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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton
You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could.
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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When my syndicate editor told me a few clients had been asking, Don't you have anyone over there who can write something positive about Donald Trump?, I thought, well, that could be fun.
There's open speculation about the end of Florida orange juice. Disease is slaying Tampa's swaying palm trees. Family farms are going on the auction block. Not enough kids have access to 4-H clubs.
There are enough candidates running for the CD 18 seat to field a football team, so you'd think I could wait to single one out until after the August primaries. Normally, I would.
Walton County's new blanket ban on signs on private beach property violates a retired couple's First Amendment free-speech rights, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Christina Martin told me Friday.
This week Russian bombers flew out of Iranian air bases to attack rebel positions in Syria. The State Department pretended not to be surprised. It should be. It should be alarmed. Iran's intensely nationalistic revolutionary regime had never permitted foreign forces to operate from its soil. Until now.
With Mike Pence becoming the latest vice presidential hopeful from Indiana and that state hosting an important Senate contest, it’s as good a time as any to ponder the only president the Hoosier State ever produced.
More evidence that ridding Lake Okeechobee of phosphorus has no simple answer.
Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot -- at least of eyeballs eager to extend the sidelong glance.
In the immediate aftermath of World War II the German state of Bavaria wrote a new constitution stating that all economic activity should serve the common good. This was a direct response to the fascism that triggered the war, the Great Depression that gave rise to fascism and the laissez-faire economic and financial system that brought on the Great Depression.
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Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., running once again for the Republican presidential nomination, has a strategy in response to the cyber attack on the federal government which included stealing Social Security numbers and other information on 4 million federal employees: “hack China back.” There are reports that the cyber attack emanated from China.
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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., now running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, made the case for same-sex marriage on Monday.
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., hasn’t exactly covered herself in glory at her post as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) since the 2012 presidential election but in Philadelphia on Monday she named the team overseeing the the 2016 Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC).
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After winning almost 225,000 votes as the Libertarian gubernatorial candidate last year, Adrian Wyllie vowed to stay active and build the party in the Sunshine State.
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Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., came out swinging at the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on Friday.
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Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, was up in New Hampshire this week and said there was one major reason he could launch a potential bid for the Republican presidential nomination: the start of former Gov. Jeb Bush’s, R-Fla., efforts.
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The "nonpartisan" Democratic-leaning group Florida Strong is at it again with its attacks on House Republicans over their refusal to expand Medicaid in Florida.
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The Florida Legislature has been in special session this week, trying to break a logjam over the budget and Medicaid expansion.
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From his perch as the chairman of the U.S. House Emerging Threats Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., said on Thursday that the Commerce, Justice and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill will help keep America safer as it adds more than $163 million to the FBI budget.
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