Saturday, August 5, 2017

Tampa Museum of Art




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Why Florida Democrats Are Losers

 A flurry of political activity going on in western Orange County. The republicans are running vigorous campaigns. One the other side of the aisle is a single Democratic candidate without much name ID, support or money. As of his last report, he had raised $3,131 … with most of that coming from the candidate’s own pocket.
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All this in a district that strongly supported Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump just nine months ago — by a double-digit margin, in fact.
"This, my friends, is why Democrats are chronic losers in this state … because they don’t compete. Heck, they can’t even organize." Orlando Sentinel

Ybor Paparazzi

Hank
Bartender at The  Reservoir Bar

Susan Valdes: Hillsborough County Charter School Queen

Susan Valdes' bid for a fourth term on the Hillsborough County School Board is getting generous support from charter school operators. At last count, Valdes had logged $12,000 in donations from charter management companies, founders of charter schools and affiliated businesses. here

Friday, August 4, 2017

Hillsborough County Right Wing Come After Their Own

 
Florida GOP Victor Crist and Sandy Murman had their cars vandalized after voting to remove Tampa’s Confederate monument. here

HART Hangout

8.10 - 5 PM
Marion Transit Center

Introducing: NextGen America

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WTF: Dems To Help Florida GOP

Miami Rep. Carlos Curbelo will attend an Aug. 23 fundraising reception hosted by nine Democrats, including former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Homestead Mayor Jeff Porter and Florida City Mayor Otis Wallace, according to an invitation to the event. here
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Dems keep saying there is a differance in the parties.
Where is it?
Want something defferent
Go Green

Visionary Delaney Reynolds Of Miami

South Miami became the first Florida city to require that all new residential buildings install rooftop solar. Thanks to Delaney Reynolds, a 16-year-old high school girl who warned South Florida leaders:
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“We're going to be the ones who inherit this mess, and we're going to be the ones to solve it as well."

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Adam Putnam: liberals Taking Fake News To New Extremes

Florida GOP candidate for governor is lighting up social media with a tactic ripped from Donald Trump's playbook: a petition on his Twitter feed to "stop CNN." here

Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World

Miami Cop Javier Ortiz

South Florida has the highest HIV rate in America thanks in part to intravenous drug use. But the head of the Miami's police union, Javier Ortiz, has now repeatedly called for the city to kill a program designed to slow the rate of AIDS infections and save the lives of IV drug addicts. here

Tampa School Supply Donation Drive

Saturday, August 5th from 9am to 7pm
 Concrete Rose Collective
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The Tampa "Love Has No Borders" Movement School Supply Drive for Resettled and Refugee Children. Drop by the Concrete Rose Collective and leave items on the porch, which will be collected throughout the day on Saturday and prepared for distribution to the many families in Tampa who need them.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Tampa Mayor And The Tampa Bay Builders Association Want To Cut Down Our Trees

The City of Tampa is taking a comprehensive look at the tree ordinance and making changes. Recommendations from the Mayor's Competitiveness Committee ask for more flexibility regarding grand tree preservation, more flexibility for city staff to approve removals and rescinding the 50 % tree preservation rule in certain areas of the city.
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The voice that has been the loudest in changing the city code has been the Tampa Bay Builders Association and the voice of the people needs to be heard.

Tampa DSA Skull Session In Seminole Heights

8.3 - 7 PM
Hampton Station Beer Garden

Tampa Residents Want Their Money Back

For years, Tampa residents posted "5-minute parking" signs, like this one in Palma Ceia to keep people from parking for extended periods in front of their homes. But the city repealed the ordinance last month after they ceded their municipal authority over to the State of Florida. Now the City Council is looking at a residential parking permit program. here
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Is the city going to reimburse the taxpayers to whom they allowed to purchase these expensive lawn signs? Since 1989, the city approved of, and in some cases even enforced the ordinance that the individual homeowners (at their own expense) displayed. 

