The Ybor City Stogie

Monday, May 22, 2017

Alan Snel: Dear Rick Scott

"I'm leaving your state.
There are several reasons.
Chief among them: your state is a killer state for bicyclists."
Alan Snel

Protest: "US Hands Off Syria and North Korea" in Tampa

5.27 - 2 PM

Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse

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Florida GOP May Get Clubbed In 2018

Rick Scott

Pam Bondi

Jackie Toledo

Dana Young - Dan Raulerson

Gus Bilirakis - Vern Buchanan

Curt Clawson - Ron DeSantis

John Mica - Jeff Miller

Rich Nugent - Tom Rooney

Dennis A. Ross - Ted Yoho

Lenny Curry - Don Eslinger

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Trump heads overseas for his first major trip as president, Republicans at the state level are looking at the wreckage he is leaving behind and wondering if he will kill the party before the 2018 midterms.
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Florida GOP consultant John McKager Stipanovich says if Trump doesn’t follow through on his campaign promises to repeal Obamacare and cut taxes, it will disastrous when the next election cycle comes around. If after all of the talk, after all of the chest-thumping, we can’t get anything done, we may get clubbed like baby seals in 2018.

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36 states have governor’s races next year, with incumbents and GOP challengers alike likely to be put in the awkward position of having to defend Trump. Additionally there may be the awkwardness of Trump offering to campaign for a local Republican — only to have the candidate ask the president of the United States to stay away. here

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Stogie Party: Mobilize

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Charter Schools

Manny Diaz of Hialeah

Richard Corcoran of Land O’Lakes

Michael Bileca of Miami

Florida GOP legislators who profit from the charter-school industry in private life and have been actively involved in pushing — and successfully passing — legislation to fund for-profit private schools at the expense of public education. here

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All three are chief architects in the passage of a $419 million education bill that takes away millions of dollars from public schools to expand the charter-school industry in Florida at taxpayer expense.

Solidarity Someday w/ DJ Hug-A-Thug In Tampa

5.28 - 6 PM

C.1949 Florida Beer Garden

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GOP To Cut Health Care For Florida Kids

Children from poor Florida families who gained Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would see those benefits slashed under the Republican's American Health Care Act proposal. here