Sunday, May 14, 2017
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Restorative Justice Coalition
Our vision is: A just, equitable criminal justice system that encourages rehabilitation rather than recidivism.
Join them here
Join them here
Rick Scott, To Re-Brand The GOP In Trump's Image
to re-brand and re-invent
the Republican Party
in the image of President Donald Trump
Bethune-Cookman University President Dr. Edison Jackson Should Resign
The NAACP Florida State Conference is now calling for the resignation of the president of Bethune-Cookman University following the decision to invite Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to speak at its commencement ceremony. here
Friday, May 12, 2017
Local Badass - Kate Connolly
Kate Connolly graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies.
Kate founded several businesses including, KCPro Media, which specializes in marketing, digital media, and public affairs in political, nonprofit, and local business sectors. She previously served as campaign manager for Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp And as an AmeriCorps service member tutoring “at-risk” students.
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She co-founded the organization Transit Now Tampa Bay, serves on the Hillsborough Diversity Council, as Hillsborough County LGBTA Democratic Caucus Communications Chair, Sierra Club of Tampa Bay Public Outreach and Events Coordinator, member of the Young Democrats, Sunshine Citizens,
and more.
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She co-founded the organization Transit Now Tampa Bay, serves on the Hillsborough Diversity Council, as Hillsborough County LGBTA Democratic Caucus Communications Chair, Sierra Club of Tampa Bay Public Outreach and Events Coordinator, member of the Young Democrats, Sunshine Citizens,
and more.
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She also co-founded the LGBT Advisory Council of Tampa Bay. She is responsible for the support throughout Tampa Bay for a ban on Conversion Therapy of Minors in two of our major cities; Tampa and St. Pete. Kate strives to move Tampa Bay towards positive change through all sectors including business, politics, and social change organizations. here
Thursday, May 11, 2017
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 .
Florida GOP Rick Baker Wants To Take St. Pete Back To The Bad Old Days
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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
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
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Guest Blogger James Lamont: Thoughts on the Cross-Bay Ferry, Tampa Bay Buses and the Movement of People
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
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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
Florida GOP Guts Prodigy Program By 80%
and Manatee counties.
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The implications are very real. For example, in Hillsborough county, The Prodigy program at FICS Multicultural Family Center will have to close. We serve 400+ at-risk youth every year. That's 400 kids and their families without services as of July 1, 2017, here
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Love Won In Ybor City
"The hate preachers officially
left Ybor at 12:16 a.m this Friday night!"
How you fight The Citrus Taliban 2.0.
"Time to wrap it up Pastor Keffner, your troops are
getting smaller, You are disturbing the guest in Ybor
and your fellow bigots (Westboro Bigets)
didn't even come and help you
getting smaller, You are disturbing the guest in Ybor
and your fellow bigots (Westboro Bigets)
didn't even come and help you
when they were in town. Leave Ybor alone.
We can still see each other on special occasions." YCS
THE DEFEAT WAS IN THEIR EYES.
THE DEFEAT WAS IN THEIR EYES.
Curfew In Forest Hills
Residents of Forest Hills are fearful about the potential deleterious effects resulting from the application of a fumigant on the Babe Zaharias Golf Course. Forest Hills residents, organized as the “Green Cities Alliance,” have been fighting against the chemical since it was first used on the Golf Course years ago. After protests by local citizens, Dow AgroSciences announced in 2009 that they would no longer use Curfew in Tampa.
---Now it is scheduled to be used at Babe Zaharias near the Hillsborough River beginning next Tuesday, May 9, and going thru Thursday, May 11.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Jimmy Dunson's Book Release And Book Signing Tonight
Hang out with local writer
and comrade Jimmy Dunson tonight.
Pick up your copy of his new book for $10
Ask Jimmy to sign it for you. .
Snacks and drinks will be provided,
but feel free to bring your own.
6PM - 207 W Idlewild Ave, Tampa
6PM - 207 W Idlewild Ave, Tampa
All Florida Republicans Vote For Obamacare Replacement
The House has voted and every Florida Republican supported the bill except Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami.
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Most interesting were the votes of fellow Miami Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Mario Diaz-Balart, as Miami has a significant number of Obamacare recepients. here
Friday, May 5, 2017
Documenting The Resistance In Tampa Bay!
The Resistance In Tampa Bay!
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Miami's Radioactive Drinking Water
Florida Power & Light plans to inject their radioactive waste 3,000 feet underground, just below the aquifers where South Florida gets its drinking water. here
The Citrus Taliban In Florida
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Photographer Hilda Clayton
Her last picture – taken a split second before a mortar explosion killed her and four others in Afghanistan.
She was only 21.RIP here
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