Saturday, March 23, 2019

Vote for Orlando Gudes!

Hello Tampa friends!

I want each of you who live in Tampa’s District 5 to vote for Orlando Gudes! District 5 covers much of Seminole Heights, East Tampa, Sulphur Springs, Jackson Heights, Ybor City, Downtown Tampa, and Channelside.

Orlando has been a dedicated youth mentor in Tampa for years. He has served on the Tampa Charter Review Commission wherein he has gained crucial insight to issues ranging from sensitivity training for city officials to mayoral term limits. Orlando would be a fantastic voice for public transit, and stood strong for HART to keep the Intowner Bus, a free transit option for commuters within the Downtown Tampa area. He aims to be an assertive voice for young and old folks alike, and that is something dearly needed in District 5, which has been largely ignored by the Buckhorn administration.

I know that Orlando’s heart is in the right place. Being a genuine spokesperson for a community is so important in today’s political climate. Orlando was the only candidate to get onto the ballot by getting petitions signed which is significant; that means his supporters stood alone in succeeding to get thousands of petitions signed to ensure Orlando qualified for the ballot without having to pay the fee.

It is true that I work indirectly for the Gudes campaign. I only work for candidates who I believe in, such as Andrew Gillum and Mariella Smith. It is an honor to be on Team Gudes, and I encourage you to join me! I hope that each and every one of you will support and vote for Orlando Gudes to be your City Councilor! The runoff election is April 23rd, with early voting and vote by mail (VBM) preceding that date! Go Gudes!

— Asher

Tampa Canna-Warriors Skull Session

Lenny For Tampa Mayor Fan

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Florida GOP Stacy White has costed us $158,000 and counting

Public agencies are spending thousands on lawyers to defend a lawsuit by County Commissioner Stacy White that challenges the voter-approved measure.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Rex Barbas ruled last week that White could not challenge the tax in his official capacity as a county commissioner. HERE 

Florida GOP James Grant Takes On Ocasio-Cortez

He WANTS TO DEBATE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ OVER 'POLL TAX'. HERE

Truth to Tower in Tampa

Friday, March 22, 2019

Lenny For Tampa Mayor New Website


Extinction Rebellion Tampa Bay Comes To Tampa

Ybor Rob: First Amendment Audit Orient Road Jail

Florida's Right Wing Infestation

Fox News anchor Shannon Bream  is scheduled to keynote a fundraiser for a conservative group alongside Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and 
Ashley Moody.

The group, James Madison Institute, describes itself as “Florida’s premier free-market think tank.” The organization has ties to billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch.

UF Wants Wendy's Off Campus

The University of Florida Student Government escalated student pressure on Wendy’s – and on UF President Kent Fuchs.

 Voted unanimously to call on the UF administration to cut the university’s contract with Wendy’s until the fast-food giant joins the Fair Food Program. The vote came just days after students, farmworkers and Gainesville community members organized a huge march on President Fuchs’ office, demanding action in support of Florida farmworkers’ fundamental human rights. here

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Tampa Locavore: Top 5 Ybor Restaurants

Florida GOP Mike Hill just knows the schools are full of porn

A pair of bills introduced in the Florida state legislature are aimed at cleaning all the dirty books from Florida schools, and at jailing any librarians or teachers who might allow a student to read filth like A Clockwork Orange or Toni Morrison's Beloved or The Bluest Eye. 
he bills, were pushed by the rightwing Florida Citizens Alliance.

"The purpose of the bill is to remove pornography out of our public schools, which is existing there today. I've seen it firsthand [...] It is simply trying to protect our children." 
Mike Hill

Ybor Rob: First Amendment Audit (ARRESTED) Follow Up

Shameless Florida GOP

Florida GOP Readies Poll Tax to Nullify Ex-Felons’ Voting Rights


Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving to roll back parts of a historic November constitutional amendment that reinstated voting rights for convicted felons. HERE