Beyond abortion: Tart reform - Florida fights floozies
Cross posted at BlogWood: Norwood's Nattering Moving to consolidate their growing control over the bodies of women, Florida lawmakers passed a well publicized anti-abortion parental notification bill,...
View ArticleFL: School REsegregation: Separate and Failing
Cross posted at BlogWood: Norwood's Nattering Hillsborough County Schools achieved a long term goal this year: resegregation. In a nutshell, the school system implemented a school choice plan which...
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FL: Local pols protect the kids
(Cross-posted at BlogWood: Norwood's Nattering)Ronda Storms (R - Homophoburbia) is continuing her remarkable crusade to rid our libraries of objectionable material.
View ArticleFL: Welcome to Homophoburbia
Tampa's Hillsborough County declares war against gays. (Compiled from various posts at BlogWood) A few weeks ago, one of our strident moralist politicians started channeling Anita Bryant and making...
View ArticleFL Tampa School Board Candidate Running Stealth Campaign
Terry Kemple, the Bell Shoals Baptist based Christian crusader against everything from bikini bars to bathrooms is running for a seat on the Hillsborough County (where Tampa is located) School...
View ArticleFL Sen: Meek Needs Us Now
Charlie Crist is no progressive. "I'm as conservative as any governor. I'm chain gang Charlie. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro life,"There is a true progressive in the Florida Senate race, and he is being all...
View ArticleFL: Thousands Disenfranchised Every 2 Years
Florida’s statewide filing deadline for November races fell on Friday and news reports highlighted a great example of the kind of behavior that disgusts voters who say that they are just fed up with...
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FL Sen: Chain Gang Charlie Crist is Born
XPosted @ BlogWood."I'm as conservative as any governor. I'm chain gang Charlie. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro life,"That's Charlie Crist way back in 2009 before he made a sincere and heartfelt decision to...
View ArticleFL Sen: I'm Not Afraid of the Big Bad Rubio
I’m Not Afraid of the Big Bad Rubio, and Jeff Greene is a Real Schmuck: Why We All Need to Get Behind Kendrick Meek Right Now Xposted @ BlogWoodI keep hearing folks say that they have given up on...
View ArticleFL Sen: No Longer Beating a Dead Horse
XPosted @ BlogWood.I give up - there's really no reason to rally behind the only real Democrat in the Democratic primary race. No Party Charlie Crist is with us on everything except what he's not with...
View ArticleFL: Happy 4th! You Have 21 Days Left to Fix Your Voter Status
Florida voters face a July 26 registration deadline for primary races. A new website from the Florida Division of Elections allows us to check on our status quickly and easily:ACTION: Check your...
View ArticleFL: Editing the Constitution
Note: This week I'll spend several days and diaries discussing the constitutional amendment process in Florida as well as the specific amendments that are on the November ballot this year.Florida's...
View ArticleFL: Editing the Constitution - Amendment 1
Note: Over the next week or two I'll spend several days and diaries discussing the constitutional amendment process in Florida as well as the specific amendments that are on the November ballot this...
View ArticleFL: Editing the Constitution - Developing News
Note: The Florida Constitution series of diaries is officially veering slightly off course with this post on developing news. However, upcoming posts on all the individual amendments are still...
View ArticleTeach Your Children Hell: Fundie Winning Money Race - Tampa Schools
A divorced family man who believes that teachers should have the academic freedom to bring God into the classroom but that they should never, ever, be allowed to mention the theory of contraception, is...
View ArticleFL: Editing the Constitution - Amendment 3
Note: Every 2 years, Florida voters get a chance to literally edit the state constitution, as proposed changes to the actual text of the document are placed on the ballot. This post is part of a...
View ArticleUnions 101 - Words Have Meaning
LaFeminista posted a good diary about unions recently, and reading the diary and comments reminded me that despite my avid pro-union stance, until about 5 years ago when I lucked into a union job, I,...
View ArticleUnions 101 - Stickin' To The Union
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union. Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die....
View ArticleUnions 101 - We Are All Working Class
Having just left Las Vegas - a trip I set out on with the trepidatious goal of avoiding as much of the traditional Vegas Strip experience as possible, I've been ruminating on the efficiency of the...
View ArticleUnions 101 - Which Side Are You On?
"There’s no such thing as neutral. You have to be on one side or the other. Some people say, “I don’t take sides - I’m neutral.” There’s no such thing. In your mind you’re on one side or the other. In...
View ArticleFL-Sen: Rubio Likes Dry Feet...
Original Title: FL-Sen: Rubio Likes Dry Feet, Not Wet Backs - edited to avoid title controversy.NOTE: The full title references two US immigration policies. Wet Feet, Dry Feet:...in what has become...
View ArticleFL-StateHouse48: Tea Party Camping. With Fluoride.
Marg Baker is a Tea Party Republican candidate for Florida State House District 48, which covers parts of Northern Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, near Tampa. She's been running a pretty standard...
View ArticleRight Wing Koch Drinkers Slurp Sweet Swag
Charles and David Koch are the owners of Koch Industries. They are filthy, rich, and they fund a self-serving "Kochtopus" of organizations designed to destroy progressivism - a shadowy network of Koch...
View ArticleFL-Sen: Independence No Party For Crist
Florida Governor and one-time leading Senatorial Candidate Charlie Crist is finding that independence is no party. GOP partisans feel betrayed and vengeful. Voters with no affiliation are open to...
View ArticleFL-AG: Dog and Pony Show Trial Bites Bondi
(Sorry for the shaggy dog story, but in this case I really couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie.)As the dog days of summer wind down, Florida's Republican AG candidate Pam Bondi, recently rewarded with...
