Saturday, June 23, 2018

Andrew Gillum on The Breakfast Club

Words Of Tim Canova

Debbie Wasserman Schultz takes money from the largest private prison corporation in the world, Corrections Corporation of America, now called CoreCivic, while pushing for their proposed for-profit immigration detention center in Southwest Ranches, Florida 
in her own district. 
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Then she grandstands outside the private for-profit Krome Detention Center warehousing child immigrants. 
Has she no shame or sense 
of her own hypocrisy?" 
Tim Canova 
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JOIN HIM HERE

Tampa Hoods

Ybor City

Florida Will Miss You Canadian Snowbirds

Every year they flock to the Sunshine Sate to wait out the winter. They spend lots of money and are nice most of the time. We will miss you guys! here

Friday, June 22, 2018

OLIVIA BABIS MAKES FLORIDA HISTORY IN NOVEMBER MIDTERMS

Party with her tonight 
in Sarasota. info

Andrew Gillum Tampa Fans

Celeste Mona Judge Johnson

Amscot Approves Proposed Changes To Payday Lending Bill

INTERNAL EMAILS REVEAL FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE STAFF ASKED PAYDAY INDUSTRY FOR APPROVAL ON CHANGES TO NEW LENDING BILL. here

Canvass Jackson Heights for Andrew Gillum

Friday, June 22 
4 PM - 6 PM
Turf Leader Beau Robichaux

Pam Bondi Has Endorsed Aakash Patel for Hillsborough County Commission

Pam Bondi, attorney general of the state of Florida, has endorsed Aakash Patel for Hillsborough County Commission, District 7.
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“I am happy to offer my support and endorsement to Aakash Patel as he makes his initial run for Hillsborough County Commission,” Pam Bondi

Joe Kotvas: Favorite NY Pizza In Ybor







1616 E 7th Ave - Ybor City, Florida
Visit them here
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Joe told me he is from New York and
 this is the real thing!

Oil Slick Rick

Thursday, June 21, 2018

The Andrew Gillum Domino Effect

FOLLOW THE LEADER!
In quick order Wednesday morning, in a line of falling campaign dominoes, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced he would be clearing his schedule to go to Homestead for the rally, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham declared on Twitter they should march together, and businessman Chris King declared that he couldn’t agree more. Philip Levine 
also wants in.  here
With Cannabis here

Politico And Tampa Bay Times Hatchet Job On Andrew Gillum

The economically dying Tampa Bay Times, with former Sen. Bob Graham calling the shots on the board of the parent Poynter Foundation, continues to repeat unsubstantiated charges against a Political Action Committee (PAC) favoring gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. here

By Jim Bleyer

Ybor Paparazzi

Joe Kotvas

Grady Judd Endorses Adam Putnam

In a 30-second advertisement released by the Sheriff titled “Enforce the Law” here

Andrew Gillum to March in Solidarity at Homestead

This Saturday we have decided to cancel our other events to march in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in South Florida. This moral crisis demands our leaders stand up to this outrage in unequivocal terms, and we will not turn away from what the Trump Administration is doing to these families.” here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

 Palomilla Steak
With Rice and Salad
At El Pueto in Ybor

NextGen Florida Calling Out Brian Mast

"Representative Brian Mast is standing by silently as families are torn apart and children are held in cages. His behavior is reprehensible, and shows he has no business representing this state in Congress." - Carly Cass, Florida State Youth Director
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Ybor Paparazzi

Carlos Jose Angel Hermida

THE PAYDAY LENDING INDUSTRY HAS BOUGHT FLORIDA’S POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT

Of the $2,556,457 given to Florida politicians and political parties by payday lenders since 2009, more than one-third of the money ($970,050) came from members of the Florida-based MacKechnie family and their payday lending company, Amscot Financial. Amscot was founded in 1986 to provide borrowers a bank-like alternative to a liquor store or pawn shop, said company founder 
Ian MacKechnie. 

