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Herald: Mission in Iraq not quite accomplished
Sun-Sentinel: Allow a broader number of documents to prove identity for licenses
Times: Sink goes to bat for taxpayers
Times: Court clears up ballot, and voters win
Herald: Good riddance to sprawl-promoting law
Sun-Sentinel: U.S. troops in Iraq deserve unqualified gratitude
Times: After Iraq, new priorities
Times: Pinellas schools get lesson in cronyism
Times: Jolley Trolley route to the Pinellas mainland could roll up tourist traffic
Cuba travel promoters gear up
Source: Sun-Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 5:19 pm
The unofficial word in Washington is that the Obama administration plans to relax limits on travel to Cuba for professional, educational and artistic purposes. Some travel promoters are gearing up to handle potentially hundreds of thousands more vis…
Beth Reinhard heading to National Journal
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 4:34 pm
Very sad news: The Miami Herald's Beth Reinhard, a great reporter and terrific person, is moving to National Journal after this crazy election wraps up. Despite her penchant for inappropriate, off-color jokes, I'll miss her a ton. "For twelve years,.…
RPOF: Sink's hands aren't fully clean on 'Taj Mahal'
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 4:30 pm
On Monday, Alex Sink -- in her role as chief financial officer -- ordered an audit of the famed "Taj Mahal" courthouse for the First District Court of Appeals. But the Republican Party of Florida claims Sink's hands aren't entirely...
Rubio going cruising with CPAC
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 4:25 pm
Marco Rubio will be a featured speaker during a seven-day cruise in December put on by the American Conservative Union and CPAC. Also featured is Luis Fortuno, governor of Puerto Rico, Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal editorial board,...
Recalling Rick Scott's pursuit of Tampa hospital
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 4:14 pm
Business writer Robert Trigaux's column today: Courtesy of ad nauseam campaign ads, many Floridians are familiar with candidate Rick Scott's denials of wrongdoing over Columbia/HCA's Medicare/Medicaid fraud (and the subsequent $1.7 billion fine) when…
The advances of the Revolution!
Source: Babalu
Sep 2, 2010 4:00 pm
Cubans See Their Ration Cards Get Thinner and Thinner.
IRL: University of Miami Hurricanes play Florida A + M tonight at Dolfin Stadium: Go Canes! But I love FAMU also!
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Sep 2, 2010 3:58 pm
IRL: University of Miami Hurricanes play Florida A + M tonight at Dolfin Stadium: Go Canes! But I love FAMU also!
Crist appoints magistrate to Broward circuit bench
Source: Broward Politics
Sep 2, 2010 3:56 pm
Tonya Alanez reports: Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday named General Magistrate Nicholas Lopane as Broward's newest judge. Lopane, 44, has served as a general magistrate since 1999.
Chiles, Sink now on the same team
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 3:52 pm
After three months of being rivals, Bud Chiles and Alex Sink are on the same team. Chiles endorsed Sink this morning at a press conference in Tallahassee. In a quick speech, Sink said she and Chiles shared common goals, including...
Political ads to be projected onto downtown buildings
Source: Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 3:52 pm
UPDATE: AFSCME spokeswoman Megan Lubin now says the films will be projected on the side of the Amway Center “at or a little after dusk.” Even if you unplug the TV and stay away from the mailbox, you’re going to have a hard time avoi…
Fidel Castro’s BFF
Source: Babalu
Sep 2, 2010 3:50 pm
Spain Cozies Up To Cuba.
Chiles drops out of governor's race; endorses Sink
Source: Sun-Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 3:34 pm
TALLAHASSEE -- As expected, Lawton "Bud" Chiles III dropped his independent bid for governor Thursday, saying he was afraid his continued candidacy would tilt the race toward Republican Rick Scott, whom he described as "someone I'm not sure has Flori…
Kendrick Who? Crist camp says its poll points to a Crist-Rubio Senate race
Source: Post Blog
Sep 2, 2010 3:26 pm
Independent Senate candidate Charlie Crist’s campaign released an internal poll that shows the race essentially tied between Gov. Crist (35 percent) and Republican Marco Rubio (34 percent) with Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek pulling 17 percen…
adamputnam: 2 months from today is the election! Keep spreading the word...
