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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Citrus Taliban Attacks Florida Supreme Court
Florida GOP Steve Crisafulli and Richard Corcoran attack the Florida Supreme Court’s 5-2 decision to suspend the state’s 24-hour waiting period for an abortion.
Crisafulli: “In my opinion, this has been one of the most activist and overreaching state Supreme Courts in recent memory. I believe our government works best when all sides respect the balance of power. It appears that several of our Justices seem to believe it is their job to invalidate any action of the Legislature, regardless of the law and constitution.”
Corcoran: “Apparently, abortion activists, and their liberal allies on the Supreme Court, are no longer content just for abortion to be legal; their goal seems to be to ensure that the maximum number of abortions are performed each year in Florida. How else would you explain opposition to a law that simply protects women from being pressured or bullied into making a life-altering decision?”
Of course that’s pure bunk. It’s part of the effort by a GOP that’s increasingly out of touch on social issues to attack the authority of any court that Republicans haven’t stacked. Their strategy is to undermine courts until they can rig them to overturn any progressive legislation that might be passed in the future. here
Monday, April 25, 2016
Florida Latinos Turning Liberal
That view is supported in new research that suggests Cuban Americans in Florida are uniting, particularly the younger generation who will consider more liberal candidates, with other Latinos across party lines in the 2016 election. A new survey indicates that 65 percent of Florida Latinos say they don’t believe the GOP cares about them or is sometimes hostile to Latinos. That number is similar to the 73 percent of Latinos nationally who feel the same way about the GOP, according to the poll. here
Pat Kemp For All The Right Reasons
Fight For 15
Stop TBX
Yes on 2!
LGBT Equality
Supports The Centre for Girls
Took The #FLfor15 Challenge
Endorsed by Betty Castor, Ed Turanchik and Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Tribune, Sierra Club, Linda Saul-Sena, Tampa City Council Members: Yvonne Yoli Capin, Mary Mulhern, Lisa Montelione, State Representative Betty Reed, Former Legislators: Sen. Dan Gelber, Rep. Sara Romeo, Rep. Mary Figg, Sen. Helen Gordon Davis and this blog.
Join the tean here
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Tampa City Council Stop Wasting Our Money On Consultants
We will give you this advice for free. Head on down to the Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Library and check out their display of what I4 and I275 did to Tampa. The county spent all that money on consultants for
GO Hillsborough and what did that get us? The start of the solution is simple. Buy the CSX tracks and some trains. Is someone on the council also in bed with
Beth Leytham? here
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City Council remember you work for us, not FDOT. The state tried taking away the power of cities with Fracking and they lost. You want to keep your jobs or move up? Check this out!
Huntersville NC. Mayor Jill Swain and two town commissioners were booted from office because of residents’ anger about the state’s plans to widen Interstate 77 with toll lanes. here
If FDOT wants to go to war with Tampa, bring it on!
GO Hillsborough and what did that get us? The start of the solution is simple. Buy the CSX tracks and some trains. Is someone on the council also in bed with
Beth Leytham? here
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City Council remember you work for us, not FDOT. The state tried taking away the power of cities with Fracking and they lost. You want to keep your jobs or move up? Check this out!
Huntersville NC. Mayor Jill Swain and two town commissioners were booted from office because of residents’ anger about the state’s plans to widen Interstate 77 with toll lanes. here
Planned Parenthood of Florida Targeting Five Republicans And One Democrat
For abortion vote
The legislators under fire:
Florida GOP
Jeff Atwater
Mike Fasano
Gayle Harrell
Doug Holder
Matt Hudson
and Dem Darren Soto
The Opa-locka Mob
In the past three years, thousands of dollars has been paid to prominent city officials. FBI tapes have exposed an organized network that turned the levers of government into a cash generator for themselves and others, the Miami Herald has learned. here
Florida INC. To Forfeit $250 Million In Aid To Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure
The state did not apply for the federal foreclosure assistance, the most recent and perhaps most egregious fumble in a disappointing string of actions by the Florida Housing Finance Corp., which manages the state's Hardest Hit programs. The agency has failed to properly manage $1 billion in foreclosure aid it had previously received from the federal government. here
John Morgan: Bring It On
We knew it was going to happen at some point. Mel Sembler - Sheldon Adelson's BFF and the leader of the "No on 2" campaign in 2014 announced today that he plans to spend $10 million to defeat medical marijuana this fall.
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I've got a message for Mel Sembler: BRING. IT. ON.
No amount of money and lies are going to stop us from winning this time.
I need your help TODAY. Make a donation to the campaign now
and send Mel Sembler and all those who would seek to stand in the way of compassion a message:
I've got a message for Mel Sembler: BRING. IT. ON.
No amount of money and lies are going to stop us from winning this time.
I need your help TODAY. Make a donation to the campaign now
and send Mel Sembler and all those who would seek to stand in the way of compassion a message:
BRING. IT. ON. COMPASSION. IS. COMING. John
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott: Corporate Welfare Over Kids
He vetoed legislation that was passed unanimously by the Legislature that would have given dental care to low income children in underserved areas so that he could let his executive directors travel the world at taxpayers' expense. here
Don't Inhale In Hillsborough County
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Hillsborough County just received a failing grade from the American Lung Association in its annual “State of the Air” report. here
Rick Scott's California To Florida Jobs Pipeline
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