The frontline of a political campaign is not for the weak stomached. The scripts and variables are fluid. It can get awkward and painful to watch. The scene in Pensacola today became…
Category: State & National News
Two views on judge’s ruling
Don Gaetz and League of Women Voters see differently yesterday’s ruling regarding the legislative and Congressional districts: To: Members of the Florida Senate From: Don Gaetz, Chair, Reapportionment Committee RE: Final Approval…
Miller Snubs Student Loan Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill aiming to keep federal student loan interest rates at the current 3.4 percent. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) voted against the bill. Dubbed the…
Vets protest possible U.S. attack on Iran
Press Release: VETERANS AND FRIENDS TO DEMONSTRATE OPPOSITION TO ATTACKING IRAN Veterans for Peace, Northwest Florida invites the public to show opposition to any military action against Iran. The rally will take…
FL Supreme Court approves redistricting plan
From State Sen. Don Gaetz: Just a few moments ago the Florida Supreme Court approved the amended Senate redistricting plan as submitted by the Legislature. While we remain convinced that our original…
Holly Benson shoulders some blame for Medicaid disaster
In February 2008, Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Benson to the position of Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, the agency that oversees the state’s medicaid fraud and abuse program….
Scott drug testing order declared unconstitutional
Federal Judge Ursula Ungaro’s ruled today that Governor Rick Scott’s Executive Order requiring drug testing for state workers is unconstitutional. From the ruling: “In the present case, the Court searches in vain…
Sen. Nelson Talks RESTORE & More
Senator Bill Nelson checked in with local political and community leaders this morning in Pensacola, spending most of the meeting discussing the RESTORE Act. The Florida senator said that the effort to…
Trayvon Martin’s tweets
Miami Herald publishes tweets from slain teen: What Trayvon Martin’s tweets say about him…he was a typical teenager. Trayvon Martin liked girls, hated high school and was planning for college. He loved…
Gunshine State
With the NRA having its personal state senator in Greg Evers and his predecessor, Durell Peaden, Florida has become a haven for guns as the NRA, Evers and Peaden have gotten nearly…
Health care arguments
from the NY Times comes this analysis of the US Supreme Court hearings on health care law: INTERACTIVE FEATURE:Analysis of the Arguments – The Supreme Court Health Care Challenges On Monday, the…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Big Tobacco appeal of Pensacola case
The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to hear an appeal by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co in the Pensacola, Florida case in which the company was ordered in 2009 to pay $28.3 million…