us to begin coming together, we've had a vigorous primary, now let's get serious about winning in November."Scott endorses Trump here

Trump says it's time to rally around him or expect 'riots' here