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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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President Ronald Reagan said it best:Its not that liberals are ignorant, its just that what they know is wrong. And boy, have they got it wrong over this "voter purge" issue.
Who does Barack Obama listen to?
WASHINGTON -- Among the lessons of this presidential election season, perhaps most salient is that the so-called Ordinary American is dead.
Within days of SEAL Team Six's killing of Osama on that midnight mission in Pakistan, Defense Secretary Bob Gates, reading all about the raid in the press, went to the White House to tell President Obama's national security adviser pungently to "shut the (bleep) up."
Florida voters were sold a bill of goods in 1976 when they voted to quit electing judges at the appellate level -- including the Florida Supreme Court -- and move to what is called "merit retention."
In coming days, Mitt Romney will be taking a page from the gameplan of a winning presidential candidate when he visits crucial battleground states on a bus tour. The gameplan first was carried out by Democratic candidate Bill Clinton in 1992.
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By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is encouraging Floridians to share their frustrations with President Barack Obamas federal health care law at his official website.
By Kevin Derby
Former state CFO Alex Sink told the Tampa Bay Times that she plans to run for the congressional seat formerly held by the late U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla.--and she is already drawing Republican fire.
By Nancy Smith
Volusia County fern grower John Hoblick has been re-elected to a two-year term as president of the Florida Farm Bureau.
Voting delegates selected Hoblick unanimously at the organizations annual meeting last week in Ponte Vedra Beach.
By Nancy Smith
More evidence of a loosey-goosey environment at taxpayers' expense.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics -- yes, a federal agency -- has just produced data showing a government worker is 38 percent more likely to be absent from work for personal reasons or illnesses than a private-sector worker.
By Kevin Derby
Norm Singleton, the vice president of policy for the Campaign for Liberty, sounded the alarm on Tuesday afternoon. Paul is the chairman of the Campaign for Liberty.
I'm furious, Singleton wrote supporters. Yesterday at a meeting on Capitol Hill, a Senate staffer informed me that powerful Wall Street lobbyists were generating calls opposing Senator Rand Paul's plan to use Janet Yellen's nomination to be the new Fed chair to push for a vote on Audit the Fed.
By Kevin Derby
Economist and business owner Farid Khavari is making a second gubernatorial bid, this time as a Democrat.
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The senior Obama official closest to the administration's glitchy health-care website apologized Tuesday for problems that have caused issues for Americans trying to sign up for health care.
By Nancy Smith
Florida's District 27 Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has become the second Republican co-sponsor of HR 15, the bipartisan immigration reform bill proponents hope will win over Speak John Boehner in the House. And PICO Florida came forward Tuesday to thank her publicly for it.
By Kevin Derby
The Florida Highway Patrol announced on Tuesday they will be ramping up operations against drunk drivers just in time for Halloween -- not to mention the Florida-Georgia game in Jacksonville and the showdown of two undefeated teams -- Miami and Florida State -- in Tallahassee which could have national title implications.
The Florida Highway Patrol will be taking part in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 as they look to crack down against impaired drivers.
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Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart took to the Florida Department of Education's blog on Tuesday to talk about the importance of principals in schools. Stewart boasted about principals at schools in Florida, calling them the best in the nation.
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