Sierra Club endorsements for the 2016 election
Tampa Bay Sierra Club’s postcard lists endorsements for local and state for races in the Tampa Bay area. You can find more endorsements for the federal races and other state districts on the Florida...
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Sierra Club primary endorsement postcard is in the mail
Please vote for these Sierra Club endorsements: Pat Kemp for County Commission and YES on Amendment 4. Don’t miss that amendment on the back of your mail-in ballot.
Guess who’s nominated for the Best Local Activist Award
I’m honored to be nominated for Best Local Activist in Creative Loafing’s Annual Best of the Bay awards, and I’m humbled to find my name within this stellar list of dedicated activists.
Plan for Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve is being updated
The state Management Plan for Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve is being updated. You can review the draft plan and submit your comments until July 5. Every single comment from the public is being carefully considered for inclusion in the plan, so if you have any ideas about how this aquatic preserve should be managed, it is worth your time to send them in.
Tres Smith is bicycling across America
My husband, Tres Smith, is riding his bicycle across America. Coast to coast. On March 5, he dipped his rear tire in the Pacific Ocean at San Diego, and on April 25, if all goes well, he’ll dip his front tire in the Atlantic Ocean at St. Augustine. In between, he is riding 60 – 90 miles a day for 3,000 miles, from sea to shining sea.
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn insults nearby community of Ruskin
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, attempting to discredit the many citizens who disagree with him on the Go Hillsborough sales-tax proposal, pompously belittles them all as “3 tea party bloggers sitting in their underwear in their basements in Ruskin.” Disparaging the community of Ruskin is no way to gain our support.