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Doctors endorse Ford and Ingram
Press Release: The Florida Medical Association announced the endorsement both of the Escambia County State House Candidates, Clay Ford and Clay Ingram. “It is truly humbling to be endorsed by the Florida Medical Association again this year.” Ford stated. “I will continue to work with them [...]
Palin mocks Obama for pot-smoking and coke snortin’ (video)
At the annual Right Online conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, former Governor Sarah Palin went after President Obama for “snortin’ cocaine." My Conservative Republican friends are always upset the liberal pundits are so mean-spirited. Folks, both sides play to their bases, which is obvious here. [...]
Author says BP owes $192B, not $15B
Antonio Juhasz, author of "'Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill," has calculated the total cost to BP for its Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, including the loss of life, economic damages and environmental fines. He came up with $192 billion. Oops, the BP Barbies won't be [...]
A Tribute to Jason
The IN's cover story this week explores the issue of prison privatization. Chasity Owens spoke about how her brother, Jason Owens, was attacked at a private prison in Florida operated by GEO Group, Inc. She attributes her brother's attack—after Jason was left alone with another inmate—and [...]
League, Rock the Vote Return to Florida
Following last week’s decision in federal court, third-party voter registration groups are looking to get back to work. Claiming that Florida’s newly passed H.B. 1355 was too burdensome and risky for volunteers, some such organizations suspended registration efforts late last year. On May [...]
Fight For Your Right (to Vote)
A judge’s temporary injunction blocking key provisions of Florida’s new election law has voter registration groups hopeful as they head toward this year’s primary and general elections. “I get calls everyday from volunteers who are very eager to get back to voter registration,” said [...]
Scott’s purge of voters’ roll has had little impact on Escambia County
According to Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford, Escambia County was asked by the Florida Secretary of State to verify three names on the voter rolls. "One person brought in proof that he is a citizen," said Stafford. "The family of the second one told us that she had moved [...]
Audit surfaces issues with continuing ed at NAS Pensacola
The Florida Union Times has a story on audit issues regarding the continuing education at our local Navy bases. The equivalent of 3,000 to 4,500 full-time students enrolled each year in continuing workforce education programs at Navy bases in Pensacola and Great Lakes, Ill., from 2006-07 [...]
Scott stumbles in Spain
Saint Petersburg Blog has covered Gov. Rick Scott's social misstep when he recently met the King of Spain. Elephants may never forget their run-in with Spain’s King Juan Carlos. Thanks to Gov. Rick Scott, Spain and its king this week got a reminder of the monarch’s embarrassing hunting trip [...]
Trayon Martin shooting ‘avoidable’
The Sun-Sentinel reports that newly released evidence in the case against George Zimmerman shows that Sanford Police believed the encounter between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin was "ultimately avoidable," if Zimmerman had "remained in his vehicle and awaited the arrival of law enforcement." Read [...]
Robinson defends FCAT writing exam
Education Commissioner Gerald Robinson held a press conference this afternoon and allowed reporters from around the state to question him about the Florida Board of Education's decision earlier in the day to drop the standard for passing the writing exam from a 4 to a 3 --on a scale of 1 to 6. [...]
Chief of Staff quits
Last week Gov. Rick Scott’s chief of staff, Steve McNamara, was profiled by The Miami Herald, which spurred a series of news articles that raised questions about his job performance and handling of contracts. On Saturday McNamara resigned. Read more. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad