Category: State & National News
Guest Viewpoint: Universal Responsibility
By Winslow Myers— “O that there were some virtue in my tears . . .â€â€”Shakespeare– One of the Dalai Lama’s first principles is something he…
5,740 Children and Teens were Killed by Guns in 2008 and 2009
The Children’s Defense Fund published earlier this year a report (Protect Children, Not Guns 2012) on the rise of gun deaths of children and teens….
Evers supports sales tax on web sales
The News Herald reports that State Sen. Greg Evers (R-Baker) supports a bill that would charge sales tax on Internet sales. Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Miami,…
Gaetz addresses issues surrounding Transparency software
TO: All Senators FROM: Don Gaetz, President SUBJECT:Senate Contract with Spider Data Systems DATE: December 7, 2012 You may have seen a number of news…
Well, well, Olive Garden is not laying off workers because Obama won. LOL
In October, Fox News reported that a second Obama term would guarantee the president’s health care law will be fully implemented. It said Darden Restaurants,…
Congress likely to be blamed for fall off fiscal cliff.
The latest Pew Research/Washington Post poll shows that the public is still pessimistic over prospects for a deficit agreement between the White House and Congress….
Miller retains House chairmanship
Press Release: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH-08) announced today that Congressman Jeff Miller (R-FL-01) will remain the Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee for…
Senate Unanimously Approves Ethics Reform Measures
Press Release: New rules increase transparency, amend conflict of interest disclosure requirements and timeline Tallahassee–The Florida Senate today unanimously adopted 2012-2014 Senate Rules that strengthen…
Gaetz officially elected Florida Senate president
Press Release: Senator Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) was today elected President of the Florida Senate by his colleagues. Senator Garrett Richter (R-Naples) was elected President Pro…
Hernando Today: Oops, GOP miscalculated who would vote
My Florida Voices column got picked up by the Tampa Tribune’s Hernando Today: “The worst thing that happened to the Republican Party and its presidential…
Survey: Republican Party Can’t Count on Florida Latino Vote
By, Stephanie Carroll Carson, Florida News Connection MIAMI – While the nation waits for Florida’s complete election results, there is already an indication that Latinos…
ACLU speaks on defeat of Florida Amendments 5, 6 and 9
The following statement regarding the defeat of proposed constitutional amendments 5 , 6 and 8 may be attributed to Howard Simon, Executive Director of the…
Gaetz maintains GOP majority in Florida Senate
Press Release: Strong Republican Majority Elected to the Florida Senate …GOP Holds 26 of 40 State Senate Seats in First Election with Fair Districts Standards……
League asks Scott to extend early voting through Sunday
The League of Women Voters of Florida has sent the following letter to Governor Rick Scott, urging him to accommodate the needs of early voters…
What is our strategic plan for our military bases? Task force has ideas
Gov.Rick Scott’s office release yesterday excerpts from the report produced by The Spectrum Group for the Florida Defense Support Task Force. The 991-page report cost…
Chamber, Rove and others spend $9.5M to defeat Nelson
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, NRA, Karl Rove’s PAC and others PACs are out to defeat incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL). The Democratic PACs…
Engineers give Florida infrastructure in Coastal areas a D-
To balance the state budget over the past few years, the governor and state legislators have raid the state’s transportation trust fund. A new report…
Mack, Nelson Rally Local Supporters
Both candidates for Florida’s U.S. Senate race made their way to Pensacola this week en route to Election Day. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) started off…
Mixed, weird bag of tricks in amendments
When somebody mentions this year’s list of amendments to the state constitution, my eyes tend to glaze over and I try to think of how…
Guide to Florida Constitutional Amendments
Press Release: As a service to Florida voters, The James Madison Institute(JMI) released a special edition of The Journal of The James Madison Institute that…
