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Friday, November 24, 2017
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Florida Fake Progressives
Florida Democratic Party Chair
Progressive vs. Corporate
Stacey Patel - Alma Gonzalez
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What a great opportunity to see who the real Progressives are and elect one of our own. But the real treat will be watching the fakes come out of the closet.
Support Stacey here
Future of Our Party - Amos Miers
We cannot afford to be on the sidelines in 2018. This is the time for a State Chair who can convey a bold plan of action that we can all work together to enact. more
By
Florida GOP Supports Trump's Tax Scam
Florida GOP Carlos Curbelo, Mario Diaz-Balart, Brian Mast and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen support it.
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A George Washington University researcher studied 30 years of public opinion polls for The Washington Post. He found only one piece of major legislation that had less public appeal than the Republican tax plan. That was the Republican plan this year to repeal the Affordable Care Act. here
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
We Support Stacey Patel for FDP Chair
"I think the time has come for the people to take back the power of the Florida Democratic Party.
What if we built a party people could really believe in?
What if we gave our party back to the people, and spread the power of the few to the many?
What if we returned to our roots & inspired our neighbors with our love for justice and for one another?
What if we adamantly refused to compromise our values, and bought back our party from special interests?
What if we worked together to show Florida what democracy looks like?"
Show your support here
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Straz Resolves to Buy Tampa Mayorship
Tampa mayoral hopeful David Straz, who was awarded an ambassadorship but has never held elective office, will unleash a torrent of cash in an effort to become the next mayor of Tampa, according to longtime political insiders in this town.
The whisper number is $2 million, a ton of dough for a guy with name recognition but a pittance for a privileged man of wealth . If he does spend anywhere near that figure, it might stand as a national record for a city this size
win or lose.
The daunting war chest is so many nickels to a billionaire. He announced this week that he added $10,000 to the already $100,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest of the Seminole Heights serial killer. That equates to 50 cents for the average person; do the math. And the publicity he reaped from the area's most prominent fake news source won't be reflected as a campaign expense.
Apparently Straz and his brain trust aren't worried about peaking too early. The election is in March, 2019; the new mayor takes office on Apr. 1, 2019--496 days from now. That's an eternity for an insulated elitist unaccustomed to answering for past pronouncements, prior political proclivities, and public policy plans.
There will be candidate debates, community forums, and challenging questions from both the mainstream press and internet bloggers. Straz will be forced to appear in sections of Tampa he has never set foot in.
His life and associations, past and present,
will be an open book.
The race will have national implications as supporters of Donald Trump and his Trojan horses attempt to pick off big city, local races. See Rick Baker.
Straz voted for Trump in 2016 but now that he is running for mayor in a predominantly Democratic city, he has declared he won’t vote for Trump in 2020. That shabby, comic declaration illustrates his disdain for the electorate.
Straz better get used to the forbidding glare of the spotlight. Even $10 million won't help him cope with those demands.
Mountains of dinero haven't run off potential opposition : city council members Harry Cohen and Mike Suarez, former County Commissioner and civic activist Ed Turanchik, and former Police Chief Jane Castor remain strong possibilities, according to their supporters.
The whisper number is $2 million, a ton of dough for a guy with name recognition but a pittance for a privileged man of wealth . If he does spend anywhere near that figure, it might stand as a national record for a city this size
win or lose.
The daunting war chest is so many nickels to a billionaire. He announced this week that he added $10,000 to the already $100,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest of the Seminole Heights serial killer. That equates to 50 cents for the average person; do the math. And the publicity he reaped from the area's most prominent fake news source won't be reflected as a campaign expense.
Apparently Straz and his brain trust aren't worried about peaking too early. The election is in March, 2019; the new mayor takes office on Apr. 1, 2019--496 days from now. That's an eternity for an insulated elitist unaccustomed to answering for past pronouncements, prior political proclivities, and public policy plans.
There will be candidate debates, community forums, and challenging questions from both the mainstream press and internet bloggers. Straz will be forced to appear in sections of Tampa he has never set foot in.
His life and associations, past and present,
will be an open book.
The race will have national implications as supporters of Donald Trump and his Trojan horses attempt to pick off big city, local races. See Rick Baker.
Straz voted for Trump in 2016 but now that he is running for mayor in a predominantly Democratic city, he has declared he won’t vote for Trump in 2020. That shabby, comic declaration illustrates his disdain for the electorate.
Straz better get used to the forbidding glare of the spotlight. Even $10 million won't help him cope with those demands.
Mountains of dinero haven't run off potential opposition : city council members Harry Cohen and Mike Suarez, former County Commissioner and civic activist Ed Turanchik, and former Police Chief Jane Castor remain strong possibilities, according to their supporters.
By Jim Bleyer - Tampa Bay Beat
Florida Corporate Democrats Running Scared
It seems the left has the corporate overlords of the Florida Democratic Party running scared. With progressives winning a special state senate election, an important mayor's race, passing progressive resolutions and rewriting policies on consultant contracts.
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They have pushed Stephen Bittel
(Which the FDP should of taken care of a long time ago)
and Sally Boynton Brown out.
(Which the FDP should of taken care of a long time ago)
and Sally Boynton Brown out.
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They are already on the move. This from
"(Corporate Dem) Alma Gonzalez Dnc Florida is whispered to be a prospective candidate for the Florida Democratic Party Chairmanship. If she chooses to toss her hat in the ring, we wish her good luck. Alma would be a great Chair of the FDP. She would have my support."
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Her cover photo on Facebook was one of her and Ms. Graham (Not the one above)which she has changed and apparently deleted.
