Category: State & National News
Scott lawyer: My facts were wrong
St. Pete Times’ political blog, The Buzz, reports that Gov. Rick Scott’s attorney misstated to the Florida Supreme Court that the state had spent $110…
State reps cut pay by 15 percent
The Birmingham News reports that 54 Republican members of the Alabama House of Representatives agreed to cut their monthly expense allowance, which makes up 94…
Florida Poll Shows Romney Beats Obama, Joe S. has shot at U.S. Senate
Press release from Suffolk University: Florida Poll Shows Romney Beats Obama: Recession Not Over in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott wildly unpopular after first 100 days….
Is Sarah Palin a has-been?
This Week reports one-time Tea Party queen has seen her stock fall rapidly over the last few months. Last week, NBC and The Wall Street…
NYT: Why no prep walks after financial crisis?
The New York Times: Several years after the financial crisis, which was caused in large part by reckless lending and excessive risk taking by major…
Citizens has $1.5 billion surplus
Recent financial statements show the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance, has enough money to withstand a replay of the 2004 and 2005 storms without triggering the…
Scott reluctant to go after BP
St. Pete Times: Gov. Rick Scott’s reluctance to make a legal claim against BP irks a cast of Floridians, including Tampa attorney Steve Yerrid, who…
State GOP raises $4.9 million in three months
The Republican Party of Florida raised in the first quarter of 2011 four times more than the Florida Democratic Party and over $1 million more…
America’s 20 Most Miserable Cities
Thank God, Pensacola didn’t make this list published by Forbes. Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Beach shared in the dubious distinction. Read more.
Guy Says He Owns 50% Of Facebook
From Business Insider: Paul Ceglia is the man who sued Mark Zuckerberg last July, claiming that, way back in 2003, Zuckerberg had agreed to give…
St. Pete Times: Scott-O-Meter
PolitiFact Florida has compiled promises that Rick Scott made during the 2010 campaign and is tracking their progress on its Scott-O-Meter. The St. Pete Times…
Two stories from Sunday
These two stories of corruption in local government caught my eye. The first one is by the Miami Herald “Robaina at center of Hialeah’s ‘shadow…
Gov. Scott’s Twitter war
Orlando Sentinel has an AP story on the Twitter battles between governor’s office and capitol press corps. Read more.
Brownsville sale not on agenda, third consecutive month
The sale of Brownsville Middle School failed to make the April agenda for the Escambia County School Board. In January, George Hawthorne and Superintendent Malcolm…
Ingram fights for manure, not ARC
While ARC Gateway Pensacola is laying off staff and eliminating in-home support, day care and supported living services. State Rep. Clay Ingram’s fertilizer bill, HB…
Floridians disapprove of Scott, 4-1
“Today, Scott is a four-letter word to many Florida voters, but political popularity can change with time,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the…
LeMieux to run for U.S. Senate
Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, who served for 16 months after he was appointed to finish the term of Mel Martinez, announced this morning that…
“Merit” pay could be based on flawed system
Florida Tribune: Florida’s new performance pay law would put in place a evaluation system that has been questioned nationally. The teacher evaluation portion of the…
Wachovia laundered money for Mexican drug cartel
Something you won’t find in the local daily today: The Observer reported in its Sunday edition that Wachovia Bank laundered billions of dollars for the…
GOP continues to mix God and Politics
New York Times: Revitalizing the Religious Right was the agenda for a special meeting held in Iowa last month. The program, sponsored by the Iowa…
