Category: State & National News
GOP hopeful Perry’s record
ProPublica has the best reading on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to help you cut through the horse-race coverage and get oriented. Read here.
Scott’s transition team emails missing
Miami Herald report the email accounts of Rick Scott and most of the governor-elect’s transition team were deleted soon after he took office, potentially erasing…
Murdoch scandal grows
The Daily Beast: Clive Goodman was called a ‘rogue’ hacker at News of the World, but in a newly revealed letter he says the paper’s…
Emails on Libyan rebellion
Libyan rebels continue to fight to close in on Tripoli and overthrow Gaddafi. A friend shared these emails with me. They are from an Libyan…
$1.0 billion in new lending for small businesses
Press release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson announced the approval of Florida’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)…
Searcy named Gubernatorial Fellow
Press Release: Governor Rick Scott today announced the members of the seventh class of the Gubernatorial Fellowship Program. Students participating in the program will gain…
Iowa Caucus: You have to be kidding
There were fewer votes cast (16,892) in the Iowa GOP caucus than the 2010 Pensacola Mayoral election. Here are the official results from the Iowa…
Iowa GOP debate recap
NBC gives this analysis of the GOP presidential debate at the Iowa State Fair: “t wasn’t a good night for the entire Republican Party, especially…
Bondi under fire
Miami Herald reports that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing a management crisis replete with allegations of old-fashioned political interference in cases and a…
Florida Dems question integrity of state investigators
Press Release: State Representative Darren Soto (D-Orlando) and House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders (D-Key West) announced today their intent to file a bill to preserve…
League of Women Voters Responds To DOJ Approval
Press Release: Despite Secretary of State Kurt Browning’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved 76 provisions of the 2011 elections law, House…
S&P Rating Really Downgrade of the Political Leadership’s Credibility
Viewpoint by George Hawthorne, Chairman, Gulf Coast African Chamber of Commerce, Inc. — The recent downgrade of the United States ‘AAA’credit rating should be a…
BP: Top funders of ALEC
Off-shore drilling is a coming to Florida. You can count on it. The fix is in. BP and other oil companies were big sponsors of…
On John Batchelor Show
Tonight I was on the John Batchelor Show. We talked about the stock market crash. Across the nation, retirees panicked over the worldwide economic crisis….
Maxwell: Scott tired of playing Voldemort
Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell is my kind of political writer. He doesn’t mince words: Gov. Scott decided he’s tired of playing the role of…
Gerald Celente predicted global depression
One of the great finds of my brief radio show was trends expert Gerald Celente. In December 2007, Celente predicted the collapse of Wall Street…
Tolls to be used to fast track roads
The past few years the Florida Legislature has balanced the state budget by raiding the Transportation Trust Fund—funds collected that are to dedicated to road…
Richburg reaches settlement with NWF State
Daily News reports former Northwest Florida State College President Bob Richburg and his criminal defense attorneys will receive more than $1.2 million to settle legal…
Employees flood DROP before it changed
St. Pete Times reports as of June 30, 8,418 public employees chose to enroll in the Deferred Retirement Option Program, or DROP, in the months…
ALEC meets in NOLA, you pick up tab
Miami Herald reports that state lawmakers are being wined and dined in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or…
