While Republican Congressman Jeff Miller has supported expanded offshore oil drilling in the past, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has changed his mind. He has not ruled out drilling down the road, but Miller is calling for an immediate halt to it until it is determined what happened and how to prevent it in the future Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan remains opposed to offshore drilling. He will be holding a townhall meeting in Palmetto on Saturday on jobs, the economy and health care. With Florida facing record high unemployment, Buchanan said that the economy remains the chief issue in the Sunshine State The spill has not changed the mind of Rep. Ander Crenshaw. The veteran Republican congressman continues to support offshore drilling...
With the Obama administration considering pushing for federal immigration reform, it is focusing on bringing over several Republican senators to its side. Chief among them is Florida Republican Sen. George LeMieux Democratic challenger Charlie Justice, looking to move from the state senate to Congress, has released a TV ad linking Congressman C. W. Bill Young, his Republican opponent, to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Young has been in Congress since 1970. With the exception of Karen Moffitt in 1992, none of Youngs Democratic opponents has garnered more than 40 percent against the political veteran...
Conservative businessman Rick Scott threw $5 million of his personal fortune behind his attempts to defeat Obamacare at the national level. He has already set aside $4.7 million in radio and television ads in his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination Big win for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. Dyer was pushing for Orlando to host the NBA All-Star Weekend. On Tuesday, the NBA announced Orlando will host the event in 2012. Lets just hope the Magic have the same luck in their current playoff run As long as were talking hoops, the legendary Magic Johnson endorsed Congressman Kendrick Meeks bid for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday...
Former Leon County Commissioner Sammy Yearty has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for accepting a bribe from an FBI agent and then lying to the FBI about it Donna Milo, a Republican challenger to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, is enjoying some national press attention due to her status as a transgendered person... With Rick Mullaney giving up the position of general counsel of the city of Jacksonville to run for mayor, Cindy Laquidara has been moved up from deputy counsel to become the first woman to serve as general counsel in Jacksonville's history...
Broward County Commissioner Al Jones is jumping over from the Republicans to the Democrats Miami-Dade commissioners appear set to let voters decide if they will get a pay raise or not. The measure looks likely to be on the August ballot Supporters trying to lure the 2012 Republican National Convention to Tampa Bay are tickled pink over the current controversy over immigration in Arizona. While Salt Lake City is also in the mix, Tampa sees its chief rival as Phoenix. The decision is expected to be announced next week.
