Category Palm Beach County
Ann Coulter to help Vern Buchanan fundraise; Will Palm Beach Conservative elite play on the state level?
Ann Coulter, one of several high profile national right-wing demagogues that call Palm Beach County home will be traveling across the Peninsula to the west coast to help Vern Buchanan raise campaign cash according to the Tampa Bay Times. Despite scandals and a controversial initial election in 2006, Buchanan has emerged as a popular local […]
TFS House Scorecard sneak peek: Palm Beach, Miami-Dade & Orange Democrats far more loyal than Broward Democrats
We will release our first annual scorecard of all 120 Florida House members on Sunday. The scorecard is based on 17 key votes in the recently completed legislative session (three votes were double weighted to bring the total votes scored to 20) and it yielded some interesting results. Without giving away scores of specific legislators, […]
Kurly’s Kommentary: Indecent Abuse of Power: Audits shouldn’t be used for McCarthyistic political retribution
By Steven Kurlander kurly@stevenkurlander.com In his introductory remarks to his book “Liberty and Tyranny,” conservative Mark Levin decries the abuse of power by “Statists” as a true threat to individual liberty, fair governance, and constitutional protections afforded to Americans: “…the Statist has an insatiable appetite for control. His sights are set on his next meal […]
Have Most DEC’s Merely Become Social Clubs or Glorified Debating Societies?
I’ve been going to DEC meetings around the state for almost two decades. In that time I have seen some good DECs, some decent ones and mostly ineffective ones. While the impotence of the Florida Democratic Party has been largely blamed for the continued poor electoral performances of the party at the state level, the […]
Zest of the Day: Delray Beach fires lobbying firm
Big news from Delray Beach after the recent comments of State Senator Joe Abruzzo. His law firm, Weiss & Handler who are major power players in south Palm Beach County have been fired by the city.
The Florida Squeeze 