The company has 239 locations across Florida, focusing in areas where banking options are slim. In 1998 Amscot Financial plead guilty to civil racketeering charges and as part of the plea agreement stemming from these charges, the company’s founder, Ian MacKechnie, Sr., was banned for life from selling auto insurance in Florida.
Here are your Democrats who have taken money Payday Lender Lobbyists
Candidates for U.S. House & U.S. Senate (2009 - 2016):
ALCEE HASTINGS $110,700
KENDRICK MEEK $72,800
PATRICK MURPHY $51,000
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ $50,600
CHARLIE CHRIST $29,000
RON KLEIN $27,400
KATHY CASTOR $17,000
TED DEUTCH $14,500
SUZANNE KOSMAS $14,000
ALLEN BOYD $14,000
GWEN GRAHAM $7,700
ALAN GRAYSON $10,300
JOE GARCIA $12,000
LOIS FRANKEL $10,000
ALEX SINK $9,750
BILL NELSON $5,000
GERALDINE THOMPSON $2,700
DARREN SOTO $2,000
LORI EDWARDS $1,000

Candidates for Florida State House & Senate (2009 - 2014)
that you may just know:

Oscar Braynan II $2,500
Janet Cruz $2,000 
Arthenia Joyner $2,000 
Rick Kriesman $1,500 
Daryl Rousson $2,000
 Betty Reed $500 
Jeremy Ring $2,000 
Sean Shaw $1,000 
Alex Sink (governor's race) $4,500

By Beth Eriksen Shoup
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AMSCOT was a sponsor of the 
Hillsborough County Democratic Party's 
 Spring Fling

Wanted: Better Choices for Tampa Mayor

I feel like Commissioner Gordon who resorts to sending up the bat signal in times of distress.
And I’ve got plenty of company.
The six candidates who have declared to run in 2019 for mayor of Tampa just cannot be the best a city of 385,000 has to offer.  I have resided in Orlando, Tallahassee, and Sarasota.  Frankly, the Tampa slate’s lack of quality is quite shocking. more
By Jim Bleyer

Florida Dems Banned From US Concentration Camp

Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz were denied entry Tuesday into a federal facility in Homestead housing immigrant children. The company operating the facility granted a tour but the Department of Health and Human Services blocked them. here
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 "HHS just blocked us from entering its facility in Homestead, Florida to check on the welfare of the children being held here. They are obviously hiding something, and we are going to get to the bottom of this." 

Florida GOP Awful Report Card

In 2018, which Florida state legislators actually voted to put people first instead of powerful special interests? here

Marco Rubio Defends Trump's Inhumane Child-Separation Policy

Rubio spent the weekend defending Trump's policy and, absurdly, blaming President Obama for the scenes playing out along the border. here
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Call Him 202-224-3041

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Andrew Gillum Tampa Fans

Wayne and Scott in Ybor

Richard Corcoran, Endorses Aakash Patel

Florida GOP State Rep. Richard Corcoran, speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, has endorsed Aakash Patel for Hillsborough County Commission. here

Olivia's Campaign Kick-Off Party!

In Sarasota. info

Constitutional Amendment #9

#9 
PROHIBITS OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DRILLING; PROHIBITS VAPING IN ENCLOSED INDOOR WORKPLACES. 
here 

Knock On Doors With Tampa DSA

Saturday, June 23 at 2 PM
Seminole Heights Library

Monday, June 18, 2018

Florida Treasure Bianca Jazmine

A singer-songwriter from South Florida with an insightful message to advocate for peace, empathy, and unity. She hopes to encourage everyone to embrace their individuality, and use our unique personalities and ideas to help others and bring the world together. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pho Bowl
At Asiatic in Ybor City

Andrew Gillum Tampa Phone Bankers

June 20 at 6:30 PM
East Tampa
info

More Jane Castor Disaster: Her Racist Policies

Attorneys knowledgable with civil rights law assert that Jane Castor’s admission of racial profiling under her regime as Tampa’s police chief opens up the city to a bevy of lawsuits.
Damages could run into the millions if every victim of Castor’s “biking while black” targeting comes forward and becomes a party to legal action.
Castor has filed to run for 
mayor of Tampa!

By Jim Bleyer

Miami's Attack On Mass Transit

In the past year, Miami-Dade Transit cut service on 39 bus routes, affecting one in two local bus riders. here

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Exposing Local Phonies

I have been reading a lot on Facebook about how much people care about ICE locking up children in cages. Image above was taken in front of the ICE office in 
Ybor City in protest of those practices
Where was everybody?

Ybor Paparazzi

Walter Smith