Thursday in Tampa, you can join a rally in support of Amendment 5, the November ballot initiative that will raise the state’s minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 per hour. Here are the details: Rally for Amendment 5, with workers, students, and elected officials including State Senators Tony Hill and Les Miller, and Representative Bob [...]
Archive for October, 2004
More Florida registration tricks
October 20, 2004
These days, people move around a lot, especially younger folks and those who have not settled in to a long term employment position. So, you move, you fill out a few forms to update your address, and you’re done, right? Uh, no, at least as far a voter registration is concerned. See. despite the fact [...]
Repugs fight “fraud” by disenfranchising new voters
October 20, 2004
Remember: in GOP circles, “fraud” and “integrity” are the words used to argue against allowing people to vote: the GOP never “suppresses” the vote, they just fight “fraud” and look out for the “integrity” of the election. They’re starting early this year. The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday asked to intervene in a lawsuit [...]
Our liberal media
October 19, 2004
The Tribune’s non-endorsement endorsement of Kerry is raising eyebrows. SP Times: Al Austin, a Tampa resident who serves as finance chairman for the Republican Party of Florida, said the editorial was an unfair indictment of Bush – and an unspoken endorsement for Kerry. “I thought their comments were just totally wrong,” said Austin. “They aren’t [...]
Early voting late
October 19, 2004
PB Post Frustration gripped voters throughout Palm Beach County and across Florida as those who decided to take advantage of the first statewide exercise in early voting were greeted with long lines, malfunctioning machines and few people who could answer their questions. In what many interpreted as a grim harbinger of the Nov. 2 presidential [...]
Get Up with MorningWood
October 19, 2004
Get Up with MorningWood, on 70,000 Watt Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org 4 to 6 am (eastern) every Tuesday! Studio line: 813-239- WMNF WOOD MARATHON THANK YOU! MorningWood surpassed the goals for calls and money. This community just bought another 6 months of commercial free radio. Y’all rock. I also [...]
BlogWood Florida Voting Guide – Part I: Amendments
October 18, 2004
AMENDMENT 1 – NO Official Title : Parental Notification of a Minor’s Termination of Pregnancy Official Ballot Language: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature to require by general law for notification to a parent or guardian of a minor before the termination of the minor’s pregnancy. The amendment provides that [...]
Jeb! was warned of felon list flaws
October 18, 2004
So, as BlogWood readers already know, Jeb! knew. Nothing surprising here, just more confirmation that for the Bush family, acquiring and maintaining power trump silly pie in the sky ideas like democracy and stuff. Gov. Jeb Bush ignored advice from leery state officials to “pull the plug” on a flawed felon voters list before it [...]
Vote early
October 18, 2004
Early voting starts today. In Hillsborough County, Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson has added several libraries to the list of polling sites for early voting that starts today. In Pasco County, Supervisor of Elections Kurt Browning has hired an additional 25 poll workers to run the early voting sites so his staff can continue preparing [...]
Lightning strikes twice? Tribune fails to endorse Bush
October 18, 2004
The Tribune enjoyed a moment of infamy earlier this year when it mistakenly published an editorial bemoaning the home team’s loss of the Stanley Cup when, in fact, the Lightning had actually just won the cup. Oops. The lightning snafu came to mind on Sunday as I read the Tribune’s scathing non-endorsement of their man [...]