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!

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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 

Join Sunshine Citizens

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

Join Sunshine Citizens

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

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

Meet Nathalia Estrada

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.

here

Scott, Bondi Tight Lipped About Trump's Thug

Both Trump supporters 

Good Luck! Dezeray Lyn

"Tomorrow morning I begin the journey north for several weeks for an EMT intensive gaining skills to advance me on the volunteer street medic path and eventually towards dreams of joining Doctors Without Borders. I am only able to take this intensive due to comrades and friends donating and supporting me in numerous ways. That means everything. 

To all those engaged in revolutionary struggles and movements who have captured my heart and who have my blood, sweat and tears in our fight for a kind, fair and empowering world for all, you will have my skills too... Food not Bombs, Love Has No Borders, Black Lives Matter, Earth First!, International Solidarity Movement and many more. No Walls. No Borders." Dezeray Lyn

Millennials Welcome to Tampa

Millennials,  are America’s up-and-coming workforce. Tampa,  is putting this group — born between 1982 and 2001 — under a microscope. The Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. has commissioned a survey of millennial CEOs and workers in competing markets to ask what would persuade them to relocate here for a job or to move their company 

to Hillsborough County.

here

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Please make sure our transit options are on the survey. 

Warning From The Florida GOP

"The grassroots leaders of the Republican Party of Florida have been working overtime over the last year and a half getting this state ready to defeat Hillary and elect Republicans up and down the ticket in November," State party chairman Blaise Ingoglia. here

Florida Taxpayers Pay For Foreign Journalists To Party In The Keys

$78 million

Florida taxpayers have paid thousands of dollars for Chinese and other foreign journalists to vacation in the Keys and unknown amounts of money on secret contracts for celebrities, race car drivers and soccer teams to promote the Sunshine State. here

Visit Florida, a public-private group will get $78 million.

Florida Right Wing Blogger Arrested On Attempted Murder Charge

Javier Manjarres, publisher of the right wing blog The Shark Tank, was detained by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. According to an arrest form the 43-year-old was charged with one count of attempted murder and two counts of burglary conveyance with battery.  He was arrested for leaving his sister’s boyfriend, Jason Holowinski, with a broken nose and bullet holes in his pickup truck. here

Bigot Free Church In Tampa

Faith Family United Church Of Christ

Check them out here

Pic: Tampa Pride in Ybor.

Marco Rubio's Secret-Money Legacy Lives On

The senator’s allies found a way for donors to spend millions to support his presidential campaign while remaining anonymous — forever. here

Local Musician Marie Tess In Ybor

Check her out here

Dear President Raul Castro

If you want the support of the Left in the US, there are 
a few things you are going to have to do.

1.Release all political prisoners.

2. Allow the people access to ALL media.

3. Stop Citizen/Tourist Apartheid.

4. Free Elections.

5. Stop harassing protesters.

Florida GOP Tweak HIV Numbers

The figures now show a slight decline in new cases from 2011, when Scott took office, to 2014. The previous report showed the number of new infections rising. here

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The previous tally from 2014 represented a significant uptick as diagnoses nationwide were declining. It was enough to make Florida the national leader in new HIV cases, an embarrassing distinction for the state, Gov. Rick Scott and the health department, and more importantly, a serious public health concern.

? For The Ybor City Chamber of Commerce

Disclaimer: We love food trucks!

How do Ybor restaurants feel when you bring food trucks 

in and they take their business?

Florida GOP Chris Ingram Pinched His Nose

"They're pinching their noses, the same way I pinched my nose when I voted for Trump." Chris Ingram 

DFA Endorse Alan Grayson

Every step of the way -- from Wall Street reform to expanding Social Security to being a national leader for Medicare expansion -- Alan Grayson has stood with progressives as one of our boldest and most reliable allies. That's why we are proud to endorse him today.
Democracy for America
If you loved Alan Grayson in the U.S. House, 
you'll love him in the U.S. Senate. 
He has consistently said NO to cutting Social Security and YES to expanding Social Security benefits. A national leader for expanding Medicare. The most effective member of the House.

here He was also endorse by PCCC!

The Citrus Taliban In Ybor City

2016 Tampa Pride Parade

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Tried To Rigg Election to Destroy Tim Canova's Campaign

StopTBX March In Tampa

4.2 - 11AM

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Florida GOP Keep Up Attack On Women

Rick Scott perpetuated another politically motivated attack today against Planned Parenthood that was disguised as a piece of legislation. Even worse, the bill aims to deprive some of the state's poorest women of basic health care such as access to contraception, cancer screenings or testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. here

For all you Florida women who vote GOP!

freelube@yborcitystogie.com

Cuban Freedom Fighter: Rosa Maria Paya

Human Rights Foundation submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions requesting that he call on the Cuban government to provide an official and comprehensive explanation regarding the state’s treatment of Rosa María Payá. The daughter of late Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, Rosa María has suffered death threats and acts of intimidation at the hands of state security forces while campaigning on the island. here

Through peaceful initiatives like Cuba Decide — a campaign that seeks a referendum which would allow Cubans to vote to change the constitution to allow for free and fair elections — Rosa María is continuing the brave work begun by her father almost 20 years ago,” here