Friday, May 12, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Tampa's Ybor City Stogie
Victory For Florida Activist
ALL 9 ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILLS
ARE DEFEATED.
Florida’s Legislative sessions comes to an end and all anti-immigrant and anti-refugee
Trump-Inspired bills were defeated. here
The We Are Florida! campaign led by the Florida Immigrant Coalition and its members maintained constant presence, mobilizing hundreds of community members to the state’s capitol to remind legislators of the collective power of immigrants, workers, women and LGBT members .
Progressive Friends of Tampa Bay
Join themhere
Florida GOP Rick Baker Wants To Take St. Pete Back To The Bad Old Days
During Rick Baker’s term as mayor, he refused to offer any support for the LGBT community, banned the pride flag from city hall, and refused to attend pride events around the city. Since Rick Baker’s time, St. Petersburg has moved forward, and city hall is open and supportive of the city’s diverse gay community. St. Petersburg now has an equality score of 100, because of equality in the law and the support for the gay community by the mayor and city council. Time and time again, equality has proven to be not only the right thing to do, but also good for tourism and business. St. Petersburg is no exception, and Rick Baker would move our city backward on this hard earned progress.
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“St. Petersburg has moved forward the past 3 years. We can never go back to a time when discrimination was ok in the mayors’ office. We will be discussing the stakes in this election, and the type of candidate our community cannot stand with in August. We can’t go back to a mayor who is uncomfortable with the LGBT community, or any other part of our diverse city.” Susan McGrath
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Save The Bakas Equestrian Center
Hillsborough County taxpayers are at risk of losing 22 acres of publicly-owned lands including the
Bakas Equestrian Center's Horses for Handicapped program.
Sign their petition to save our land and
Bakas Equestrian Center here
Make Florida Law Enforcement Disclose Cell Phone Surveillance
Law enforcement officials equipped with devices known as IMSI-catchers routinely gather private information from thousands of cellular network users. We demand that law enforcement agencies be required to disclose the use of these devices including how, when and where they are used. here
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: VISIT FLORIDA
When VISIT FLORIDA negotiated a contract with a Tallahassee producer, the tourism agency agreed to pay him to create a cable fishing show that would showcase the state's hundreds of miles of shorelines, lakes and rivers. Since the first deal was made in 2012, VISIT FLORIDA paid Pat Roberts $2.8 million in taxpayer money for the show and allowed him to keep all of the advertising and sponsorship revenue. here
Florida GOP Change Florida Forever To Florida Never
The budget that legislative leaders have approved calls for spending zero dollars on the Florida Forever program to buy up environmentally sensitive land.
That's not what the voters had in mind when they approved Amendment 1 in 2014 by an overwhelming margin. here
Mamas Bail Out Homecoming Dinner & Celebration In St. Pete
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Guest Blogger James Lamont: Thoughts on the Cross-Bay Ferry, Tampa Bay Buses and the Movement of People
Internal Borders
Two days before our voyage, in an admirably fierce display of people's journalism, the Tampa Bay Times laid waste to bus networks in both Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. Caitlin Johnston and Eli Zhang detail their sad track records when it comes to investing in mass transit and in making any real efforts to improve it over the course of decades. more
Two days before our voyage, in an admirably fierce display of people's journalism, the Tampa Bay Times laid waste to bus networks in both Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. Caitlin Johnston and Eli Zhang detail their sad track records when it comes to investing in mass transit and in making any real efforts to improve it over the course of decades. more
Florida GOP Ignores The Will Of The Voters
After months of testimony, bill drafting, amendments and insistence by lawmakers that they would honor "the will of the voters” who backed a constitutional amendment calling for a major expansion of access to medical marijuana, the Florida Legislature won't be passing any sort of legislation to implement that constitutional amendment. here
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“I’d say slim to none, and I just saw slim leave town.” Republican Bill Galvano
Florida GOP Bullshit 2017
1. A bill ratcheting up the drug war.
2. A half-billion cut to Medicaid, including a $157 million slash to South Florida hospitals.
3. A ridiculous bill allowing parents of children in public schools to object to the science taught in their kids' science books.
4. A bill to exempt 2.7 million criminal records from public view.
5. Making the Stand Your Ground law even stronger.
6. A medical marijuana bill that banned all forms of marijuana ingestion and then was amended to still ban smokable pot.
7. Allowing citizens to take guns into airports.
8. A blatantly unconstitutional bill increasing the penalties for crimes committed by undocumented people.
9. Forcing local residents to pay for electricity companies' random fracking projects across the country.
10. A bill forcing Medicaid recipients to work for their health care.
11. A 20-week abortion ban.
12. Asking the federal government to abolish the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judicial system.
Monday, May 8, 2017
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