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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Over the last eight years, most Democratic politicians have made a distinction between The Good War (Afghanistan) and The Bad War (Iraq). That very much includes Barack Obama.
Congress will be a bit busier this week after the new senator from West Virginia is sworn in as the 100th senator, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd.
WASHINGTON -- When H.L. Mencken said that Puritanism was "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy," he was barely grazing the iceberg of the titanic fundamentalism to come.
WASHINGTON -- In the political marketplace, there's now a run on Obama shares. The left is disappointed with the president. Independents are abandoning him in droves. And the right is already dancing on his political grave, salivating about November when, his own press secretary admitted Sunday, Democrats might lose the House.
As part of our ongoing commitment to bringing the jobs and environmental benefits associated with clean energy to Southwest Florida, Kitson & Partners recently joined the ranks of Citizens for Clean Energy, a new coalition dedicated to educating and working with lawmakers to support policies that will advance the clean-energy jobs and technologies that will kick-start Floridas economy and bring an entire industry to the state.
Let me first do what some in this business fail to do: reveal a potential conflict of interest and remind readers that I served as Newt Gingrich's political chairman before and while he was speaker of the House. I've known him 30 years. But those who follow this column, including Gingrich, have not always enjoyed my views on some of his words or actions.
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By Nancy Smith
"A government that grows too big grows too intrusive and threatens our liberty and democracy."
"The federal government is trying to buy states off one by one. I'm not buying it. Florida shouldn't buy it."
"Will we earn the people's trust, or will we confirm their worst fears about us?"
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FloridaGov. Rick Scott has appointed Tommy Bronson and Bryan Beswick to fill two vacant seats on the Southwest Florida Water Management District governing board, for a term through March 1, 2016.
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The "Florida House" app announced by House Speaker Will Weatherford last week is now available on iTunes.With Florida's legislative session beginning Tuesday, the app arrives right on time.
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Karl Rove's American Crossroads released aninfomercialMonday lampooning President Barack Obama, in what the organization deems is his newly created nonprofit group: "Organizing for Acce$$."
The spoof plays off of recent accounts that Organizing for Action, Obama's new campaign arm, will grant access to the president for a mere $500,000.
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Florida Rep. Bill Hager did his civic duty Monday, warning of sharks in the water.
No, he didnt mean the political variety he meant actual sharks!
The Republican, of Delray Beach, raised a purple flag (beach warning for danger) on Twitter. If you decide to brave the cold & go swimming near Singer Island be sure to stay vigilant & observe your surroundings, he tweeted.
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sat down with "Today" show's Matt Lauer Monday to talk about issues ranging from immigration reform to CPAC to sequester ... oh yeah, and possibly a 2016 White House bid.
By Nancy Smith
Jeb Bush said it straight out: He's not out of the presidential picture.
Speaking on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning, when asked if he plans to throw his hat into the 2016 ring for the White House, the former Florida governor said, "That's way off into the future. I won't [rule it out] but I won't declare today either."
By Nancy Smith
Having emerged from the shadows of a major 2011 hiring scandal and subequent agency shakeup, the South Florida Water Management District has thrown itself right back into the soup with another high-level hiring faux pas.
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The Navys famous air show, the Blue Angels, plans to cancel nearly 30 events, including one in Florida, now that the budget sequester has been enacted.
Florida Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, lamented the loss of the air show, which was scheduled for MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., April 6-7.
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President Barack Obama signed an order to begin automatic federal spending cuts Friday, as the deadline arrived and Congress headed home for the weekend without reaching a deal to avoid sequestration.
Obama decried the cuts during a half-hour press conference at the White House. Federal defense and services spending will be cut by $85 billion over the remainder of the year.As one of the largest defense-centric states, Florida is bracing to be hit with the consequences.
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