The state still needs to find a way to pay for Everglades Restoration…cutting every tax on the books has left us in a mess. More from the Sun Sentinel.
Just a few short weeks ago, Speaker Weatherford was seen as new kind of Republican Legislative leader: young, energetic, consensus oriented and soft spoken. What a difference a month makes. From his public snafus to his fire breathing speech at CPAC and his rejection of medicaid expansion, the Speaker has become a conservative hero. Tonight […]
With buzz around the state focusing on Governor Charlie Crist and his Gubernatorial prospects, we once again hear from different quarters that Crist needs to be nominated because “he can win,” and that the only current announced Democratic candidate Senator Nan Rich is “unelectable.” These theories are based on dated and aged reasoning that have […]
I read the Canadian papers everyday for my day job, thus I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this interesting piece in the Globe and Mail about the number of Canadians investing in Florida proprieties.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Democrats are on a remarkable losing streak in Florida when it comes to state elections. The Republicans have held at least 70 House seats and 25 Senate seats since the 1998 elections and since 2000 have won 13 of 14 races for Governor/Cabinet. Much of the recent focus of websites like this and activists around […]
Job growth thanks largely to rampant development and growing tourism in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers and Naples metropolitan areas SW Florida tops the state in job growth. (As an aside, I feel that at some point the Census Bureau needs to combine the Cape Coral MSA and the Naples MSA as SW Florida is losing […]
Charlie Crist is being hailed as a “savior” for the Florida Democrats in some quarters. The Democrats desperate for some sort of statewide success after losing 13 of the last 14 elections for state office (three of those elections were lost to Crist himself), have turned to the former Governor in hopes of reviving a […]
