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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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President Barack Obama's deputy press secretary, Josh Earnest, said over the weekend the following when referencing Congress in 2012: The president is no longer tied to Washington.
Election year has finally arrived, well after the beginning of a turbulent and unpredictable election season, and voting begins on Tuesday in the Iowa Republicans caucuses.
"Events are in the saddle and ride mankind."
In describing 2011, few cliches seem more appropriate. For in this past year, we Americans seemed to lose control of our destiny, as events seemed to be in the saddle.
For those Republican presidential candidates who eventually conclude there is no path to the nomination, there is consolation in the notion that they won't be the ones to face the brutal onslaught being prepared for the GOP king-of-the-mountain by team Obama and its army of "objective" media allies.
At a time when fewer young Americans are finding work, hundreds of thousands of foreign students have taken jobs through a controversial U.S. visa program.
The world usually turns out to work differently from what American presidents expected when they were campaigning.
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Mike Fasano took aim at Bill Gunter on Sunday evening, taking to Twitter to bash the Republican candidate hoping to succeed him in the House District 36 race.
The tweet read:
"@ElectBillGunter can't run on his own merits. Instead attacks opponent using Tallahassee money. Be very careful GOP House Campaigns"
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The Dream Defenders camped out at the Florida Capitol for 31 days and even slept over in front of Gov. Rick Scott's office to protest the controversial Stand Your Ground law in Florida, but if it's up to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, that won't be happening again any time soon.
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Gov. Rick Scott announced the reappointments of Art Graham and Ronald A. Bristo the Florida Public Service Commission.
Graham, of Jacksonville Beach, is currently a commissioner of the Florida Public Service Commission. He previously served as a city councilman for the city of Jacksonville Beach and received his bachelors degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is reappointed for a term beginning Jan. 2, 2014. His term will end Jan. 1, 2018.
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Alex Sink won't be making a run for governor in 2014. The former chief financial officer and 2010 Democratic nominee made the announcement Friday in an interview with the Associated Press.
Sink's announcement bodes well for former governor Charlie Crist, who is expected to jump into the race. It means he won't have to face off against Sink if he campaigns for governor. He is expected to make an announcement this fall, according to the Associated Press.
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Gov. Rick Scott participated in a dedication ceremony on Friday for Northrop Grummans center of excellence, which will create 1,000 jobs. The governor announced in March 2013 that Northrop Grumman was designating five centers of excellence around the country, with two of them being housed in Florida. The Melbourne location will serve as the manned aircraft design center of excellence.
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On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that the state unemployment rate dropped from 7.1. percent in July to 7 percent in August. This marks six months of Floridas unemployment rate being below the national average. Since Scott took over from former Gov. Charlie Crist, the unemployment rate in Florida has dropped from 11.1 percent to 7 percent and there have been 365,500 new jobs in the private sector. With Crist, who left the GOP to run for the U.S.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West will be going to bat for fellow African-American Republican Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory later this month. Heading out to Louisiana on Sept. 29, West will be attending fundraisers with Guillory in Lafayette and Baton Rouge that day. Guillory had been a registered Republican his entire life before jumping over to the Democrats to run for a heavily Democratic state House seat. Earlier this year, with much national media attention, Guillory switched back to the Republicans.
By Kevin Derby
While Washington is focusing on a potential federal shutdown and attempts to repeal or defund President Barack Obamas health care law, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., pointed to his support of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Webster insisted on Thursday the legislation would help the Sunshine State.
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Florida will be releasing its unemployment numbers on Friday, which could bring good or bad news on the state's economic recovery.
Although Florida's unemployment rate is still below the national average of 7.6 percent,the rate in the Sunshine State has stayed flat at 7.1 percent for the last three months.
Just last week, payroll provider ADP reported that Florida added 13,790 private-sector jobs during the month of August. There were 665,000 people out of work in Florida last month.
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the chairman ofFoundation for Excellence in Educationaddressed the issue of Common Core State Standardson Wednesdayduring a press conference with Louisiana Gov.Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott.
Bush spoke candidly in support of the education standards, which are set to be fully implemented in Florida's schools by the 2014-2015 school year.
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