In Florida this week, the Senate passed Senator Don Gaetz's jobs bill. A good bill we should all support. It has a significant price tag so it will not be easy.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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During the Bush years, the news media were the promoters of protest, the champions of dissent. Denouncing the president as a brain-damaged warmonger was the most patriotic thing you could do (just ask the Dixie Chicks), and it was guaranteed to please the press.
On the heels of Climategate, we find ourselves lied to again by scientists. I have always had a pretty good B.S. detector and since I was a kid I knew something didnt smell right about the whole fossil-fuel, oil-comes-from-dinosaurs, etc theory. Even Sinclair Oil Corp. has a dinosaur in its logo. If you go to www.SinclairOil.com, you will even see a picture of a little girl holding a blow-up Sinclair dinosaur. I think his name is Dino.
Stupak.Etymology: Eponym for Congressman Bart Stupak.Function: verb
1: In a legislative process, to obstruct passage of a proposed law on the basis of a moral principle (i.e. protecting the unborn), accumulating power in the process, then at a key moment surrendering in exchange for a fig leaf, the size of which varies according to the degree of emasculation of said legislator and/or as a reflection of just how stupid people are presumed to be. (Slang: backstabber.)
Under the headline "Costly Bill Seen as Saving Money," the San Francisco Chronicle last week began a front-page story with these words: "Many people find it hard to understand how the health care legislation heading for a decisive vote Sunday can cost $940 billion and cut the horrendous federal deficit at the same time."
It's not hard to understand at all. It is a lie.
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known."
From "A Tale of Two Cities," Sydney Carton's words, as he rode the tumbrel to the guillotine, came to mind on reading the latest statistics on what open borders has done to a Republican Party that altruistically embraced it.
With the passage of the legislation allowing the federal government to take control of the medical care system of the United States, a major turning point has been reached in the dismantling of the values and institutions of America.
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Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, has appointed Sen. Charles Charlie Dean, R-Inverness, to the Boating Advisory Council.
The release from the presidents office noted:
Dean, 73, of Inverness is a cattleman and consultant. He was sheriff of Citrus County from 1981 to 1996 and currently serves as state senator for District 5, which consists of Baker, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Layfayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union and part of Marion counties.
By Kevin Derby
In an interview today on the Andrea Tantaros Show, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., rebuked suggestions byretired four-star general and former U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell that there exists "a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the [Republican] party."
By Nancy Smith
When offered a chance to compete on "Dancing With the Stars," the former first lady of Massachusetts Monday said thanks-but-no-thanks.
Ann Romney was approached, but she declined, a Romney spokesman said on Monday. She will not be appearing on Dancing with the Stars.
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Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, has appointed Sens. Garret Richter, R-Naples, Anitere Flores, R-Miami, and Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington, to the Nominating Committee of the Florida Public Service Commission.
The release from the presidents office:
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Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, has reappointed Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, and named Lewis Bear Jr. to the Enterprise Florida Inc. board of directors.
Detert, 68, owner of Primary Creative Solutions Inc., was first appointed to the board in 2009 by current Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater.
Bear, 71, of Gulf Breeze, is president and chief executive officer of the Lewis Bear Co.
Bears appointment is through Sept. 30, 2015.
By Kevin Derby
The Sun Sentinel reports that three Florida counties rank among the top 12 turnarounds in the nation's housing market.
Palm Beach County leads the nation, with home values rising 35 percent from where they were in December 2011, with Broward's and Miami-Dade's rising 21 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
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Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Mike Ertel says the state should reconsider its 100 feet limit on where candidates and supporters can stand outside polling locations when lines of voters occur outside precincts and early voting locations.
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Gov. Rick Scott will continue his push to upgrade Floridas port system by directing $38 million in state money to improving the flow in the main channel to allow larger cargo ships to reach JaxPort, according to the Florida Times-Union.
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Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, told members of his committee reviewing state elections laws and the county election supervisors appearing before the panel on Monday not to rehash the results of the 2012 election.
Instead focus on what went right, what went wrong and to offer recommendations to improve the voting process.
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The League of Women Voters of Florida, which was behind the redistricting changes that voters approved in 2010, has released recommendations for the 2013 legislative session as state lawmakers are undertaking their own reassessments of the 2012 election.
"Early voting restrictions, an outdated voter registration system and a lengthy ballot all coalesced to create excessive lines, delays in the counting of ballots and a significant number of disenfranchised voters in 2012, League President Deirdre Macnab stated in a release.
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