The Ybor City Stogie

Monday, May 13, 2019

SNL’ rips Florida Panhandle

“Weekend Update” repeated clips of a Trump rally in the Florida Panhandle. “Let law enforcement know when you see a kook,” the president told the crowd.

“SNL” cut to Anchor Colin Jost
on the phone.

“I know that speech didn’t sound very eloquent, but for the Florida Panhandle, it was basically the Gettysburg Address,” Jost said.

The Panhandle deserved the ridicule, Jost added, for joking about shooting migrants at the border. HERE

Andrew Gillum Smacks Florida GOP

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Everglades

This place "Kanter Real Estate LLC" wants to drill for oil in the Everglades.

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Broward County and the city of Miramar

tried to stop it.

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They dropped their legal efforts to have the Florida Supreme Court hear the case, saying they didn’t receive cooperation from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. HERE

FLORIDA BERNERS LETS FINISH WHAT WE STARTED

CONTACT YOUR

NEAREST RECRUITING OFFICE HERE

ACTION NEEDED: Tampa Bay Ferry

ALL ABOARD! We can FINALLY have a complete, permanent ferry system soon, for less than the cost of widening 2 miles of road — IF our County Commission votes to take the next step on Wednesday,
May 15th.

ACTION NEEDED: Please email the commissioners at the link below, and let them know you support permanent ferry service connecting Tampa, St. Pete, South County and MacDill AFB: HERE

John Morgan Rips Andrew Gillum

He took shots at Gillum for leaving millions of dollars in the bank ahead of his narrow loss last November to eventual winner Ron DeSantis.

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Morgan tweeted that Gillum should take his unspent campaign money “and use it ALL to pay the financial restitution now owed by freed felons to vote. This poll tax is unconscionable. They paid a price & are now being asked
to pay again.” HERE

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Ybor Paparazzi

Friends at Chillum

Enki: Tax Scam

The transportation tax will become corporate welfare just as the critics have been saying.

84,000 Images Of Nikki Fried On Florida Gas Pumps

Florida GOP doesn’t want the only statewide elected Democrat’s smiling face plastered on thousands of gas pumps.

Some conservatives on social media weren’t happy to see Fried’s portrait greeting them at the pump. HERE

Glad I Ride The Bus!

What Stogie Had For Lunch

BBQ Chicken

With Rice and Platanos

At Reo Cafe in Tampa

EAT LOCAL!

Florida Is Ground Zero for Trump Campaign

“We can’t win the White House without winning Florida. Period,” said top Trump surrogate Joe Gruters, chairman of the Florida Republican Party. HERE

Using bathroom while black in Brandon

Lorne Green a South Florida man on business in the Tampa Bay area claims he was harassed by Starbucks employees at the company's Brandon store. HERE

Friday, May 10, 2019

Find your HART!

As I prepare to leave Tampa, I find myself doing things I have not done before. My first times riding the HART bus have been quaint and worthwhile. Look for the video recently uploaded by Julio Rodriguez to see me on the bus! Cheaper than convenient Lyft/Uber, less stressful than driving through wild local traffic, and better than walking around in Florida’s abysmally hot weather, taking the bus could be an opportunity to enjoy a cultural experience while not worrying about driving home after enjoying a day in Ybor.

Problem is, the HART bus system is underfunded, and thus does not operate as it should. Buses do not run 24/7 and do not have as many buses as it could have. We need our elected officials to expand and improve HART, as well as ferries and commuter rail. Please support candidates and initiatives to bolster local public transit—we cannot and should not rely on cars, especially as the Tampa area and highway system grows into vehicular oblivion. Consider taking the bus, and find your HART in Tampa!

— Asher