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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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MOUNT VERNON, Va. -- It was fitting that the buzz around George Washington's homestead recently was about the first president's overdue library books, just as the estate's guardians were plotting a new presidential library in the founding father's name.
When I first began to study the history of slavery around the world, many years ago, one of the oddities that puzzled me was the practice of paying certain slaves, which existed in ancient Rome and in America's antebellum South, among other places.
"Do you realize," CNN's Susan Roesgen asked a man at the April 15, 2009, tea party in Chicago, "that you're eligible for a $400 credit?" When the man refused to drop his "drop socialism" sign, she went on, "Did you know that the state of Lincoln gets 50 billion out of the stimulus?"
Tax day has come and gone and millions of Americans filed their tax returns, thereby complying with the April 15 annual deadline. However, deadlines seem to mean very little to the Democratic leadership in Congress.
The moment of "the veto" is over. Teacher performance pay is a null issue. But what did it accomplish, really, this controversial veto?
The one who held the veto pen and the Republican Party are more estranged than a couple trapped in a marriage from hell.
"Beginning in March 2009 ... male staffers complained that their boss touched them in a sexual manner, came up with reasons to have staffers travel alone with him on overnight trips and expressed a desire to have sex with men working in the office."
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Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, and Appropriations Committee Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, unveiled a new portion of the Senate website that consolidates budget documents and information.
The webpage is at: http://www.flsenate.gov/Topics/IntensiveBudgetReview/
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House Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, implored individuals and business owners who believe they may be due some compensation from the Deepwater Horizon disaster to seek a claim.
Many Floridians are unaware that they possess a legal right to money held in an uncapped fund set up through the settlement process that followed the 2010 oil spill, Trujillo stated Friday in a release.
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Somewhere I missed where Dantes tour of the seven cycles of hell with Virgil mentioned having to listen to a couple of lengthy diatribes about the wonders of Satanism on the steps of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee.
Just don't call them or the event a hoax.
By Kevin Derby
January 27 begins Florida's "Prescribed Fire Awareness Week," and Agriculture Commissioner is reminding Floridians of theimportance of prescribed forest fires Floridas forest lands and preventing devastating wildfires.
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As the second committee week wound down, Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, said things are going as well as expected.
Asked Friday at the Capitol about how legislation and the legislators were shaping up for the regular session that begins March 5, his simple response:
Like the guy who jumped off the 10th floor of the building, and as he passed the sixth floor, he said, So far so good'.
Additional pre-session committee weeks are set for the weeks of Feb. 4, Feb. 11 and Feb. 18.
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Gov. Rick Scott continued his school visits for a third day on Friday.
On Wednesday and Thursday it was to announce his $2,500 pay hike plan for teachers. Friday was to mark the start of the University of Floridas program to assist teachers and students with algebra.
By Kevin Derby
The Tallahassee Democrat reports on putatively "moderate" Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson's recent endorsement of President Obama's proposed gun-control measures.
Nelson is calling for a ban on so-called "assault" weapons, criminal background checks on all gun purchasers, and aban on ammunition clips that can hold more than 10 rounds.
By Kevin Derby
The Florida chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a conservative political advocacy group,has issued a statement responding to Thursday's meeting of the stateSenate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee, which discussed government transparency and reviewed presentations on two of the states current transparency websites.
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Gov. Rick Scott has ordered U.S. and Florida flags lowered to half-staff outside the Alachua County Courthouse, Gainesville City Hall and Capitol on Friday for Army National Guard Specialist Arandall L. Shears, of Gainesville.
Shears, assigned to A Company, 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 83rd Troop Command, Army National Guard, Gainesville, died in a single-car crash while driving to Guard headquarters in Jacksonville on Jan. 15.
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