View ArticleUnions 101 - Happy Labor Day
The Unions 101 series will take to the airwaves in celebration of Labor Day today - 2 hours of music of, by, and in solidarity with the working class.After our West Central Florida Central Labor...
View ArticleFL:Editing the Constitution: Amend 5, 6 a BFD
This November, Florida voters will have a chance to enact meaningful changes to a redistricting process that has historically been a gerrymandering free for all.Amendments 5 and 6 are citizen...
View ArticleFL-Amend 5, 6: Balart Bros. Show Redistricting Matters
In 1992, a Freshman Republican was elected to represent the Miami area in the US House. The GOP majority in the Florida legislature district had just designed his district as a safe Republican South...
View ArticleFL-Sen Marco Rubio: From Poor Boy Cuban Hero to Grinder?
Marco Rubio, son of working class immigrants, Republican US Senate candidate and, of course, a hero, is facing questions stemming from spending decisions made during his reign as Speaker of the Florida...
View ArticleFL-Sen: Meek Surging, Crist Will Not Rise Again *UPDATED*
In the race for Florida Senate it's crunch time, and the latest polls show our candidate Kendrick Meek surging as Dems come home and No Party Charlie Crist slips to an inevitable third place...
View ArticleFL-22: VFW PAC Endorses Democrat Klein; Republicans Whine!
Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army War Criminal, Ret) is not a witch. Allen West is a macho hetero Spartan warrior with a higher security clearance than the President. He's into Nazis and movies...
View ArticleFL-22: Ron Klein v Palin, Rove, and West
Florida's 22nd district was at the center of the Florida recount fiasco which allowed George Bush to seize the presidency and it is currently ground zero in the battle for the House as Karl Rove and...
View ArticleFL GOTV 2010 - Stop Reading. Go. GOTV. Now!
This is going to be short - as I write this a few hours before posting, I'm still hoping to get an hour or two of sleep before heading off to Orlando for a big AFL-CIO labor walk on Saturday morning....
View ArticleAlan Grayson: "Somebody has to do it"
I got a chance to meet and say a few words to Alan Grayson at a GOTV event on Saturday. I thanked him for the work he's doing to protect consumers in the growing mortgage / foreclosure fraud crisis....
View ArticleFL-22: Dem In Public Park Ejected By Allen West Thugs
Democratic staffer is pulled off the campaign trail for safetyAllen West and Joe Miller: Thugs of a FeatherThe Joe Miller arrest of a reporter by his private militia on the campaign trail is rightfully...
View ArticleFL-12: A Red to Blue Upset in the Making?
Florida's 12th district is an open seat being vacated by Republican Adam Putnam. Democrat Lori Edwards has a real chance to flip this seat in a 3 way race in which a Tea Party candidate is splitting...
View ArticleFL-Gov: Too Close to Call
The Florida Gubernatorial race is tight. Democrat Alex Sink was ahead slightly in the polls last week, but Rick Scott has retaken the lead in Nate Silver's latest forecast.
View ArticleFL-Gov: Alex Sink Sweeps Endorsements Race
The Florida Gubernatorial race is literally too close to call at right now but if it were up to Florida's major Newspaper editorial boards, Alex Sink would be our next Florida Governor.
View ArticleFL-12: Dem Lori Edwards Poised for an Upset
The last time a Democrat represented Florida District 12 was in the 1980's, but Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards, running for Adam Putnam's open seat, is in a great position to flip a...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE! Mama Grizzly Breaks Silence on Campaign Violence
This will be a short diary. I think the video speaks for itself.
View ArticleFL-08: Grayson Supporter Assaulted as Webster Talks of "Positive" Campaign
Wow.You've gotta see this video.
View ArticleFL-BrightSpot: Amendments 5&6 - Fair Districts!
Ouch.Floirida, a state in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by 800,000 or so, now has a grand total of 6 Democratic House members. 6. Out of 25. We lost heroes like Alan Grayson and replaced them...
View ArticleFlorida Waking Up: Farmworkers,Teachers Stage Rallies Ahead of Awake the State
Large rallies were held by different groups representing working class Floridians this weekend. Meanwhile, activists are gearing up to Awake the State with rallies all over Florida on Tuesday March 8.
View Article“Who’s gonna pay for it?”
“Who’s gonna pay for it?”I was standing in line at the Taco Bus. 2:00 AM.
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Wont You Help Us to Feed the Congress?
Progressive Congress News is a successful non-profit volunteer driven project built to feed information to members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and others who are hungry for policy related...
View ArticleFL Working Families Legislative Update: Week 3
Here is your Florida working families legislative video update for week 3 of the legislative session.
View ArticleFlorida Legislative Update - Week 4 (Video)
Here is the Florida Legislative Update for week 4, by the Florida AFL-CIO.
View Article45,000 Verizon Workers on Strike
As of Midnight last evening, 45,000 Verizon Telephone workers are on strike.This strike is a BFD. Even as the company is raking in record earnings, Verizon workers are fighting a proposed decimation...
View Article45,000 on Strike: What YOU Can Do to Support Verizon Workers
The Verizon Strike diary on the rec list and Laura Clawson's diary on the same topic are getting lots of comments asking how to help.(For the record, I am a unionized Verizon employee in Florida. We...
View ArticleTampa: Up-Armoring for the RNC
Just as the first votes have been cast for the eventual Republican nominee, the host city for the 2012 Republican National Convention is preparing to accept $50 million from the feds for convention...
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