Make Sure Your Vote Counts in November

By Jim Bleyer If events leading up to 2020’s historic election tell Floridians anything, it is that voter suppression is highest on the agenda of powerful politicians, especially in presidential battleground states. Florida, with its 29 electoral votes, provides a rich, inviting target. From the ditching of sorting …
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Hillsborough Directs CARES $$ to Billionaires
Vinik Protegé DeMeulenaere Resurfaces Near Boston
Stubborn Castor Perpetuates Tampa’s Racism Reputation
Recruiting Poll Workers Will Thwart Trump’s Fraud Claims

By Steve Rosenfeld, Editor, Voting Booth In 2000, Ion Sancho had a front-row seat to the partisan mayhem and legal posturing surrounding Florida’s presidential recount. The Florida Supreme Court asked Sancho, then supervisor of elections in Florida’s capital, to be its technical adviser—second in charge—of overseeing the recount, …
DeSantis Plays Defense as Presidential Hopes Fade
Tampa’s Castor: A Distrusted, Unrepentant Racist

By Jim Bleyer Jane Castor wears the title of Tampa mayor but a more accurate representation to the city’s majority of African Americans would be Racist-in-Chief. Her actions as Tampa’s police chief from 2009-2015 undermined race relations and her inaction to repair them as mayor during her turbulent …
Your Taxes Will Promote MPO-IOC Transit Propaganda Deluge

By Jim Bleyer Twitter? Check. Facebook? Check. Special website? Check. Electronic media? Check. Graphics and imagery? Check. Any and all means of messaging to promote Tampa-centric transit plans including light rail? Check. The federally-funded Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization hatched such a comprehensive propaganda plan in anticipation of the …