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 percent of their pay, by 15 percent—-$7,400….
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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. BOSTON – Former Gov. Mitt Romney is…
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 Journal released a poll that showed just…
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 financial institutions, no senior executives have been…
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 need for a bailout, according to 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 served as the state’s special counsel on…
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 than the state Republican party did at…
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 him a 50% ownership in the project…
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 knows how to do this better than…
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 banking’: Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina has played…
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 Thomas announced the the school that had…
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 457, keeps chugging along. Rarely in the…
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 Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “The experience of…
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 he will seek the Republican nomination to…
“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 bill turns on a statistical method that…
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 Mexican drug lords. A 22-month investigation by…
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 Renewal Project, featured four possible Republican contenders…
State Roundup: Sunday editions
Miami Herald: Florida Republicans are on pace to dismantle regulations, cut jobs and adopt significant changes to Medicaid and abortion rights — because they have the votes. Read more. Sun-Sentinel: Since state…