St. Pete Hoods

Central Ave

Adam Putnam: Proud #NRASellout

Last week, in an embarrassing blip of social media that did not come from the president, Florida’s leading Republican gubernatorial candidate, Adam Putnam, tweeted: “I’m a proud #NRASellout!” This may be perfectly predictable behavior from a Republican vying to become Florida’s next governor. But it’s hardly a declaration of leadership or individualism. here

Monday, July 31, 2017

Florida turns over voter-roll data to Trump

Florida provided voter-roll data to Donald Trump’s election-fraud commission Friday despite a lawsuit by the ACLU of Florida attempting to prevent the state from providing the information. here
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Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner complied with the request.

Tampa Paparazzi

Sam and Serena

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Cuban
With Pico De Gallo 
At Food Town Meat Market in Tampa

Rescue Me Tampa - Shelter Dogs

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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Florida Utilities, Were Warned Of Climate-Change Risks Since 1970s

Florida Power & Light:  The third-largest utility in America routinely brags about how responsive it's been to the impacts of climate change, a new report outlines that it has known about the effects of climate change since the 1970s.
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They along with Duke Power and the Panhandle's Gulf Power have for decades been funding PR campaigns to discount climate science as untrustworthy and untrue. The report also hits Gulf Power for funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to climate-denying scientists.

Rick Scott's Wolfe: Pete Antonacci

You remember “The Wolfe.” He was the character played by Harvey Keitel in the Quentin Tarantino movie, Pulp Fiction. “I solve problems,” was how The Wolfe described his many-faceted job working for a powerful, but unseen boss. Florida’s Winston Wolfe is Pete Antonacci, who fixes things for Gov. Rick Scot. here

Florida Trump Supporter Lynn Aronberg

 The former Miami Dolphins cheerleader is a staunch Republican and supporter of Trump.  here

The Solar City of South Miami

South Miami 4th City In the country that will now mandate solar power be  installed in newly built homes or those subject to material renovation. here
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Developers and builders expressed ‘concern’ over the mandate adding costs to homes and that leading people to not be able to afford to buy from them. The good news is that that is not a very valid concern.
First, the local real estate market in South Miami (and South Florida) is robust. People love living here and are paying record prices for homes, homes often filled will all sorts of costly technology, kitchens or bathroom fixtures that you’ve never heard a builder suggest impacted their ability to build or sell a home. But they are somehow against solar and residents having free power from the sun?  FP&L’s concern over the proposed new law and my guess is that they will work hard to fight it and do almost anything to protect their business. You need only look at FP&L’s shameful attempt to mislead voters last year on Amendment 1 here in Florida, and in the process reportedly spent millions of dollars trying to deceive voters on before losing. The ordinance won final approval Tuesday on a 4-1 vote with Commissioner Josh Liebman voting no. (Pic)

Rick Scott's Price-Tag For Losing Legal Battles Continues To Grow

Since Scott took office the state has paid at least $19 million to cover expenses and fees for opposing lawyers. here

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Times Gone Mad

"The world is taking notice of our great city. None of it is an accident"
 Benjamin Kirby's thoughts on the unfortunate recommendation from the Tampa Bay Times here 

Florida Koch Heads

The Florida chapter of the 
Koch-founded 
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released its 2017 
"Economic Freedom" scorecard. 
Check out who gets an A+ here

The People In Charge Of The Public Buses In Hillsborough County

Mass transit in the Tampa Bay area is, by most measures, the worst among the nation's top 20 metro areas.  We have far fewer buses here, 360 compared to 600 or more elsewhere. The people at HART COULD CARE LESS.
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The bus system holds little appeal for the broader segment of people like them — busy, successful professionals. they seldom if ever ride the bus. HERE

The Hillsborough PTC Is Dead

After years of tormenting ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft, as well as their customers, with burdensome regulations designed to prop up area taxi cab companies, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission is set to be dissolved later this year by an act of the Legislature.  here

Public VS Chris's Plumbing In Tampa

Monday, September 18 at 6 PM

Friday, July 28, 2017

Stogie's HART Ride

11.10 am: #6: Busch and 56th St. 
Temple Terrace
11:39 am: Net Park (Pic)

Marion Transit Center
12:10 pm #6 Arrive
12:30 #4 To my destination.

Empty

12:50 pm: Bay To Bay and Concordia St.