71% of Floridians

Over 71% of Floridians voted "yes" for Amendment 2 last November. Now the legislature is working to implement the law and they need to hear our voices again. They need to know we're paying attention. They need to remember they are implementing the will of 71% of Floridians. here

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Carlos G. Muniz

As a top aide to Florida's attorney general Pam Bondi, Carlos G. Muniz helped defend the office's decision to sit out legal action against Trump University. Now Trump is naming him to be the top lawyer in the U.S. Education Department. here

Florida GOP Vote Down LGBTQ Protections

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Florida for two whole years, yet under state law, employers in the Sunshine State are still well within their rights to fire or refuse to hire people solely because they're gay. Likewise, landlords can boot tenants or refuse to rent to them based on their sexual orientation. here

Don't expect that to change anytime soon. A House bill adding sexual orientation to the state's nondiscrimination clause is all but dead after getting passed over in committee.

Communist League of Tampa Statement on war with Syria

We, the Communist League of Tampa, resolutely oppose the recent attacks on Syria that have united the Democratic and Republican war-machine. An attack on the people of Syria is an attack on our fellow citizens of the world and must be opposed for that reason alone. here

Florida GOP Ken Hagan Wrong Again

The City of Tampa may have a highlight reel to show off its successful 2017 College Football Playoff championship, but Hillsborough County doesn't seem to have the tax receipts to prove the event was an economic success for the region.

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When Tampa landed playoff championship week more than three years ago, Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan claimed the event would bring somewhere between 1,700 and 1,800 full-time jobs, as well as $250 million to $350 million in economic impact. However, that kind of revenue would have generated an extra $17.5 million to $24.5 million in sales taxes, which there seems to be little evidence to support. here

March for Science St. Petersburg / Tampa

4.22 - 10 am

Poynter Park - St. Pete

info

Florida INC Culture Of Corruption

Florida Power & Light. was so intent on influencing the implementation of a constitutional amendment expanding solar installation in Florida, it drafted legislation designed to create new requirements for homeowners and businesses that install rooftop solar and sent it to the legislator who was authoring the language. here

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The proposal, HB 1351 by Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues, was passed Wednesday by the House Ways and Means Committee, it contains sections that include verbatim language supplied by NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light.

The Marco Rubio Rescue

We'll probably need Sarah McLachlan warbling a few bars of Angel to get through this public service announcement in support of "The Marco Rubio Rescue" organization. Won't you please help find our poor, beleaguered and homeless junior senator a new Tampa office? Just a few pennies a day could make all the difference. here

Urge Florida Legislators to Support an Animal-Abuser Registry!

Animal abuse is a community concern, and people who abuse animals often do so repeatedly and harm humans as well. With this in mind, Florida legislators are considering House Bill (H.B.) 871, which, if passed, would require residents convicted of felony cruelty-to-animals crimes to register, thereby providing law-enforcement officials, animal shelters, and concerned citizens with quick access to a list of offenders in their communities.

This important measure needs your voice. 
Click here 
and please urge your Florida legislators to support
 H.B. 871.

Lake County Sheriff’s Office ISIS Style

Florida GOP At War With Cities

Republicans, who control political power in the White House, Congress and most state capitals. Their allies are shadowy groups like Americans For Prosperity (aka the Koch brothers).

The enemy? Cities.

Those teeming, overcrowded havens for immigrants, Democrats, people of color, millennials, academics, free thinkers, transit riders and other undesirables. here

Tampa Hoods - Downtown

City Hall

Openly Racist In Charge Of Rewriting Florida's Constitution

Carlos Beruff ran against Marco Rubio and lost. He has virtually no political qualifications. He's rich, openly racist, and good friends with Rick Scott. loves Trump, called Obama an animal.  and reveled in being dubbed the "Cuban-American Donald Trump." here

HART Stops

#4 Bay to Bay Blvd.

Smell the Jasmine

Jacksonville Police Cause Riot at Peaceful Anti-War Protest

Draft Asher Edelson For Something

 Edelson 2018

Write him

tell him you want him to run.

JAMES L. WILSON OF PLANTATION

Republican legacy

U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes and the Republican Congress will never investigate President Donald Trump’s ties to RussiThe Texas Republican Legislature never sanctioned state Attorney General Greg Abbott after he accepted $35,000 from Trump and refused to investigate Trump University. The Florida Republican Legislature has given its imprimatur for Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi, who solicited a $25,000 bribe from Trump before deciding not to investigate Trump University.

