Visionary Florida Mayors

Florida GOP Ted Yoho Is Packing

He loves the idea of bringing a gun to work.

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He can’t do it right now. Congressional lawmakers have to apply for a D.C.-specific permit if they want to be armed in the city.

But they are working on that.

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For Yoho, carrying a concealed gun is just like having a cell phone in his pocket. He’s usually armed when he’s home, and he was packing at a recent constituent event in his northern Florida district. here

Animal activists went on a protest through Pinellas County

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Saving Little Estero Island

Florida real estate investors were recently promised a state permit to destroy rare coastal bird habitat in Fort Myers Beach. here

Christian Communism

Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford has a take. “I am a Catholic and he is a Communist,” Gulliford said of Pope Francis on Facebook. here

Jeff Vinik: Politicians Holding Tampa Bay Back When It Comes To Transit

Local politicians have made similar trips to Charlotte and other cities over the past decade to evaluate those systems and how something similar can happen in Tampa Bay. And they have learned nothing. here

Florida GOP Mario Diaz-Balart In Favor Of Banning Medical Treatments For Transgender Individuals Serving In The Military

The proposal would ban medical treatments for transgender individuals serving in the military. here

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The amendment was offered by 
GOP Vicky Hartzler of  Missouri.

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GOP Duncan Hunter of California had this to say. “Choose what gender you are before you join.”

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“No one in the Pentagon has called for this.”  Sean Patrick Maloney, an openly gay congressman from New York,

Transit Now Tampa Bay Meetup In Ybor

7.26 - 6:30 PM

CoWork Ybor

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Marco Rubio To Vote Yes On Repeal Of Obamacare

Marco Rubio will vote yes on a motion to proceed with the second draft of the Senate's Obamacare repeal bill. here

Tampa DSA Mass Organizations Study Group

7.16 - 2 PM

Gazebo  at  Rivercrest Park- Tampa

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Demand for Police Accountability In Plant City

7.15 - 1 PM

Plant City Police Department

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PACK the BOCC: #TakeEmDownTampa

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Dead Selves At Tampa's 5th Annual Zine Fest In Ybor

7.15 - 6 PM

Blind Tiger Cafe - Ybor City

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Interfaith Vigil, Press Conference: Remove the Confederate Monument

7.17 - 6 PM

Hillsborough County Clerk's Office - Tampa

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Tampa's Pepin Distributing Host GOP Love-Fest

Tampa's Pepin Distributing, distributors of foreign owned Anheuser-Busch products hosted a fundraiser for Florida GOP Hillsborough County Commissioners Victor Crist and 

Sandy Murman. 

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Some notable names on the host committee:

 Jackie Toledo

Beth Leytham

Al Higginbotham

Frank Chillura

Tom Pepin

David Gee

David Singer

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp and Ribs

With Fries and Beans

At Gator's Dockside in Temple Terrace

Tampa Bay Rays Donated To Ken Hagan

Tampa Bay Rays principal owner, Stu Sternberg, donated $1,000 to the 2018 re-election campaign of Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, the county's biggest cheerleader for a new Rays stadium in Tampa. 

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We all know Mr. Hagan well. He wants to use public dollars to finance a new home for the MLB club.

Disney Donates Big To Florida GOP

The Walt Disney Co. is betting big on Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Since 2015, Disney has given $400,648 to Florida Grown, a committee supporting Putnam, but has also donated $70,000 to a committee run by state Sen. Jack Latvala and $35,000 to a new committee set up by House Speaker Richard Corcoran. U.S. Sugar Corp. and Duke Energy have given to Putnam, Corcoran and Latvala’s committees, 
as well. 

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Disney’s donation to Corcoran could be considered surprising since the speaker led a blistering battle against the state paying their advertising bill. 

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Disney and other companies haven’t given anything to the three major Democratic candidates already in the race. 

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Marco Rubio Now For Screwing His Mother On Healthcare

Florida Right Wing Infestation - Hillsborough County Chapter

Save the Serenova Tract in Pasco Say NO to the Ridge Road Extension

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Love Letters to Dane Powell

Make letters out to:
Dane Powell
DCDC #358 530
DC Jail
1901 D Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003

(note: prison authorities will read mail)
In addition, if you wish to support Dane's commisary, this gofundme has been set up: 
https://www.generosity.com/emergencies-fundraising/support-our-friend-dane-powell

Sea Level Rise Seminar With Kent Bailey In Tampa

7.18 - 6:30 PM

North Tampa Branch Library

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"I'm humbled to be asked to share my information on the state of Sea Level Rise in the Bay Area. Bottom line: since 2010 the water has been coming up much, much faster than before - exceeding virtually all "official " predictions. Just one more reason to immediately stop adding to atmospheric carbon Right Now! Fossil fuels are Dead. And they are Killing Our Planet!"  Kent Bailey

Florida Dems That Support Single Payer Health Care

Kathy Castor

Alcee Hastings

Frederica Wilson

Al Lawson

Darren Soto 

and Ted Deutch

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New Deal For St Pete.

