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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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If Thursday's South Florida Water Management Board meeting in Fort Myers sounded like deja vu all over again, that's because the annual "buy land, move the water south" campaign is back.
With reports that the U.S. government and Cuban regime have discussed the possibility of releasing convicted Cuban spy Ana Belen Montes in exchange for Joanne Chesimard, who killed a New Jersey police officer and has been living in Cuba for decades, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., expressed his firm opposition to the idea this week:
Sitting on the sun-dappled terrace of the House of Lords, watching the Thames flow, Lord Nigel Lawson explains that the June 23 referendum, which he hopes will withdraw Britain from the European Union, was never supposed to happen. It is, he says, the fulfillment of a promise Prime Minister David Cameron expected to be prevented from keeping.
I will always espouse the ideals of libertarianism. I am a libertarian by nature and could not comprehend another way to bring about positive change in our society. However, I have learned over the course of several years that while the ideology is sound and right, the party that surrounds the ideology is no better than any other and in some ways can never bring about the change we need.
Standing on my hotel balcony in the predawn hours, I gaze out over several dimly illuminated swimming pools abutting a small manmade lake and a golf course.
It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage. I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent. The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges. All judges should be held to that standard.
Your readers, in fact all the people of Florida, should know the entire Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is an embarrassment for all of the good it hasn’t done.
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By Kevin Derby
With Wednesday being Tax Day, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., is using the occasion to gather support for a simplified tax code, gathering online petitions to streamline federal taxes.
Filing taxes is a confusing and burdensome process that we must comply with each year, Curbelo insisted on Wednesday. Too much of our time and hard-earned money is spent just on filing our tax returns. Its time we did away with this headache and simplify the tax code.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott might not be taking sides in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but he is inviting some of the top contenders to Orlando to share their views on the economy.
On Tuesday, Scotts Lets Get to Work PAC announced it would host an "Economic Growth Summit in Orlando on June 2 and some of the leading candidates for the Republican nod plan to be at the event.
By Kevin Derby
The Florida Cabinet backed state CFO Jeff Atwaters proposal to recognize this week as Days of Remembrance to honor victims of Nazi Germany with Thursday as Holocaust Remembrance Day,also called Yom HaShoah.
In memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in honor of its survivors, and in utmost gratitude for the risks taken by rescuers and liberators, Floridians are encouraged to use this as an occasion to rededicate themselves to the principles of human dignity and respecting individual freedoms, Atwater said.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., is looking to put a check on executive power with a resolution returning Article 1 powers to Congress and looking to include executive usurpation as grounds for impeachment. Despite being a fierce critic of President Barack Obama, Yoho said his proposal was not directed against the president.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, from his perch as chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw noted federal income taxes were due on Wednesday and stressed his support of the FairTax proposal.
By Kevin Derby
Conservatives at the national level cheered U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., announcing that he is considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2016 to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is running for president.
By Kevin Derby
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., came out swinging on Tuesday against President Barack Obamas executive action on immigration which keeps millions of illegals in the country without fear of being deported. Huckabee moved to Florida after his 2008 presidential bid and is looking at running again in 2016.
On Tuesday, Huckabee released a Web video on the topic.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, a day after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced he would run for president in 2016, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis said he is thinking about replacing him in the U.S. Senate.
By Kevin Derby
Martin County School Board member Rebecca Negron announced on Tuesday that she is running for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., who is running for the U.S. Senate.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, the chairman of the U.S. House National Security Subcommittee, will be leading his fellow post-9/11 congressional veterans in opposition to President Barack Obamas policies with Iran.
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