The Ybor City Stogie

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Help FSU Teachers and Students

Are there any parents or secondary students homeschooling right now who would be interested in online tutoring in social sciences? there’s a group of bright preservice teachers at FSU that right now are looking to make ends meet. we have taken classes specializing in literacy & reading comprehension, ESOL and special education services. we have all passed our first FCTE general education exam and we graduate this semester with our bachelor’s.

many of my classmates have lost their jobs bc of the university closure, a bunch more still have to go into their dead end food service jobs despite the pandemic. we will graduate saddled with debt & enter the teaching profession as some of the lowest paid in the nation. this pandemic is hitting my cohort super hard, and my cohort is like my family. we are doing our best to financially & emotionally support one another, but there’s only so much 18 working class college students can do for each other.

if anyone is looking for tutors, or knows of any mutual aid networks for educators, please reach out!

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Fellow Bernie Supporters

I know you’re hurting right now. You’re angry, frustrated, disappointed, sad, hopeless and quickly pledging never to vote for Biden while calling for a mass DemExit.

Take the time you need to grieve. I’m still grieving from 2016.

But while you’re grieving and cursing the DNC, please think about why you support Bernie. Think about how his entire movement has never been about him, but instead it’s about us. Think about what the issues that we care about will look like if Trump wins a second term. A term with even less accountability.

Also, let me assure you of a few things (again). The DNC doesn’t care if you Dem Exit. The DNC doesn’t care if they lose the election in 2020. All the leaders in the DNC will still continue to hold their privilege and their power even if democrats lose in 2020. And if they lose because you don’t vote for Biden that’s even better, because then they can blame progressives for another four years. You won’t teach them any lessons.

Also, why do you think we only have two parties? It’s because the two parties in power have engineered the election laws so that they stay in power. No third party will be successful until we gain the power from within one of the parties and CHANGE those laws.

Regardless of who you vote for in November, the only way to really support progressive candidates and progressive politics is to gain the majority of power within the Democratic Party. If you want to know what scares the DNC and what will teach them a lesson, it’s progressives gaining any power within the party. Trust me, as a progressive fighting the old guard in the party for years now; they fear you joining your local/state party and changing their bylaws/breaking up their power consolidation WAY more than they fear you withholding your vote for any their candidates.

How do we get the power? First, each and every single one of us need to run at the basic level and win our precinct captain seats. Qualifying for this happens in April and May. I’ll post more about this later.

Either way, please know I’m sending you all so much love. Thank you to all of my friends who worked so hard to support justice. So many people I know sacrificed months and months of their lives for our campaign. Also, thank you to all of my loved ones who voted for Bernie.

As you grieve; please remember that this movement is about us, not one person. We need to stick together more than ever.

Please help those of us who have been fighting the old guard of the Democratic Party (virtually alone) for years. We need your passion and your support desperately! If it was as easy as starting a third party, trust me; I’d start one tomorrow. But they would never make
it that simple.

Jessica Vaughn

#DemOccupy

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Ybor Chicken at Chillum

Why did the chicken cross the road? To walk inside this CBD shop in Ybor City -- where its furious flapping caused $1,200 in damage
to glass pipes. MORE

Florida Bars Closed

Ybor City Bartenders
Gov. DeSantis ordered all bars to close for the next 30 days. HERE

SOMEONE SHOULD START A FUNDRAISER TO
HELP THEM OUT!

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