Saturday, July 22, 2017

Community Workshop: Fight for Freedom Florida

August 12 -12 PM
8052 56th St N, Tampa

Florida’s Third World Prisons

In prison after prison over seven months, Rep. David Richardson a Dem from Miami Beach, reported that toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, pillows, sheets, shirts and soap were often withheld from inmates. here

Friday, July 21, 2017

Activist Win In Tampa

Persistence beats Resistance in Tampa
Give credit to community activists, political, business, religious and civic leaders who never gave up in moving a Confederate monument from the old county courthouse. The commission voted 4-2 to remove the memorial. It will be moved to a cemetery in Brandon. here
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 A clear victory for public participation 
in the political process.

Keep Charter Schools Out of Northwest Hillsborough County

"The charter school money-grubbers are trying to move into Northwest Hillsborough County by rezoning the corner of Ehrlich Road and West Village Drive. If you would like to join our efforts in opposing this, please become part of our group." Susan Smith

Breakaway Burlesque in Gainesville

Visit them here
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 Our favorite
Aqua Annette
Visit her on Facebook
Like her page here

Pete Antonacci Put In Charge Of Florida's Corporate Welfare

 This guy use to be executive director of the South Florida Water Management District and once told scientists to stay in their lane rather than criticize his water agency's work on Everglades restoration. here

Florida GOP, Dems Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel

Florida GOP Marco Rubio and 
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 

Along with Florida Dems Bill Nelson, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ted Deutch, Alcee Hastings, Frederica Wilson, and other Florida Democrats want to violate the First Amendment
by making it a felony for people or companies to support a United Nations-led call to boycott certain businesses within the state of Israel. here
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Boycott Israel here

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Miami Hero Delaney Reynolds

By age 13, Miami Native Delaney Reynolds had published her third in a series of children’s book about Floridian ecology. But what started as a project to enlighten young people about the beauty of Miami's coastal environment turned into a somber realization about that environment's expiration date. Reynolds’ research led her to learn about “sea level rise,” the harrowing reality that while the levels of our seas have been stable for thousands of years, they've risen about 10 inches in the past century alone. here
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Florida GOP Who Voted Against LGBT


Neal Dunn - Matt Gaetz
John Rutherford - Ron DeSantis

Bill Posey - Daniel Webster
Gus Bilirakis - Dennis Ross

Vern Buchanan - Thomas Rooney
Francis Rooney - Mario Diaz-Balart

This was a vote to approve or reject amendment H.Amdt. 183 (Vicky Hartzler) to H.R. 2810. The title of the amendment is H.Amdt. 183 (Hartzler) to H.R. 2810: To prohibit funds for medical treatment (other than mental health treatment) related to gender transition to a person entitled to medical care under chapter 55 of title 10, 
U.S. code. Source

Florida GOP Rick Scott Still Seeking Obamacare Repeal

Rick Scott, whose political career is just about over stilll wants Republicans to repeal the federal health care law despite their apparent failure to do so. here