Monday, May 4, 2020

“Stogie Approved” Progressives for Office

Hello friends, I am writing this article to reinvigorate the desire for quality local candidates. Who do we have running in the Tampa Bay and Bennington areas who will stand up for the people?

First of all, what qualities are we looking for in candidates for local and state office? Specific platform positions, experience, character? We are certainly looking for an “all of the above” scenario. What does that look like? I will share a few candidates who I believe meet these criteria, and I hope to hear back from others regarding who should run for political office.

I admire Pat Kemp for her work on the Hillsborough County Commission. She has stood up for public transit options and medical cannabis access. I support her re-election.

I admire Gary Dolgin for his community activism. He has shown that he cares about the people and has received a wide variety of endorsements for his Circuit Court Judge campaign. I support his run.

I admire Dane Whitman for his work with local Vermont Democrats. Going from being a student at Bennington College to running for the Vermont House of Representatives is an exceptional transition, with leadership roles in between. I support his run.

Who else deserves spotlight as Stogie approved local and state candidates?

Stay groovy,
Asher

Self Isolate Blues

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing yet another political scandal

Florida man picked by GOP governor to be Broward Sheriff admits to fatal shooting 
as a teen. HERE

Self Isolate Blues

Alcee Hastings and Rick Scott sugared-up plan for Lake Okeechobee water

Email your congressman/woman
Tell them in no uncertain terms to reject attempts to throw Lake O water regulation schedule back into the 20th century
Tell them NOT to sign CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS and SENATOR RICK SCOTT’S sugared-up plan for Lake Okeechobee water.
Urge them to reject the sugar cartel’s plan for the Lake Okeechobee water regulation schedule. INFO

Stogie Recommends

Great SiFi. Nice work by Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, 
and Jeffrey Wright.

Florida Shit Sandwich

More than 2 million Floridians have now applied for unemployment benefits. Only a fraction of the applications have even been processed and even fewer workers have received payments.
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Florida’s unemployment system was already terrible before the crisis and it has completely collapsed under pressure from COVID-19.
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Even those close to current Republican Governor Ron DeSantis admit as much. One DeSantis advisor was quoted in the online magazine Politico as saying: “It’s a shit sandwich, and it was designed 
that way by Scott. 
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It wasn’t about saving money. It was about making it harder for people to get benefits or keep benefits so that the unemployment numbers were low to give the governor something to brag about.” HERE

Sunday, May 3, 2020

The Everglades Need Our Help

Sugar lobbyists trying to slip in language in Washington while no one is looking.
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Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. INFO

Self Isolate Blues

Cinco de Mayo with Jessica Rose Powell

This Tuesday Cinco de Mayo I will be playing a social distant show at Tijuana Flats 5PM-7PM! There will be limited seats set further apart but recently it's been a trend to order food and tailgate in the parking lot. Come get tacos $5.99 w/ chips and a drink and watch live music from your car! You will also see the show here on FB live as well. But if you want tacos... Come on out!