Sunday, April 3, 2016

Victor Licata: Ybor City's Axe-Murdering Marijuana Addict

An American murderer who used an axe to kill his family in Ybor City on October 16, 1933. The killings, were reported by the Press as the work of a 
"axe murdering marijuana addict". 
Evidence that there was a link between recreational drugs, such as cannabis, and crime. Despite evidence Licata had a pre-existing history of mental illness, police and the press made unattributed claims that he was “addicted” to marijuana. On October 17, 1933 the Tampa Bay Times wrote:


W.D. Bush, city chief detective, said he had made an investigation prior to the crime and learned the slayer had been addicted to smoking marijuana cigarettes for more than six months. However, a day later the Chief of Tampa Police Department downplayed the role the drug had in the murders, although he pledged himself to the cause of marijuana prohibition.
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"Maybe the weed only had a small indirect part in the alleged insanity of the youth, but I am declaring now and for all time that the increasing use of this narcotic must stop and will be stopped."
An October 20, 1933 editorial on page six of the Tampa Morning Tribune was entitled "Stop This Murderous Smoke". The editorial writer called for the prohibition of marijuana. here
83 Years later Tampa Decriminalizes Marijuana. here

Vote NO On Amendment 1

The amendment -- called Consumers for Smart Solar -- local and state regulators would maintain control over solar energy. 
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The utility-backed amendment would allow monopolies to maintain the status quo in how solar energy is regulated. here

More FDOT Propaganda In Tampa

Robert W. Saunders Sr. Public Library

Florida DOT Piss Poor Propaganda

What a beautiful Library! here

Florida INC. - Seismic Testing To Begin In Florida

A Texas oil company could begin seismic testing within weeks in Calhoun and Gulf counties now that Florida INC. has signed off on the plan. here
DEP announced it was dismissing a legal challenge to the testing filed recently by a Clarksville resident and a board member of a living history museum in Blountstown.

Panhandle residents we got your back!

PACK THE HOUSE: Marijuana Decriminalization - Pinellas County

4.5 - 9AM
315 Court St. Clearwater

This is a big one! We're going to be mobilizing for the first discussion of the Pinellas County commission about civil citations for marijuana posession. If we can pass this on the county level, it will pave the way for the 24 cities in Pinellas to follow suit! Be there!

Saturday, April 2, 2016

STOP TBX Coalition Gathering In Tampa Heights



James E Shirk with Local Treasure Linda Saul-Sena

The ever-present Pat Kemp with friends


Tampa Heights Junior Civic Center
The march was postponed till next week 
because of the weather. here 

Trump Supporters In Pinellas County



Tiger Bay Club Luncheon
All Florida GOP present 
State Sens. Jack Latvala - Clearwater
Jeff Brandes - St. Petersburg
State Reps. Larry Ahern - Seminole 
Chris Latvala - Clearwater
and Kathleen Peters  South Pasadena
promised they would support Trump as the nominee. here

Tampa Road Pig

This asshole needed two spaces to park his 
piece of shit Mercedes.

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Eatonville

Rick Scott suspended Eatonville Mayor Anthony Grant following his indictment on voter-fraud charges earlier in the week. Grant, and two others are accused of intimidating and bribing voters in the 2015 election that led to Grant's victory. In six cases examined, a grand jury found that Grant, Mia Antionette Nowells and James Randolph unlawfully marked absentee ballots or forced people to vote for them, according to the 25-count indictment released Monday. here

Florida GOP Jeff Brandes: Let’s Make a (Corrupt) Deal

An activist group is running a radio ad in the Tampa Bay area against St. Petersburg-based state Senator Jeff Brandes that questions his ethics. The ad from Florida Strong is called “Let’s Make a (corrupt) Deal.” It attacks the Pinellas Republican for receiving campaign contributions from companies like Duke Energy and insurance lobbyists, and then claims that he voted on issues on behalf of those companies at taxpayers expense. here

Stop TBX Spreading In Tampa

Corner of Hillsborough and Florida

Florida GOP Ends Prohibition On Slungshots

Scott signed measure HB 4009 that deletes part of state law which has prohibited the manufacturing or sale of a maritime tool known as a slungshot.

The slungshot consists of a weight affixed to the end of a long cord of being wound into the center of a knot called a monkey’s fist. Although the slungshot is a maritime tool, it became an improvised and very effective weapon, widely used by street gangs in the 19th Century.
The bill removed slungshot from the definition of a concealed weapon and also lifts a prohibition of the sale or transfer of a slungshot to a minor. here

Friday, April 1, 2016

Fight For 15 In The Heights





Tim Heberlein,  Kelly Benjamin and Brother John


Pat Kemp with friends
Where was Tom Scott, John Dicks and Brian Willis?
We missed you guys!

Local Legends Kelly Benjamin and Ronny Elliott

Seminole Heights Library - Tampa
Join them here

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Opa-locka

Feds target Miami-Dade city in major corruption investigation

"Dante (Starks) is the unofficial mayor of Opa-locka,” former Vice Mayor Steven Barrett said. “He has more power than [Mayor] Myra Taylor. He controls every department.” Now, Starks is at the center of a federal investigation that threatens to topple him and a cadre of elected leaders in the most comprehensive corruption probe in Miami-Dade in decades. rhere

Act Of Kindness At The Field In Suitcase City

She is the one responsible for this act of kindness.

Tuning up, fixing and oiling bikes.
Visit them here

HART To Get 15 New Buses

They will run on natural gas
They are needed to support the fixed route fleet to keep up with a continued growth in ridership.
The Feds are paying for the buses.

Scott, Bondi Tight Lipped About Trump's Thug

Both Trump supporters