Update 11.21
Hillsborough’s Alma Gonzalez to run for FDP Chair
"We have been given a voice within the party for the first time in my nearly 12 years of involvement. If that voice is again marginalized, and if Sally leaves, I'm not sure I will continue in my role with the caucus." Susan Smith
Join the conversation here
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Cheer up comrades, change is in the air. Let them and their followers (Locally you know who you are) continue their losing ways, In the end, we will prevail.
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Update: One so called progressive and two corporate Hillsbough County Dems are working for a Trump supporter for mayor of Tampa.
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Update: One so called progressive and two corporate Hillsbough County Dems are working for a Trump supporter for mayor of Tampa.
Hillsborough County Dems, Greens, NPA Vote
How does this happen?
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The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners today selected Commissioner GOP Sandra L. Murman as chairman, and Commissioner GOP Victor D. Crist as vice chairman, during their annual organizational meeting. Commissioner GOP Stacy White will serve as chaplain. Source
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Hillsborough County Registered Voters
Hillsborough County Registered Voters
Dems: 322,352
Other: 240,736
GOP: 263,278
DO THE MATH!
MLB And Ken Hagan's Fleecing Of Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County taxpayers, take a look around. If you can’t find the sucker, it’s you.
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Anyone favoring a new taxpayer-funded stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays is either in the cabal of grifters that will share in the $600M+ windfall or baseball aficianados that have bought into the sport’s bribery/blackmail playbook.
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It’s a game plan designed to enrich team owners, local real estate interests, bond attorneys, and public officials who expedite the travesty. In Tampa, that public official is Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan who negotiated with landowners and the Rays in secret, then last week presented his fellow commissioners with what amounted to a fait accompli as to the new Rays site in Ybor City.
Monday, November 20, 2017
Shame On Guido Maniscalco
Democrats Yvonne Yolie Capin, Guido Maniscalco, and Frank Reddick are co-chairs of a movement to make a Trump supporter Mayor of Tampa.
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We would expect this from Capin and Reddick. But Guido? We are very disappointed! We always thought he would be remembered for being the only dissenter on the 13-1 vote by the MPO on TBX back in 2015.
We were wrong.
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We would expect this from Capin and Reddick. But Guido? We are very disappointed! We always thought he would be remembered for being the only dissenter on the 13-1 vote by the MPO on TBX back in 2015.
We were wrong.
He is no longer in our Circle of Trust!
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Hanging With Sky U. White In Jackson Heights
Stop The Latest Threat To Florida's Coast: No On HR 4239
HR 4239, given the purposely misleading title of “SECURE American Energy Act,” would greatly undermine our coastal ecosystems, communities, and economy by fast tracking the use of seismic airgun blasting and other industrial activities up and down the Atlantic Coast. This would open up one of Florida’s greatest assets - our coast and beaches - to oil drilling. here
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Gwen Graham's Keystone Pipeline Vote
210,000
Gallons of oil on the ground in
Marshall County, South Dakota
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SHAME ON YOU!
FOR gutting Dodd Frank.
FOR a classic ultra-right wing initiative to require cost/benefit analysis of every regulatory change (which even the Republican controlled FL legislature has repeatedly vetoed),
FOR a ridiculous change to the ACA which does nothing more than punish working families while simultaneously putting more money into the pockets of WalMart. And this is only her FIRST WEEK in Congress."
Source Tampa Bay Times here
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Tired of losing. Tired of voting for Democrats beholden to Wall Street. Following groups that support these Dems? You are not alone. A recent poll shows that most Democratic voters want the party to move lleft.
The party would be best served in embracing its more liberal wing rather than appealing to an
ever-dwindling group of centrists.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION HERE
Source Tampa Bay Times here
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Tired of losing. Tired of voting for Democrats beholden to Wall Street. Following groups that support these Dems? You are not alone. A recent poll shows that most Democratic voters want the party to move lleft.
The party would be best served in embracing its more liberal wing rather than appealing to an
ever-dwindling group of centrists.
Jeb Bush: Florida Schools For Profit
Former Gov. Jeb Bush, who made education reform the hallmark of his two terms in office, is praising a new state law that could spur the growth of charter schools in Florida. here
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Legislation (HB 7069) “Schools of hope” is meant to generate new charter schools near struggling public schools.
The law faces legal challenges, with the latest coming from a group of school districts that want the Florida Supreme Court to overturn the measure.
“You know you’re doing the right thing when you get sued by school districts,” said Bush
South Florida’s Burgeoning New Left
Miami Superhero Tomas Kennedy
The 26-year-old, serves as the deputy political director of the immigrant rights group Florida Immigrant Coalition and is the chair of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party Progressive Caucus. He has developed a reputation as one of the leading voices of South Florida’s new Left. here
Walking While Black In Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF’S OFFICE issues hundreds of pedestrian citations a year, drawing on an array of 28 separate statutes governing how people get around on foot in Florida’s most populous city.
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A ProPublica/Florida Times-Union analysis shows. The pedestrian tickets — typically costing $65, but carrying the power to damage one’s credit or suspend a driver’s license if unpaid — were disproportionately issued to blacks, almost all of them in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. In the last five years, blacks received 55 percent of all pedestrian tickets in Jacksonville, while only accounting for 29 percent of the population. here
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A truck driver, a mother, a lawyer and a number of young men offer their accounts of walking while black. here
Friday, November 17, 2017
Ken Hagan Searching For A Creative Cocktail And Oars
Baseball Stadium in Ybor City
$800 million
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Ray's paying
$150 million
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They are $650 million short
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Our Corporate Welfare king Ken Hagan is looking for a creative cocktail of financing mechanisms.
And oars ($$$) to
pull the boat forward.
pull the boat forward.
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