Beleaguered condominium associations, weighed down by foreclosed units and delinquent owners, are seeking relief from renters.
At least five bills before the Florida Legislature contain provisions that would empower associations to collect past, present and future fees from tenants.
Florida Senate leaders on Monday began unveiling their long-awaited legislation to create jobs for some of the state's one million unemployed workers, proposing to spend as much as $165 million to boost jobs in aerospace and the film industry.
Actually, Joe set himself up. From the moment he set foot on Israeli soil, our vice president was in full pander mode.
First, he headed to Yad Vashem memorial, where he put on a yarmulke and declared Israel "a central bolt in our existence."
"For world Jewry," Joe went on, presumably including 5 million Americans, "Israel is the heart. ... Israel is the light. ... Israel is the hope."
In a swindle that would make Bernie Madoff look like an amateur, Barack Obama has gotten a substantial segment of the population to believe that he can add millions of people to the government-insured rolls without increasing the already record-breaking federal deficit.
The Florida House of Representatives continued to study the benefits and drawbacksof offshore drilling for energy on Monday, even as leaders from both parties in the House the Senate cautioned there was little hope for progress during this session.
On Monday, the Florida National Guard began rolling in the heavy artillery. Guard members set up helicopters, military trucks and a scaled-down model of a fighter jet in the courtyard in front of the Capitol.
If President Barack Obama can use federal stimulus dollars in an effort to kick-start the economy, Florida lawmakers figure they can use selected tax credits to save jobs in Florida's space industry.
Two bills -- SB 1526 and HB 133 -- would establish credits against corporate income tax for companies that create, or provide investments, for spaceflight projects.
Lawmakers and journalists came together Monday to celebrate citizen access to government against a backdrop of calls for greater transparency in state lawmaking.
