Saturday, March 26, 2016

What is polluting Biscayne National Park?

Yuge thanks to Susan Smith and the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida

"Yuge thanks to Susan Smith and the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida for stepping up for fairness in our elections!!! Access to the voting list should be available to all Democratic candidates."

Trump Turning Miami Cuban Americans Blue

Support among Cubans in South Florida for Republicans has been slowly declining. They've chalked it up to generational change. Younger and newly arrived Cubans aren't quite as strongly Republican as the original exiles. The GOP's shift to the socially conservative positions of white evangelical voters has accelerated the trend. Then along comes 
Donald Trump. here

Great Job Rep. Kathy Castor

The presidents of the U.S. and Cuba acknowledged in their historic meeting Monday that their nations have different views on government and human rights, but found common ground on the U.S. embargo against Cuba: Both want it to end. The woman leading the effort to make that happen is U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, the Tampa Democrat who is part President Barack Obama’s congressional delegation to the island nation and the sponsor of the Cuba Trade Act. here

Florida GOP Jim Boyd of Bradenton To Keep Fighting For Corporate Welfare

$250 million
State Rep. Jim Boyd of Bradenton, promised the Manatee County Commission on Tuesday morning to keep fighting for Corporate Welfare funding after his bill to regulate its state funding died in the Senate this year. here


Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article67515767.html#storylink=cpy

Tip For Lazy Florida Dems

Check this out
Absentee Voting
Absentee voting refers to voting a ballot received by mail or picked up by or for a voter who is unable or unwilling to go to the polls to vote during early voting or Election Day. Check it out

Friday, March 25, 2016

Florida Progressive Leader Mayor Rick Kriseman

St Pete 100% clean energy

"This is what progressive leadership looks like. Thank you, Mayor Rick Kriseman!" Susan Smith
This is the mayor by the bay that we need to run for governor. Great job St. Pete!

Tell "Debt Trap Debbie" Not to Sabotage Obama on Payday Lending Reform

Sarasota County GOP’s “Statesman of the Year” Award: Rick Scott

Gov. Rick Scott will receive the Sarasota County GOP’s “Statesman of the Year” award at a dinner next month. Trump received the statesman honor in 2012 and 2015. here

Florida GOP Locations For Gynecological Care

A bill passed in the Florida GOP legislature this week would effectively defund Planned Parenthood and other reproductive rights clinics.  several state lawmakers who have insisted that plentiful alternatives exist for reproductive and sexual healthcare have cited a list of health centers that includes 
Dentists, 
Optometrists, 
and Elementary Schools.

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Pam Bondi

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2013 was considering joining in a lawsuit against Trump University.  Shortly thereafter, a check for $25,000 was sent to Bondi’s campaign.  AG Bondi (who has since endorsed Trump) ended up not joining in on the Trump University lawsuit. here
She is cheap, only $25,000!

Florida INC. Rancid Corpses

Thousands of scaly, rancid corpses dot the banks of the Indian River Lagoon, in clusters from Titusville to Melbourne, likely casualties of widespread algae that's bloomed for months.
Scientists say excess nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers, septic tanks, leaky sewer systems, air pollution and other sources is fueling the blooms. here

Thursday, March 24, 2016

President Obama: Thank You From Tampa Cuban Americans

We never thought we would live to see this. 
Your legacy is secure with us!

Dear Marco Rubio

Rubio called Obama’s historic trip to Cuba “one of the most disgraceful trips ever taken by a U.S. president anywhere in the world.”
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"Mr. Rubio, we have tried it your way for over 50 years. All it has done is make the Cuban people suffer. The change you were looking for did not happen. It should be up to the Cubans on the island to decide how they want to be  governed not the deserters in Miami. Dialogue over Isolation works everytime. 
Now we have a chance to show them what Democracy looks like." YCS

St. Pete Pledging To Work Toward 100% Clean Energy

St. Petersburg is the first Florida city pledging to work toward 100% clean energy; Sharon Wright is the City of St. Petersburg’s sustainability coordinator and joined the Sierra Club Tuesday morning to officially launch the “Ready for 100” campaign. here

Free Rolling Stones Concert

Ciudad Deportiva - La Habana, Cuba
400,000 fans are expected
here. We want to go! 

VPC Spreading Into Florida

Voter Participation Center (VPC) is mailing 626,000 voter registration applications into Florida this month.  
Unmarried women, Latinos, African-Americans and millennials make up a strong majority — 58 percent — of the eligible voters in the state.  But 40 percent of them are not registered to vote.  
And the number of unregistered young voters is even higher: 
54 percent of millennial Floridians are not registered to vote.

Florida Right Winger Todd Schnitt Attacks Alan Grayson

"Recently, a right-wing hate radio host in Florida said that I’m a “mental defect,” that I’m “obnoxious” and “disgusting,” and that I’m a “media whore.”
The verbal mugger in this case was Todd Schnitt, a hatemonger whose radio show is carried in both Miami and Tampa, the two largest media markets in Florida."