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...
View ArticleFL: 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...
View ArticleFL 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...
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