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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By vetoing SB 2044, Gov. Charlie Crist not only secured his place as one of the least consistent politicians in Floridas history, he also established himself as one of the most selfish.
WASHINGTON -- Proving ones feminist bona fides has become the latest challenge for women aspiring to public office.
Is she a real feminist who walks in lockstep with traditional feminist orthodoxy? Or is she a faux feminist, i.e., a woman who has benefited from traditional feminism, become all that she could be, but, alas, thinks independently on certain sacred tenets of the sisterhood?
When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.
It's that time of year when America celebrates the donor we used to call "Dad."
Granted, many children still have an in-house father, but millions don't. Some fathers have become alienated through divorce. "Baby daddies" never were invited to the commitment party. Still others are anonymous in the truest sense -- mere DNA donors who made a deposit and picked up a check.
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By Kevin Derby
This morning, we reportedon some of the issues the state's social conservatives are keeping their eye on as the 2013 session approaches. Also this morning, a bill that these same conservatives are keeping a supportive eye on has been approved by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, its final stop before heading to the full Senate floor for an up or down vote.
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The Florida Council of 100, the Florida Chamber Foundation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation, and AT&T are set to co-host a summit on the new Common Core State Standards and other educational issues confronting Florida at SeaWorld in Orlando on Feb. 27.
The agenda includes:
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The League of Women Voters of Florida, which has offered its own election reform other than what is now before legislators, has come out with its own ideas for repairing the states broken and badly damaged" campaign financing system.
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The Florida Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections will take a trip from the Capitol to the Leon County supervisor of elections' operations center in Tallahassee on Tuesday morning.
Committee Chairman Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, called for the onsite visit to an elections center so committee members could receive demonstrations on the process in which both in-person and mailed absentee ballots, early voting ballots, provisional ballots and Election Day ballots are handled.
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Gov. Rick Scott will head to Jacksonville on Tuesday to highlight portions of his transportation budget proposal.
Scott, who on Friday went to the SWIFT Sunguide Center in Naples to promote $140 million worth of projects he has proposed for South Floridas roads, is set to appear at the Best Western on Salisbury Drive for Tuesdays midday media announcement.
By Kevin Derby
The Daily Caller reports that the president of Brevard Community College is recommending that the school's board of trustees fireSharon Sweet, a tenured associate professor of mathematics, forelectioneering, harassment, and incompetence, after she pressured her students to sign oaths pledging their electoral support to President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
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Defense grants totaling $2.6 million have been awarded to 10 projects across the state, the governors office announced Monday.
With numerous bases across Florida, nearly 100,000 men and women who serve in active and reserve duty are living in the Sunshine State, Gov. Rick Scott stated in a release.
These $2.6 million in grants will enhance relationships between Florida communities and the military, to ensure were doing the best job possible in working with our nations armed services.
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The Orlando City Lions' bid to enter Major League Soccer got a boost Monday with the entry of a major financial backer from Brazil to the club's ownership group -- a move that could push the team closer to getting its new 18,000-seat, $105 million soccer stadium.
By Kevin Derby
The Miami Herald reports that South Florida's business community is experiencing a rebound in the number of loan approvals.
Lenders are expressing a greater interest than they have in the past few years in terms of meeting the needs of the small-business community, Marjorie Weber, Miami-Dade Chapter Chair of SCORE, which helps business owners put loan packages together and refers them to bankers, tells the Herald.
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Gov. Rick Scott is taking his push for an across-the-board $2,500 pay raise for teachers to the State Board of Education as they meet Monday in Orlando.
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