We have stood with
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers
for a long time.
They are asking for your help.
That is not a problem around here, we only eat local.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
How Payday Lenders Invested In Florida INC.
Payday lenders have donated about $2.5 million to Florida politicians and both political parties in recent years, according to a new analysis by a liberal group.
The group gave the Miami Herald an advanced copy of its new report, “A Florida Plan: How payday lenders bought Florida’s political establishment.” The report lists donations given to federal and state candidates as well as the state’s Republican and Democratic parties since 2009.
Overall, Republicans received $1.6 million and Democrats received about $890,000, while $29,000 went to independents. But the top individual recipients were South Florida Democrats:
▪ U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings of Delray Beach: $110,700;
▪ Former U.S. Rep Kendrick Meek, who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010: $72,800;
▪ U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Jupiter, who is running for the Senate: $51,000;
▪ Wasserman Schultz of Weston: $50,600.
The Republican Party of Florida received $1,083,447, and the Florida Democratic Party received about $366,500.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Is Susan Smith And Deborah Mary Newell Leaving The Democratic Party?
"I came close to leaving the Democratic Party in 2010 over its ineptitude. If what I heard this afternoon is true--that someone in the Miami Dade Democratic Party is trying to push Senator Dwight Bullard out of his Senate run--then that could be it for me. Senator Bullard is a champion for women, minorities, low-income communities and the public schools. He is a progressive hero. If the party tries to push him out to make room for (yet another) former Republican, I will be done." Susan Smith
Florida INC. Keeping Wages Down
Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott is encouraging economic refugees to move here, to a state with low wages and scarce jobs. More people seeking scarce jobs would help keep labor costs down in Florida, by making sure that existing workers have more competition, and employers don't. It's yet another great way to keep wages down. here
Ringling's Circus Elephants Retire to Florida
The last 11 touring elephants from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus kicked off their retirement in Florida on Friday with a buffet brunch of carrots, apples, celery, loaves of bread and lots of hay.
Florida Progressive Hero Senator Dwight Bullard Wants Legal Recreational Weed
Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, filed a detailed proposal on Monday that would allow people age 21 and older to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana for personal use and to cultivate up to six marijuana plants. here
Great job Senator!
Oligarch Rick Scott Laying Ruin To Florida
Scott’s net worth, according to the Tampa Bay Times, went from $84 million in 2012 to $132 million in 2013 to $147 million by the summer of 2015. In 2009, the year before Scott was elected governor, he feared health insurance reform would endanger corporate profits and formed the anti-Obamacare pressure group Conservatives for Patients Rights. Despite being reelected by a narrow margin in 2014, Scott remains unpopular in Florida; in most polls, his approval ratings have generally been in the low 40s. Scott, a persistent opponent of health care reform, has a long history of profiting from the U.S.’ troubled health care system. here
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
John Bachtell - Communist Party USA In The Heights
5.12 - 6 pm
Lee's Grocery
A discussion with John Bachtell, national chair of the CPUSA, on this year's campaigns and struggles in the long term...pro-worker, anti-racist, for women's control of their bodies, peace, immigration reform.... Tampa Bay People Before Profits. RSVP
Ben Pollara: You Vote?
Help United For Care here
You vote? John Morgan warned you in 2014 that if you didn't we would lose. Get it right this time.
Register to vote florida
Florida INC. Schools
Who's responsible for this mess? The simple answer is the management group. But that's a cop-out. When you give a for-profit company access to taxpayer funds with minimal oversight, should you really be shocked when money is missing? here
Monday, May 9, 2016
Craft Beer Liberals In Tampa Heights
With the best pizza in town
May Solidarity Sunday
@ Lee's Grocery on Central Ave in The Heights
Texas Polluters To Invade The Everglades
A Texas company won approval Friday to explore for oil at Big Cypress National Preserve. The work would take place across 70,000 acres straddling Alligator Alley about 10 miles west of the Broward County line, a region of cypress and pine forest, swamps and wet prairies that's home to Florida panthers, black bears and much more wildlife. here
Boycott Puerto Rican Summit In Orlando
For the last 7 years, the non-Boricua Dynamic Community Development Corporation of Miami has gotten away with benefiting from an an annual event in Orlando they call the Puerto Rican Summit. They charge corporations interested in targeting the large Boricua market between $5,000 and $10,000 to display their products and services at this annual Orlando two-day event. We cannot allow people to financially exploit the fact that we are a large and loyal consumer market. more
Florida: Shady Solar State
What do you call a super sunny state with regressive and oppressive solar policy, actively working to prevent the healthy development of this clean and affordable source of power? Ironic? Shameful? For those who love a good pun, perhaps “SHADY” is the best term.
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Center for Biological Diversity recently released a report outlining 10 sunny states that are working so hard to keep distributed (rooftop) solar from expanding, and the analysis explains how this unfortunate work is happening. here
Transgender Floridian Catherine Merchant
Catherine Merchant, a transgender woman from the Panhandle, was denied a name change by a state judge. Three years later, with the help of the ACLU of Florida, she won in her fight to have her legal name reflect who she is. This is her story in her own words: here
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
The Stogie Asked To Remove WMNF Logo
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Email from WMNF:
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Please remove the logo as soon as possible.
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Craig Kopp
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813-865-8256
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HART Driver #4005
Thanks for the ride, Ivan!
The Magical #8
Downtown, Ybor City, Palm River, Clair Mel City,
Progress Village and Brandon
Florida GOP Manny Diaz Jr.
State Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., a Hialeah Republican has been a huge supporter of advancing the charter school system well above the traditional public school system and he is likely to amass more power over education policy and funding next legislative session. here
Feds Coming To Help Tampa
Federal authorities will conduct a preliminary civil rights investigation of TBX. Based on a complaint filed by local hero Matthew Suarez. here
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