Category: State & National News
National news cheat sheet
NY Times viewpoint worth reading: “Human trafficking is more similar in America and Cambodia than we would like to admit. Teenage girls on American streets…
State newspaper round-up
Sarasota Herald Tribune: Gov. Rick Scott has secretly pushed to kill Citizens Property Insurance before his first term ends. Read more. St. Pete Times: Despite…
Bare knuckles payback
St. Pete Times writes about how GOP lawmakers are taking advantage of their political clout to weaken the Democrats in future elections. “It is bare-knuckle…
House passes elections bill
Despite no reports of election fraud, Florida House Republicans have strong-armed an elections bill through the House. Read how they are mucking up a good…
Mayor has sheriff investigate city cops
Mayor Teresa Zemaitis had been frustrated by the Kenneth City Town Council’s refusal to listen to her complaints about problems in the Police Department. She…
Scarborough makes Time’s Most Influential List
Joe Scarborough, former Congressman, editor/publisher of the old Florida Sun and host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, made Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the world….
Repairing Gov. Scott’s image
The St. Pete Times writes about Gov. Rick Scott working on repairing his public image. My youngest calls him “Gov. Voldemort” so he has a…
Online poker may be gone for good
Miami Herald: Millions of gamblers are wondering if the money stored in shut down online accounts — in some cases tens of thousands of dollars…
Memos show BP and others linked to Iraq invasion
The rumor has been from day one that the invasion of Iraq was about oil and gaining control to the country oil reserves. The Independent…
Opponents speak out against proposed election changes
Press release: A massive rewrite of Florida’s elections laws to be debated today in the Florida House of Representatives is drawing harsh criticism from nonpartisan…
Do you like early voting? Lawmakers don’t
St. Pete Times is reporting the 2011 Legislature’s committees have approved: • Cutting Florida’s early-voting period (nearly one out of five ballots were cast early…
Somebody misses online poker
Dear Editor, The US Department of Justice showed their true colors last week, and the colors are not red, white and blue. The US Attorney…
Giving Back to our Military Families
From Labor Secretary Hilda Solis: “There’s no question: service members and their spouses make incredible sacrifices for all of us. Supporting their families and harnessing…
Goodin passed over for FDOT
. Daily News reports Gov. Rick Scott on Monday named Ananth Prasad as the new secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation. Prasad was one…
The Daily Beast picks up story
I spent much of my weekend working on stories for The Daily Beast. The first article was published this morning: “The Gulf of Mexico’s Seafood…
Drill, baby, drill makes a comeback
St. Pete Times: In the year since the giant oil spill, political tides and public opinion seem to have shifted. One poll suggests growing support…
GOP governors and lawmakers cut environmental protections
NY Times: Maine Gov. Paul LePage wants to open up three million acres of the North Woods for development. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has proposed…
State round-up
Two news stories from the Florida newspapers grabbed my attention this morning: Miami Herald has an excellent series on the Bay of Pigs (not Little…
Feds halt online poker
LA Times reports The three largest online poker companies, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, were shut down Friday by the FBI. Eleven executives…
Busting Tax Myths
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) member papers are doing what they do best: providing an antidote to the myths that the mainstream media, local…