When the candidates come to your church, cookout or small business, make sure you ask them whether or not they 

support the 

#NewDealForStPete. here

Marco Rubio Tweeting The Bible

Each day, the Florida GOP senator is quoting a verse from Proverbs, the GOP’s favorite part of the book. here

Support Our Friend Dane Powell

On Friday, July 7th, Dane Powell became the first victim of the #DisruptJ20 arrestees to be struck with a jail sentence. Please support Dane by donating to his commissary here. Write to Dane Powell: Mailing address Dane Powell DCDC #358 530 DC Jail 1901 D Street, SE Washington, DC 20003

Divest St Pete Demonstration

7.22 - 10 AM

Chase 3740 4th St N, Saint Pete

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

BBQ Pork

With Caesar Salad

At Fantasy World Villas

In Kissimmee

Disturbing the Peace Fest: St. Pete

Sunday, August 13 at 2 PM - 9:30 PM

Williams Park, St. Petersburg

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Tampa Paparazzi

Local Treasure Bob

The Idea World: Tristan Da Cunha

 

2,567 Miles from Buenos Aires

2,090 from Cape Town

In 1877 William Glass established a settlement based on equality. All Tristan families are farmers, owning their own stock and/or fishing. All land is communally owned. All households have plots of land at The Patches on which they grow potatoes. Livestock numbers are strictly controlled to conserve pasture and to prevent better-off families from accumulating wealth. Unless the community votes for a change in its law, no outsiders are allowed to buy land or settle on Tristan; theoretically the whole island would have to be put up for sale. her
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Local Treasure Dane Powell Sentenced To 4 Months

Local activist Dane Powell, a J20 defendant, was sentenced in D.C. Superior Court to serve 4 months of two 36 month sentences, with 2 years of supervised probation to follow. here

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"we can’t live our lives hoping for someone else to come and fix things for us. When we, or anyone else, is faced with insurmountable oppression we must use our own two feet and hands to dismantle it." Dane Powell

Florida GOP Marco Rubio Could Cost Florida 78,000 Jobs, $8 Billion From State Economy

Florida GOP Marco Rubio seems likely to vote for the Senate's Obamacare replacement that effectively puts poor people through a meat grinder and turns them into Soylent. Both the Senate and House plans sharply cut Medicaid funding for the poor while giving rich people massive tax cuts, and are among the least popular bills in American history, according to recent polls. here

7,000 Floridians opposing Trump move for oil drilling in Atlantic

More than 7,000 Floridians have signed petitions urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deny permits for seismic airgun surveys. here

Florida GOP Marco Rubio Will Never Ever Support Government-Run Health Care

Rubio logged onto Twitter to tell his constituents that he'll never, ever support "government-run" health care, a stance that should surprise nobody in light of the fact that Rubio has taken more than $2.5 million in combined donations from health care, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies since he first ran for Senate in 2010, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Nothing motivates quite like a few million bucks. here

Fort Lauderdale Stop Stealing Homeless Peoples Stuff

Call and email today 

Tell them to 

QUIT STEALING
HOMELESS PEOPLE'S STUFF:

Mayor Jack Seiler

954.828.5003

jack.seiler@fortlauderdale.gov

City Manager Lee Feldman

954.828.5013 

lfeldman@fortlauderdale.gov

Tampa Democratic Socialists Of America July Meeting

7.12 - 7 PM

Seminole Heights Branch Library

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Florida On Trump's Voter Suppression Plans

States that won’t comply: Arizona, California Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota Mississippi, New Mexico, New York Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin 
and Wyoming.

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Florida has not responded yet!

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Update: 

Florida: We’ll only give up voter info that's already public.

When There Is No 911 Emergency Care - Tampa

August 3 – August 6

Learn the skills for the Right Now emergencies. There is no time to google for the answer, you can't consult your mentors, the stars, or your power animal, you need to act NOW ! Now what?

Skills that will help us to take care of ourselves and each other.

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Join us on July 12th to save net neutrality

Jessica Rose Powell In Ybor

Tonight 8 PM

The Bunker

Visit her at

www.jessicarosepowell.com

Rick Scott’s Power Grab

Rick Scott wants to appoint three new Florida Supreme Court justices literally on his way out of office.

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A decade ago, justices issued an advisory opinion saying a governor shouldn’t make such appointments while walking out the door.

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Voters have overwhelmingly said the same thing. In 2014, a solid majority rejected a Republican-sponsored ballot initiative that would have given outgoing governors the power to appoint “prospective vacancies” to the Supreme Court or district courts of appeal.

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Florida INC. Getting $96.3 Million Of Our Tax Dollars

Florida’s 650 charter schools will see an extra $96.3 million coming their way in 2017-18, thanks to Florida INC. CEO 
Rick Scott. here