Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Shit In The Water At Tampa Bay Beaches

Tampa Bay area residents and visitors may want to think twice before diving into the waters at two Hillsborough County beaches. The Hillsborough County Health Department issued an advisory for Ben T. Davis Beach Tuesday as a warning remained in effect for E.G. Simmons Park. here

Florida GOP Deborah Clark Disrespectful To The LGBT Community

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark’s push to register new voters at nine Chick-Fil-A restaurants located throughout Pinellas is not sitting well with the Pinellas County Stonewall Democrats, who say the decision is highly partisan and is “completely disrespectful” to the LGBT community. here

66% Of Florida Voters Wake Up!

Or we will all get screwed!

Vote NO on Amendment 1 

in November

This initiative is sponsored by state utilities, as well as groups tied to the petrochemical billionaire Koch brothers — and environmental groups argue that it would neither increase consumer rights nor their choices with regards to renewable energy. here
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Learn more about it here

Florida's Right Wing Infestation Continues

The last Democratic appointee on Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal, who was appointed to the court by Gov. Lawton Chiles in 1994, set in motion the process for a Republican governor to select his successor. For that successor, Scott turned to Allen Winsor, the solicitor general for Attorney General Pam Bondi.  All of the state's five district courts of appeal now have Republican-appointed majorities. here

Florida INC. Water Making People Sick

Monday, September 26, 2016

Florida GOP Matt Gaetz: Cheap Exploitative Humanoid Scumbag

Matt Gaetz waited just an hour to politicize Jose Fernandez’s death on Twitter — turning the tragic loss into an excuse to bash activist athletes. Keith Olbermann called him a “cheap exploitative humanoid scumbag.” here

Pinellas GOP Voter Suppression

Pastors of predominantly black churches are asking for an early voting location in South St. Pete, Mayor Rick Kriseman also wants it. The Supervisor of Elections
says no.

Rev. Louis Murphy of Mt. Zion Progressive Baptist Church  calls it “a clear case of voter suppression” and suggested that it could be a political move by Republican Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark to suppress the Democratic vote in an African-American neighborhood. here

Beware Of Indigo Coffee In Tampa

"I stopped buying things at Indigo coffee in Tampa nearly two years ago on my birthday (after getting at least 1 coffee there every day) when, during a Food Not Bombs food share downtown, a houseless friend said he went in to buy his morning coffee and was told, "We don't serve your kind here anymore. I left the food share and made a beeline for the coffee shop and after loudly and furiously confronting them, I was told that the owner gave directive that houseless folks, (paying for their coffee or not) were not welcome at the coffee shop because they "smelled bad," and "people complained." (Likely people who have NO complaints for the social conditions that produce poverty or houselessness)"
Dezeray Lyn
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In the meantime, I'll be at the park downtown tomorrow morning at 8am for our Food Not Bombs Tuesday morning breakfast and I'll have tons of free coffee... for everyone.

Rick Scott Water Bottling Co.

Black Lives Matter Tampa Protest In Ybor City



Photography: Ruth Beltran
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