Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Ybor Rob at HART

Florida elected a mini-Trump in 2018 and got a Trump mega-disaster in 2020

If you want to see the perfect realization of the Trump administration’s pandemic policy, 
look to Florida.
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 He appear on TV and had a full-blown Trumpian whine-fest in May because he wasn’t getting enough credit for keeping cases lower in Florida than New York.
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DeSantis spoke too soon and opened his state much too fast. Florida is now the one of the global epicenters of this virus and it’s not getting better anytime soon. HERE

Monday, July 27, 2020

Ybor Life

Ybor City, Florida

Self Isolate Blues

Stubborn Castor Perpetuates Tampa’s Racism Reputation

A three-dimensional black and white chess game continues to be played out in Tampa between city officials and the African-American community with no resolution in sight.
As in the board game, the queen, Mayor Jane Castor, is going full throttle to protect the king, Police Chief Bryan Dugan. Only in this instance, the royalty is racist.
The queen is only playing for time, hoping to wear down her opponent until it vanishes.  Guess again. The black chess pieces aren’t going away.

TBCN Students Thank the Hillsborough County BOCC

Biden organizers say campaign is 'suppressing the Hispanic vote' in Florida

A group of 94 field organizers for former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign sent a letter to the the state Democratic Party claiming the Biden campaign is “suppressing the Hispanic vote” in Central Florida and mistreating staff. HERE

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