Marion Transit Center
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
Tampa May Day: Stop Trumps Attacks on Immigrants, Muslims, and Workers
Students, workers, and other community members in Tampa will be rallying on April 30th against Trumps ongoing attacks on immigrants, Muslims, and workers.
4.30 - 2 PM
Lykes-Gaslight Park in Downtown Tampa
Liberal Robert Wexler Joins The Dark Side
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, a prominent Palm Beach County liberal voice in Congress for 13 years, is joining the lobbying shop of Brian Ballard, the go-to Florida Republican fundraiser and confidant of Donald Trump. here
Sunday, April 16, 2017
No Florida Gravy Trains
Florida lawmakers may allow a $511 million "gravy train" contract to go to a politically connected operator who just dropped a "rare" $40,000 political donation. The agency has spent $350,000 of your money on lobbyists and lawyers to protect this "massive deal," even though it's under inspector general investigation. Only your lawmakers can stop this gravy train from leaving the station. here
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State Reps. Neil Combee, Chris Latvala, and Dan Raulerson sit on a committee that can end the gravy train at its next legislative "stop."
The Keys Need Help
Last week Florida Keys fishing guides assembled their skiffs in Florida Bay, spelling the word for an aerial photograph: "Help!". The bay, since the 1980s, has endured repetitive algae blooms that stripped biodiversity from hundreds of square miles from pristine wilderness, leaving behind ghostly scenes reminiscent of chemical warfare. here
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Florida's Right Wing Infestation Spreading
Some bills look to transfer power away from elected officials on city commissions, county councils and school boards, while others are trying to curtail the power of the courts. here
Are you $%#@$ kidding me????
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I'll ask again:
Are you $%#@$ kidding me????
It gets worse:
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"Chief among the Drug Free America recommendations that made it into Rodrigues' bill is one requiring doctors to have a three-month relationship with their patients before recommending marijuana to them. Patients and advocates say this needlessly delays treatment."
Friday, April 14, 2017
Trump Has Cost Florida Taxpayers $3.5 Million
Ric Bradshaw says his agency
has racked up about $3.5 million in total expenditures since Trump’s November victory. here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Pepper Steak
With yellow rice and platanos
At Supersaver Supermarket in Suitcase City
Eat Local!
Eat Local!
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Rick Scott
Rick Scott’s political committee last month raked in more than $600,000 in contributions from companies with major bills before the Legislature that could end up on his desk next month to veto or sign into law. here
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The largest amount, $100,000, came from U.S. Sugar, a group that opposes Senate President Joe Negron’s ambitious plan to build an Everglades water storage reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Central Florida Republicans Want To Suspend Aramis Ayala
Bob Cortes - Altamonte Springs
Scott Plakon - Longwood
Mike Miller - Winter Park
Rene Plasencia - Orlando
Mike La Rosa - St. Cloud
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
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
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
Florida INC Culture Of Corruption
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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.
Click here
and please urge your Florida legislators to support
H.B. 871.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Florida GOP At War With Cities
The enemy? Cities.
Those teeming, overcrowded havens for immigrants, Democrats, people of color, millennials, academics, free thinkers, transit riders and other undesirables. here
Openly Racist In Charge Of Rewriting Florida's Constitution
Monday, April 10, 2017
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