June 30, 2011 - 6:00pm
FDOT Boss to Make SunRail Announcement at 11 a.m. Friday
Submitted by Anonymous on June 30, 2011 - 5:34pm
All signals show "go" for SunRail on Friday, as Gov. Rick Scott is a no-show.
Scott's long-awaited decision on the controversial commuter train won't even be announced by the governor. Instead, Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad will do the job.
Prasad is scheduled to meet the press at 11 a.m. at FDOT headquarters in Tallahassee.
Scott reportedly will conduct a media availability in St. Petersburg two hours later.
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Ruling Over Pension Contributions Expected
June 29, 2011 - 6:00pm
DCF Posts List of Welfare Drug-Test Labs; Solantic Clinics Sold
Submitted by Anonymous on June 30, 2011 - 4:11pm
Applicants seeking Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in Florida are now required to take drug tests, and the state Department of Children and Families, which administers the TANF program, has posted a list of approved labs on its website.
On a semi-related note, the sale of Gov. Rick Scott's Solantic urgent-care clinics, which perform drug tests, was completed this week.
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Anti-Tax Group to Scott: Don't OK SunRail Without Public Vote
Submitted by Anonymous on June 30, 2011 - 3:14pm
SunRail opponents are calling on Gov. Rick Scott to require a voter referendum on the controversial commuter train before releasing any tax dollars to fund the project.
Doug Guetzloe, founder and chairman of Ax the Tax, issued the demand Thursday afternoon, just hours before Scott is expected to announce a decision on the planned 61-mile rail line.
"The cost to taxpayers is well in the billions and billions with no end in sight for this train from nowhere to nowhere," Guetzloe said.
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Three Major State Laws Take Effect in Florida July 1
June 29, 2011 - 6:00pm
Starting Friday, Florida teachers salaries will be more closely tied to their students performance; welfare recipients must pass a drug test to receive benefits; and women seeking abortions will be first required to undergo an ultrasound procedure.
The changes come as a result of bills passed this year by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott.
Florida's Odd Role in the Declaration of Independence
June 29, 2011 - 6:00pm
Marco Rubio: Obama Sounds Like 'Some Left-Wing Strong Man'
Submitted by Anonymous on June 30, 2011 - 12:58pm
Calling Barack Obama "a failed president," U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said the tone of Wednesday's White House press conference "was more appropriate for some left-wing strong man."
Quite frankly, I am both disappointed for our country and shocked at some of the rhetoric, Rubio told National Review Online after Obama fired more class-warfare salvos. It was rhetoric, I thought, that was more appropriate for some left-wing strong man than for the president of the United States.
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Were Democrats the Winners in Carlos Gimenez's Miami-Dade Victory?
June 29, 2011 - 6:00pm
Buddy Roemer Attacks Obama on Libya and Jobs
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 30, 2011 - 11:00am
With a recent poll from Fox News showing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination garnering less than 1 percent, former Louisiana Gov. Charles Buddy Roemer went on the attack on Thursday, blasting the leadership of President Barack Obama.
The president's policies are truly meandering through the wilderness, said Roemer on Thursday. The time is now for a true American leader, not the administration that most people are having buyer's remorse over."
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