Wellswood Park - Tampa
Monday, June 4, 2018
Florida GOP leader shares racist post in support of Roseanne Barr
A Republican leader in Florida has said he doesn’t understand the anger generated by Roseanne Barr’s tweet comparing a former adviser to President Barack Obama to an ape. Lake County Republican Committeeman Ralph Smith posted an image of Valerie Jarrett and a character from Planet of the Apes on Facebook with the caption, “And the issue
with Roseanne is?” more
with Roseanne is?” more
Florida GOP: Gays have ‘mental illness’ and face ‘eternal damnation’
Republican candidate Donald McBath, running to become an elected judge in Florida has claimed that homosexuality is a “mental illness” here
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Asher Edelson Needs Our Help
Hey everyone! I want to organize some eager canvassers to start knocking on doors for Andrew Gillum!
If you’d like to start canvassing NEXT WEEK, please message me or leave a comment so that I can schedule YOU a neighborhood to walk, or a call list if you prefer to phone bank after the awesome events this weekend! Please go to those
I will be out of town! here
I will be out of town! here
Thank you!
New Yorkers Trying To Take Our Waterways!
A firm out of New York is trying to fill in a Manatee Protection Zone near Tampa's Rocky Point Island for development. They want to turn this waterway into a residential development.
The developer is dependent upon approval from Tampa City Council on June 28.
We need your help to engage a land-use attorney who can help stop this. here
The developer is dependent upon approval from Tampa City Council on June 28.
We need your help to engage a land-use attorney who can help stop this. here
Love from Luke Dog Sanctuary Tampa
My name is Melissa. I am founder of Love from Luke Dog Sanctuary is a 5013c non-profit. My personal passion is animal rescue and well-being. For over 20 years I have assisted dogs and cats find forever homes where they are loved and healed from their past abuse. info
Words From The Mayor
I didn’t decide to run for Governor because I like seeing my name on signs or because I grew up wanting to be a politician.
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I've always believed that people should run hard on the issues that matter to our communities. I got into public service to make a difference in people's lives. And I decided to run for Governor because I knew we could rebuild Florida into a state that works for all of us, and it was going to take the right leader to help do it.
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I believe in fighting for what’s right, and I truly believe I am the right person to help fix the mess Rick Scott is leaving behind -- but I need your help. here
Friday, June 1, 2018
Chris Cano for Florida State Representative District - 62
“Public service is my calling. Whether it is through divine influence or just the innate will to help others, I cannot turn from it. It is why after high school I joined the Air Force. And, since then, I have spent the vast majority of my adult life in service to our people. Helping others achieve the American Dream has always been a focus of my work in public service. Yet, in these times, we see the American Dream under attack by divisive forces in both Tallahassee and Washington DC. I despise war for the lives lost, yet, I will not turn from a fight when our people are attacked. The powers that be see fit to place puppets in Tallahassee that attack our teachers, our nurses, our union brothers and sisters. These powers push legislation that attack our immigrant families, our communities of color, and our LGBTQ loved ones. With our civil rights and economic livelihoods under attack, now is the time to unite. Together we can get our great state of Florida and America back on track. Together let’s achieve the Dream.”
Tampa Bay GOP Report Card
The Florida Education Association, a consistent critic of Florida Republican education policy, has joined the growing list of organizations issuing lawmaker grades.
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Bill Gavano F - Tom Lee D
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Dana Young D- - James Grant F
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Shawn Harrison F - Jake Raburn F
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Ross Spano F - Jackie Toledo F
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Jeff Brandes F - Larry Ahern F
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Chris Latvala F - Kathleen Peters D
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Chris Sprowls F - Lawrence McClure F
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Hey Hillsborough County Remember Lawrence McClure
You should, you just hired him. He got an F on his report card. Didn't take him long to start undermining your children's education. What happened. you had lots of choices. Democrat Jose Vazquez, Libertarian Bryan Zemina and no-party candidate Ahmad Saadaldin. here
Real Florida Progressive William Byatt
A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR OF THE PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS OF MIAMI-DADE:
During the 2017 Democratic National Committee Chair race, members of the People's Progressive Caucus encouraged Florida's DNC members to vote for Rep. Keith Ellison to lead our Party in the four year battle against President Trump and the forces of greed that now control every branch of our Federal government. We supported Rep. Ellison because we feared that the opposing candidate, Tom Perez, would betray our values and his own promises and hamstring our capacity to communicate a vision of a bold, progressive American future. We lost that race, but the efforts of this Caucus and our allies led to significant portions of the Florida delegation casting their votes for Rep. Ellison.
