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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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I've looked. I'm sorry, I just don't see Blaise Ingoglia the way Politico does. Ever since Aug. 19, when reporter Marc Caputo came out with his story, "GOP chair takes lead in House coup," I've been looking for the coup. Caputo gets most things right, so I looked extra hard. He's got an anonymous source, a "top Florida Republcan" who's telling him the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is leading a coup to take out future speaker Eric Eisnaugle. This must be a rock-solid source, I'm thinking, or else Caputo would never let him/her go unattributed.
The fascination of the news media with Donald Trump is ironic, to say the least. For people who have long lamented the domination of Big Money in politics, these reporters are presenting Mr.
On the opening day of the 2014 session in the Florida House of Representatives, then-Speaker of the House Will Weatherford spoke at length about an issue that few leaders in government talk about -- generational poverty. During his remarks, Speaker Weatherford noted, “There will always be poverty -- the kind that results from temporary setbacks: job loss, foreclosures, or unexpected challenges … but there’s a far greater and more dramatic problem for some of our Floridians. They’re stuck in generational poverty -- the persistent, year after year oppression and hopelessness that starts with grandparents, is passed on to parents and continues to their children.”
Welcome to The Dean's List -- an Ed Dean-style look at who Florida's political achievers were (and weren't) in the last seven days. What you see here is strictly my opinion, not necessarily the editor's or the rest of the staff at Sunshine State News.
WASHINGTON -- Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency. After Donald Trump finishes plastering a snarling face on conservatism, any Republican nominee will face a dauntingly steep climb to reach even the paltry numbers that doomed Mitt Romney.
The issue of education, as expected, has been inserted into the presidential campaign. Not surprisingly, some candidates prefer to focus on how states should avoid accountability for the continued failure of our students, while raising the boogeyman of 'Common Core' as a term rather than the reality of higher standards and expectations developed by states.
I don’t care what they tell you.
I don’t care what they think.
They don’t know us. They don’t influence us.
Clearly gunning for a Pulitzer Prize, which apparently it thinks is a great honor, the Tampa Bay Times has discovered the obvious fact that students in government schools aren't learning.
Marco Rubio is in an odd position in the Republican presidential pack. Polls show Rubio is well-regarded in key states but he’s behind Donald Trump and other candidates.
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Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist are ready to throw down the gauntlet as they face off for the first time on Friday in a televised debate.
The two candidates will participate in a debate at Telemundos studio in Miramar at 11 a.m. Friday morning. Candidates will answer questions in English and the station will translate their answers into Spanish.
By Kevin Derby
Despite his ties with former Gov. Charlie Crist, former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Fla., announced on Thursday he was backing Gov. Rick Scott for a second term. Mack had been a key ally of Crist during his rise up the Republican ladder. Crist left the GOP in 2010 to run for the U.S. Senate with no party affiliation before joining the Democrats at the end of 2012.
By Kevin Derby
Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, joined Dont Let Florida Go to Pot on Thursday, speaking out against Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana in the Sunshine State.
By Kevin Derby
On Thursday, 27 members of Congress wrote President Barack Obama, calling upon his administration to enact a temporary travel ban on African nations impacted by the Ebola virus. Four members of the Florida delegation -- Republicans Bill Posey, Dennis Ross and Ted Yoho and Democrat Alan Grayson -- signed the letter.
By Kevin Derby
After the U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed Republican challenger Miami-Dade School Board member Carlos Curbelo over U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla. on Thursday, Miguel Salazar, a spokesman for the South Florida Democrat, fired back. Salazar noted the U.S. Chamber backed scandal-plagued then-U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., in 2012 over Garcia.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, said on Wednesday that Hezbollah -- which attacked and wounded two Israeli soldiers in recent days -- remains a major threat and called for the U.S. to stand with Israel. While critical of Islamic State (IS) terrorism, Ros-Lehtinen said the attack serves as a reminder there are other terrorist threats including Iran.
By Kevin Derby
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced on Thursday it was backing Miami-Dade School Board member Carlos Curbelo, the Republican challenger, over U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., in one of the closest congressional races in the nation.
Moore Hallmark, the U.S. Chambers executive director for the southeast, praised Curbelo on Thursday.
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Once word dropped Wednesday that Charlie Crist received $40,000 from strip clubs, the Republican Party of Florida was quick to pounce on the donation, saying Crist should return the campaign contributions.
SB Productions Inc., based out of Hollywood, Fla., sent a Crist PAC $30,000, while J.W. Lee Properties LLC out of Hallandale gave the PAC $10,000. Both companies manage strip clubs throughout the South Florida area.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., took part in a conference call with the White House on Wednesday as the nation prepares for an Ebola outbreak after nations in Africa were impacted by that disease.
Scott urged President Barack Obama to help Florida prepare for the possibility of an Ebola crisis.
By Kevin Derby
In an ad released Wednesday, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) tied trial lawyer John Morgan,the chief sponsor of getting Amendment 2 on the November ballot,to former Gov. Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee running against Gov. Rick Scott in November.
The new ad, titled "The Company He Keeps," shows a clip of Morgan using profane language at a rally backing Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana in Florida, followed by Crist, who used to work for Morgan's law firm, praising him.
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