Source: Adam Putnam
Sep 2, 2010 3:26 pm
adamputnam: 2 months from today is the election! Keep spreading the word...
JustinSayfie: RT @NiemanLab: Advertisers pull out of The Times after post-paywall traffic collapse http://nie.mn/cxbKf8
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Sep 2, 2010 3:10 pm
JustinSayfie: RT @NiemanLab: Advertisers pull out of The Times after post-paywall traffic collapse http://nie.mn/cxbKf8
Poll: Rick Scott 45%, Alex Sink 44%
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 2:56 pm
Rasmussen Reports: The latest statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Scott picking up 45% of the vote while Sink draws support from 44%. Nine percent (9%) prefer some other candidate and two percent (2%) are undecided. Scott and Sink...
Michael Arth: It’s now me vs. the duopoly
Source: Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 2:56 pm
Michael Arth, who rebuilt and revived a run-down neighborbood in DeLand and has been struggling for nearly a year to draw attention to his independent candidacy for governor, is taking advantage of Bud Chiles’ decision to drop out of the race t…
Esteban Bovo The naming of State Representative Jennifer Carroll as running mate to Rick Scott is brilliant. Reprsentative Carroll is a respected member of the Legislature and will make a dam good Lieutenant Governor.
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Sep 2, 2010 2:39 pm
The naming of State Representative Jennifer Carroll as running mate to Rick Scott is brilliant. Reprsentative Carroll is a respected member of the Legislature and will make a dam good Lieutenant Governor.
Chiles bows out, endorses Sink
Source: Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 2:34 pm
TALLAHASSEE — As expected, Lawton “Bud” Chiles III dropped his independent bid for governor Thursday, saying he was afraid his continued candidacy would tilt the race toward Republican Rick Scott, whom he described as “someo…
Crist poll: Crist 35%, Rubio 34%, Meek 17%
Source: Times Blog
Sep 2, 2010 2:33 pm
An Aug. 28-31 internal poll (MoE +/- 4.4%) for the Charlie Crist campaign points to a two-man race - Crist vs. Marco Rubio, who are virtually tied - while Meek remains an also-ran after his big primary win over Jeff...
No travel to “terrorist” countries
Source: Babalu
Sep 2, 2010 2:30 pm
The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this Tuesday and upheld Florida's 2006 state law prohibiting state university funding for trips to designated State Sponsors of Terrorism such as Cuba.
Illegal immigrants aren’t coming to Florida; they’re leaving
Source: Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 2:29 pm
Notwithstanding Rick Scott’s rhetoric about the need for an Arizona-style immigration law here, a new study shows that illegal immigrants are no longer flocking to Florida. Instead, they’re flocking out of the state. The study, by the Pew…
Mike Thomas says, ‘Bye-bye Charlie, hello Marco’
Source: Sentinel Blog
Sep 2, 2010 2:19 pm
Sentinel columnist Mike Thomas, who’s flip-flopped in his admiration/condemnation of Gov. Charlie Crist more often even than Crist has changed his statements about Obamacare, seems to have ifnally made up his mind: Charlie’s got no shot…
Florida Political News: Sept. 2, 2010
Source: FLA Politics
Sep 2, 2010 2:15 pm
Our digest of, and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry.The best Scott can do?"Republican nominee for governor Rick Scott is set to name State Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his running mate. ... The 51-year-old Carroll served in…
RepGusBilirakis: Bilirakis Blog: Signs Will Not Secure Our Border http://t.co/Chc6Iwv #tcot #homeland
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Sep 2, 2010 2:04 pm
RepGusBilirakis: Bilirakis Blog: Signs Will Not Secure Our Border http://t.co/Chc6Iwv #tcot #homeland