Last week, Tom Perez seized the opportunity to prove our fears well-founded. After spending a year claiming to want "unity" with progressives, after spending a year asserting that the top levels of the Democratic Party should stay neutral in Democratic primaries, Tom Perez endorsed incumbent New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in his bid for re-election against progressive stalwart Cynthia Nixon.
This is unacceptable hypocrisy. Just weeks ago, Chairman Perez declined the opportunity to help elect America's first black woman governor on the grounds that he wouldn't involve himself in primaries.
Unless, of course, it's a primary that involves a long-time corporate Democrat, with deep ties to megadonors, who represents the dynastic element of our Party.
In the coming days the Board of this Caucus will be releasing a public statement to media condemning Chairman Perez's actions, and we will be calling on other Democratic Party organizations and institutions
to do the same.
to do the same.
On Tuesday, June 12, the Miami-Dade DEC will be holding a general body meeting, where many of our members will be joining together to raise a motion of censure
against the Chairman.
against the Chairman.
Until then, I ask all of our members to take action in whatever Party bodies and organizations they belong to. To raise motions, write letters, and push back. We expect this kind of self-serving hypocrisy from the President and his Congress, but we cannot accept it from our own Party.
The Unabashedly Progressive Mayor Of Tallahassee
Progressive Wave Cresting in the South
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Last Tuesday Stacey Abrams’ rewrote the political playbook with a resounding victory in our neighbor to the north. Democratic voter participation shot up by more than 20 percent compared with 2010 the party’s last contested primary for governor in Georgia.
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The results were loud and clear to Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson: Democratic voters were rejecting “Republican lite” politics.”
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The Tallahassee Democrat’s Bill Cotterell wrote last week:
“Down here, Mayor Andrew Gillum was quick to see the Abrams nomination as a sign that he can win on Aug. 28. There are some glaring Georgia-Florida differences, but there are also some similarities – notably that Gillum is running as an unabashed liberal counting
on a large black vote."
on a large black vote."
The mayor had this to say “Last night, my friend Stacey Abrams won the Democratic primary in Georgia and in the process helped show the world that we need to toss out the old political playbooks that tell us what we can and can’t do, or who should and shouldn’t win.”
Ways you can help him...
Visit him here - Send him cash here
Phone bank
6.3 - 1 PM John F. Germany Public Library here
He has plans to make healthcare more affordable through Medicare for All, increase spending on education and workforce training through a corporate tax adjustment
and marijuana legalization,
and raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour.
here
Phone bank
6.3 - 1 PM John F. Germany Public Library here
and marijuana legalization,
and raise the minimum wage in Florida to $15 an hour.
here
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Florida Sundown Towns
Sundown towns were all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practiced a form of segregation by enforcing restrictions excluding people of non-white races via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, and violence. The term came from signs posted that "colored people" had to leave town by sundown. Source
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Altha - Cedar Key - Coral Gables
Daytona Beach Shores - Del Ray Beach
Elfers - Flagler Beach - Gulfport
Holmes Beach - Longboat Key
Melbourne Beach - Miami Beach
Myakka City - Ocoee - Old Homosassa
Palm Beach - Samsula
Southport - St. Cloud
Venice - Winterhaven
Yankeetown
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White residents often reminded Blacks of the threat by bumping the backs of their cars while driving and flashing weapons at Blacks in town.
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To combat this threat, Black travelers used a guide called "The Negro Motorist Green-Book" to determine safe places for Blacks to stop along their routes. more
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