Bob Buckhorn Beware Of Rick Scott Bearing Gifts

In recent weeks, Scott has sent a flurry of political presents Tampa’s way — revealing a private company’s interest in a high-speed rail link between Tampa and Orlando, allocating $2.7 million for the city’s fledgling street car system, and pushing personally to place an Ybor City census tract on the state’s list for a federal tax break that may help pay for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark.

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Plenty of Democrats are skeptical of Scott’s motives, including Hillsborough County Democratic Party chairwoman Ione Townsend. 

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They see Scott’s largesse as a maneuver to cut the vote margins in November in a key Democratic stronghold. Scott is challenging Sen. Bill Nelson for his seat.

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"That’s probably the game plan, Hillary Clinton took Hillsborough by 41,000 votes. For a Republican to be making some political investments in our county? I’m sure it’s viewed by them as ‘we’ll reap some rewards down the road." Ione Townsend

Florida GOP Jimmy Patronis Wants To Know

How many different mothers an applicant has fathered children.

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Sean Shaw  is calling for Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis to apologize for his “racially biased” questioning of an African-American applicant at the June 14 clemency hearing in Tallahassee.

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TARPON SPRINGS GUY IS WALKING 55 MILES FOR CONGRESS

Stephen Perenich is running in Florida’s District 12 Congressional race and has set an ambitious goal this week to WALK THE DISTRICT.  Mr Perenich and his team will be walking over 55 miles this week to knock on the doors of potential voters. It’ll be tough to get through this week in the hot Florida summer, but Mr Perenich and his team both believe that getting out his message and platform is worth it.  With the help of gracious volunteers, the team believes this week will be a huge success. If you’d like to get involved with the campaign or volunteer,
please contact them. Here

Hillsborough Tax Hike To Fund Transit Is Looking Shaky

The petition itself violates state law, and the overall effort is sloppy in matters large 

and small.

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Right Wing Blogger And Florida GOP Candidate Javier Manjarres

He is running for office in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District.

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He took aim at Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland victim 14-year-old
 Jaime Guttenberg.

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“C'mon Fred. I can't only imagine the pain you are feeling over the loss of your daughter, but stop exploiting her death in the name of some political agenda,” Manjarres tweeted at Fred Guttenberg. here

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Florida Right-Wing Circus brought to you by Fox News and inspired by Donald Trump

“Before a nationwide audience, Adam Putnam and Ron DeSantis made clear that they only have one message: Trump, Trump, Trump.” MORE

Offshore Oil Lobby is circling Florida like Sharks

In the Crazy Town political atmosphere we now inhabit, you can get whiplash trying to follow the bouncing slime balls. Or, in this case, tar balls. Because when it comes to bizarre politics, look no further than the Florida coast and the prospect of oil rigs offshore. here

Tampa Bay’s first CBD Dispensary (Video)

Tampa Bay’s first CBD Dispensary, Chillum Glass Gallery and CBD Dispensary, is now open for business and ready to help local residents who may be suffering from pain, anxiety, stress and a long list of other ailments

Cannabidiol, commonly referred to as CBD, has demonstrated many benefits in treating everything from cancer, epilepsy, pain, arthritis, and anxiety. Sales and promotions of CBD products are exploding across the United States. The industry is on track to exceed $2 billion a year by 2021 according to Cannabis research firm Brightfield Group.

With the recent surge of popularity in CBD products, Carlos Hermida, the brainchild behind Chillum Glass Gallery and CBD Dispensary, hopes his business will be a beacon for residents in need.  

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Welcome Asher Edelson

Good morning Tampa Bay!

I have not written for the Stogie before and I am excited to do so today!

For my inaugural Stogie posting, I would like to talk about Andrew Gillum. He is the best candidate running for Governor of Florida. He has a progressive platform and was the first major gubernatorial candidate in modern Florida history to endorse full cannabis legalization. Gillum has a solid background in Tallahassee as a trailblazer who won his first significant office at age 23 (an age which I will soon leave behind). He is quite electable, too, with the authenticity to win over more than the average base that will vote blue regardless; Gillum can bring it home for young people, progressives, and communities of color. He can win and be an excellent Governor.

I want to see Hillsborough County public officials endorse Andrew Gillum. Officials across the state from Orlando’s Carlos Smith to South Florida’s Frederica Wilson have done it, but so far as I’ve seen, none from Tampa/Hillsborough have endorsed him.

What about our progressives? What about County Commissioner Pat Kemp? City Councilor Frank Reddick? Former State Representative Ed Narain? State Attorney Andrew Warren? If people stand up and ask our elected politicians to make the endorsement, it will be more likely to happen.

Thank you for reading!

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Francisco Pierre-Louis for Soil and Water Conservation

This is why I am running for Soil and Water Conservation - District 3. Not only am I running to encourage more people to run for office but because we are facing a behemoth. That behemoth is Mosaic. 

We shouldn't forget that Mosaic is the same company that dumped 215 million gallons of radioactive waste down the Florida Aquifer. This is unacceptable. I am one of the few people currently running that is willing to work with local and statewide organizations to push Mosaic out of Hillsborough County because at the end of the day, water is life.

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Hillsborough County Democratic Party Exposed (Updated)

The DEC has sent out numerous flyers for candidates promoting their events. NONE of their flyers come with the disclaimer that they aren't endorsed by the DEC. I went to one DEC meeting where they even let a candidate put her flyer in the presentation and was projected
 for all to see.

"So, imagine my anger to see the ONLY flyer to come with a disclaimer of not being endorsed is the flyer of the only black woman in her race. The DEC has been playing favorites from the start and this further proves. The resiliency of a black woman is a remarkable thing though. So I'm sure this won't set Sky back." Jae Pass

"Ione Townsend can you please address this and show examples of all the other candidate's flyers where this same disclaimer is applied?" Beth Eriksen Shoup
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Florida INC. $83 million in 2017

CEO Rick Scott had a very good year in 2017, as he saw his net worth increase by more than $83 million. here

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Florida Dem Skull Session in Fort Lauderdale

There are more Democrats than Republicans in Florida, but that hasn’t helped the party win many statewide races over the past quarter century. 

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Weak Candidates = Low turnout and tepid fundraising

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They are meeting in Fort Lauderdale to plan strategy to try to win in November. 

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Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Juan Penalosa said they did a poor job of turning out voters. That is changing, we have learned from our missteps — we are developing and employing a strategy that is working in 2018. here