STOGIE IN CALI. DAY THREE

Candy with Ben from Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream

University of California - Riverside

Stogie In Cali. Day Two

My boss Jeremy

Co-Berners Chritine and Candy with the boss

And Myra

Thank you Riverside for making me feel at home. 

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The Merchants Of Ybor: Cristinos

Cristinos 

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My favorite place to eat in Ybor City. 

Florida Supreme Court: Florida INC.Eexceeded Their Authority

In a rebuke to Florida Power & Light, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that state regulators exceeded their authority when they allowed the company to charge customers for its speculative investment into an Oklahoma-based fracking company. here

Marion Transit Center - Tampa

Go HART

Florida INC. Stealing Peoples Homes

Florida is ground zero of the foreclosure crisis. No other state even touches Florida when it comes to the number of foreclosures over the past decade. So you would figure that the Sunshine State's government would be first in line to take advantage of federal assistance programs meant to help regular Floridians. You would figure wrong. here 

STOGIE CALI. DAY ONE

LA Berners

What Pilar Had For Lunch

Linguine with Clam sauce

From Cristinos in Ybor

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Florida Fleet Farming

In Florida, homeowners have a propensity for landscaping. They take great pride in the green carpet of grass in front of their homes. But one Florida man is working on a project that's turning his neighbors' lawns into working farms. Chris Castro has an obsession — turning the perfectly manicured lawns in his Orlando neighborhood into mini-farms. here

WWII Survivor Living in Florida Helps Refugees

Orlando Selling Green Cards For $500,000

In soccer, a player who gets a red card is kicked out of the match. But foreign investors could get green cards at Orlando City's new soccer stadium if they pay $500,000 each to help build it. here

Bay County Commissioners Fighting The Florida Frackers

The County Commission wants to make concrete their declaration that fracking will never occur in Bay County. here

Shit In Biscayne Bay

Climate Change pumps that flush floodwater from Miami Beach into Biscayne Bay during seasonal king tides are dumping something else into the bay: human waste. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article77978817.html#storylink=cpy

Ybor City, Florida

Urban Living

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Jim Norman: Obama Can Go To Hell

At the Hillsborough county Republican party’s monthly meeting at MOSI he criticized the guidelines issued by the Department of Education last Friday requiring schools to allow transgender students to use the restroom and locker rooms that correspond to their chosen gender. “You’re going to have to take me to jail, because I would stand up against that, I think it’s absolutely wrong” Norman said, boasting about how he stood up and supporting removing gays and lesbian from the county’s Human Rights Ordinance back in the early 1990’s. “If my daughter, my friend, went into a restroom and someone with a beard tried to follow in, they’d have to run,” Norman said, adding angrily, “So Obama can go to hell.” here

Mr. Norman is a funny guy. Oh and he got crushed by Tim Schock in a straw poll.

Tim Canova: How the Political Revolution Continues

Florida GOP Anitere Flores: Bought And Paid For By Big Oil

Florida Strong, has issued a statement calling Flores "bought and paid for" by "big oil" because she hadn't taken a stand against Big Cypress drilling. She  also voted for HB 1219, which would have allowed drilling in Florida's nearshore coastal waters. Big Oil companies including Exxon, Spectra and others have poured cash into Flores’s campaigns over the years. here

Harry Reid’s Bogus Smear Campaign Against Rep. Alan Grayson

The Democratic establishment has dropped all pretenses, and they are now squarely in the pocket of big business. If you need proof, take Senator Harry Reid's recent confrontation with Congressman Alan Grayson, where Reid told Grayson - a champion of progressive values - that he wants him to lose his Senate race against corporate-friendly "Democrat" Patrick Murphy. 