Now that Trump has been forced to pay $25 million in partial damages for the fraud he committed with Trump University, the only winners are Abbott, who today is the governor of Texas, and Bondi, who is still the attorney general of Florida.

The GOP is the party of coverups and obstruction of justice — the Nixon legacy.

JAMES L. WILSON, PLANTATION

HART Rider

Meet Tommy

Ybor Paparazzi

HART Stops

Marion Transit Center - Downtown Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Dominican 

Shrimp and Rice with Yuca

At Food Town Meat Market on Busch in Tampa

Jessica Vaughn: Stones vs. Beatles?

The battle between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has been going on ever since they first crossed paths on the charts almost 50 years ago. In this episode of Stogie TV, we caught up with Hillsborough County School Board candidate, Jessica Vaughn, to get her take on the age old question: Stones or Beatles?

Kate Connolly's Next Mission

Just me and Kayla

#39 5:30 PM ON A TUESDAY 

I4 and MLK

Lee Roy Selmon Expressway

1. Pat Kemp

2. Conversion Therapy Ban

3. Transit?

HELP HER WIN

Transit Now Tampa Bay

Ybor Paparazzi

Jessica Vaughn

Anti-War Protest In Ybor Tonight

6:30 PM 

 Centennial Park

info

Tampa Bans Conversion Therapy

The City of Tampa UNANIMOUSLY passed the City Councilman Guido Maniscalco's proposed ban of Conversion Therapy in minors today!

here

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Guido, The King of Tampa

"Thank you to everyone who helped me organize this reality. Great thanks to the haters, too! Every time you told us we could not do this; that it wasn't worth it and all the other hateful or despondent things – you made us stronger!" Kate Connolly

Tampa Bay Heroes

Chicken Shit In The Suwannee River

Environment Florida announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court in Jacksonville against the second-largest chicken producer in the world, Pilgrim’s Pride, for alleged ongoing violations of the federal Clean Water Act at its poultry processing plant in Live Oak, Florida. 

The complaint alleges that the company has committed 1,377 days of Clean Water Act violations since 2012, by discharging wastewater that exceeds pollution standards by as much as triple the legal limits. here
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The lawsuit is a major step towards restoring the health of the Suwannee River.

1 May Day Tampa March and Rally In Ybor

5.1 - 5 PM

Sociedad La  Union Marti Maceo Cuban Club

here

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Join Fight for 15, Black Lives Matter Tampa, Tampa for Justice, Community Protection Coalition, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Faith in Florida, local unions and many others groups as we celebrate International Workers Day

Transit Now Tampa Bay

Local Liberal activist Kate Connolly has started a new transit group. This young lady is known as someone who gets things done. Hopefully this one will succeed where others have failed. Visit her group here and like her page. 

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"Local badass and dear friend Kate Connolly fighting 

the good fight!" Asher Edelson

Bob Buckhorn Supports Corporate Welfare

At the Brian Glazer Family Jewish Community Center in West Tampa having lunch Buckhorn used the opportunity to advocate for the continuing existence of Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. Earlier this month, the House passed a bill that would eliminate Enterprise Florida and nearly two dozen tax incentive programs. here

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“All of you need to get your phone and call your legislators and say, ‘stop this foolishness. Stop it now." Bob Buckhorn

Bikes On La Septima

Ybor City, Florida

Rick Scott's Brazen Lack Of Respect For Prosecutorial Independence

Rick Scott overreached last month when he issued an executive order stripping state attorney  Aramis Ayala of her authority to prosecute a man charged with killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando police officer. On Monday, he also removed her from 21 other murder cases. here
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Florida GOP taking a hard swipe at an independent judiciary. here

HART: Tampa's Banana Republic Transit System

Pick up your trash. 

Upgrade the Britton Plaza transfer center.

 Get rid of your rude drivers. 

here

State of the City 2017- Bob Buckhorn - Tampa

Out And Loud Florida - Ybor City Wall Of Love

Florida Frackers Not Giving Up

Florida GOP House members say the possibility of a fracking ban is dead for the 2017 Legislative Session. here

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“You never say never, but now we’re saying it looks like that will be next year,” Florida GOP Mike Miller

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Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues says that a scientific study is required. Rodrigues has previously said that it would be “foolish” to ban the practice without any scientific evidence. 

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More about Florida Frackers here

Don't be fooled, it has already started here

Florida Union Busting HB 11