Floridians Want The Clean Power Plan

Last year, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi joined a lawsuit suing the EPA to stop the Clean Power Plan (CPP) from being enacted. Since then, the Supreme Court has issued a stay on implementation of the plan that would place the nation’s first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants. Bondi claims it’s what the people of Florida want, yet the numbers prove the contrary. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article78005297.html#storylink=cpy

Presidente Obama Welcome To Miami

Pres. you could not have come visit us at a better time. The Florida Democratic Party sucks. You want your Legacy to stay intact, you need to stop supporting Debbie Wasserman Schultz and have a very serious talk with her. You guys are trying to cram an Ex-Republican (Murphy) down our throats. Florida INC. has kept us from your Obamacare, we don't have high speed rail between Tampa and Orlando that you wanted to buy us, they are polluting our water, the Florida Frackers are doing everything they can to destroy our way lilfe. Florida DOT is attacking Tampa. While you are here talk to our leader Susan Smith and please see if you can talk the Mayor of Miami Beach into running for governor. here 
Again, welcome to Miami. Lets hope our grand-kids can enjoy it too. 

Skateboarders Beware Of TPD In Downtown Tampa

• Tampa Police 
• say officer's actions were justified.
• -----------
• One of the teens was going away from the officer.
•  When they tried to handcuff him, he pulled away.
• The kid was scared and confused about what was happening.
•  Tampa Police spokesman Hegarty said at this point, the officer's actions seem to be justified and no investigation is underway.
•  It started when officers warned a group of skateboarders not to skate near police headquarters or downtown. here
• Thanks Brett Wetzel. Watch the video here
• They own Downtown now, stay away. Try Ybor City.

Florida INC. Getting Ready For Armed Maniacs

Armed special agents, sheriff deputies and police officers swarmed the state Capitol Monday.  It was a drill. A practice run for the Northwest Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force for if/when armed maniacs try to terrorize the seat of Florida’s government. here

The Fear Factor, with our money. “We want to show the people where their tax dollars are being spent,” said Mark Perez, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge.

Celebrating Success In Tampa

6.5 - 2 PM

Pre-Ramadan event for our community and refugees in Tampa

Islamic Community of Tampa

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Florida INC. To Triple The Amount Of Toxic Chemicals Into Our Water

Florida INC. is proposing to revise its restrictions on what toxic chemicals can be discharged into surface water —  the proposed standards would triple the amount of a toxic chemical called benzene allowed to be discharged into surface waters like rivers and lakes and are meant more to entice fracking companies than keep Floridians safe. here

Florida GOP Slimy Reptile Carlos Beruff

Florida GOP Carlos Beruff, a candidate for the U.S. Senate repeatedly referred to President Barack Obama as an “animal” at a county GOP meeting. here
Update: He is refusing to apologize, according to the Tampa Bay Times

Marion County's Citrus Taliban Headed To Court

Civil rights groups are preparing to take the Marion County school district to court over its new transgender bathroom rules. here

Liberty Counsel, a religious group, represented the boy who complained and 
offered to defend the district in court.

Floridians favor legalizing both medical and recreational pot

Florida voters overwhelmingly support legalization of medical marijuana and most also favor legalization of recreational pot use. A Quinnipiac University poll found 80 percent of Florida voters said they would vote for a proposed constitutional amendment in November allowing for medical use of marijuana. Just 16 percent said they'd vote no. Support is greater than 70 percent among every category pollsters analyzed, regardless of political party, gender, education, age and ethnicity. here

Alcee Hastings and Patrick Murphy Payday Lender Whores

Murphy and Hastings have worked overtime in their efforts to sabotage President Obama’s fight to rein in predatory payday lenders. They have taken tens of thousands of dollars from payday loan sharks while Florida families pay the price.” here

Jordan Jereb - Florida Right-Wing Extremist Nut

Upset over a $60 debt faces charges after threatening a high-ranking staff member of Florida CEO Rick Scott’s office. Jordan Jereb, is a captain of the Republic of Florida militia. here

Stogie's California Trip

On Friday I am off to California, no not to recruit workers, to help Bernie win the primary. If you want to help us please donate,
I will be blogging the trip. While I am gone Pilar and the rest of the crew will keep watch on the homefront.

Thank you Mom, Maria, Mayra, Charlie, Ellen, Todd, John and Jim!

Florida INC.To Starve The Poor

Hundreds Of Thousands Have Lost Food Stamps In Florida. here

Demand Jeff Brandes Answer For Pinellas County Charter Schools

Last week, a grand jury indicted a for-profit school management company that runs four Pinellas County charter schools, and the advocacy group Florida Strong is demanding that state Senator Jeff Brandes answer for it. here