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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Actually, Joe set himself up. From the moment he set foot on Israeli soil, our vice president was in full pander mode.
First, he headed to Yad Vashem memorial, where he put on a yarmulke and declared Israel "a central bolt in our existence."
"For world Jewry," Joe went on, presumably including 5 million Americans, "Israel is the heart. ... Israel is the light. ... Israel is the hope."
In a swindle that would make Bernie Madoff look like an amateur, Barack Obama has gotten a substantial segment of the population to believe that he can add millions of people to the government-insured rolls without increasing the already record-breaking federal deficit.
The political commentariat doesn't know what to make of those thousands of Americans who have spontaneously thronged to tea parties and town hall meetings to oppose the big government programs of the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders.
[Friday] night I sat amongst 1,300 dedicated Republicans and listened to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin address the Orange County Republicans' Lincoln Day Dinner.
Though Bush 41 and Bush 43 often disagreed, one issue did unite them both with Bill Clinton: protectionism.
Globalists all, they rejected any federal measure to protect America's industrial base, economic independence or the wages of U.S. workers.
Together they rammed through NAFTA, brought America under the World Trade Organization, abolished tariffs and granted Chinese-made goods unrestricted access to the immense U.S. market.
NBC's "Law & Order" programs are long established and all over the schedule. But the sex-obsessed vice cops of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" are a breed apart. They exist to be socially provocative, which is to say, to rattle, to disturb. Viewers at home probably weren't ready for the plot that aired on NBC on March 3. These scriptwriters are so revolting that they become almost comical.
As you read what follows, you decided how closely this mirrors anything resembling the world of reality.
Someone was strangling prostitutes to death and leaving prayer cards behind. The first suspect was a perverted man whose wife proclaimed he had converted to Christianity and overcome his sinful ways. The cops quickly discovered the man dismissed his wife as a "prude," and he was cheating on her with a variety of young girls because "it's not a crime to want a little variety" in his sex life, including "toys, role play, and threesomes." Despite his ardor for sexual gunplay as well, this so-called Christian was not the strangler.
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By Nancy Smith
The Florida Medical Association, silent rather than actively supportive of dispensing physicians in the workers' comp fight last year, may be poised to take a more proactive role in the issue during the 2013 legislative session.
A new report from the state Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) points to continued interference by insurance carriers into the doctor-patient relationship.
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The Boston Red Sox will open the 2013 Grapefruit League season with a pair of games against college teams -- Northwestern and Boston College -- on Feb. 21 in Fort Myers.
The next day, the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves will meet in Lake Buena Vista for the first actual head-to-head contest between Major League squads -- at least for the first three or four innings -- this spring.
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A group of election supervisors, including a few of the most troubled -- St. Lucie, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach -- in the 2012 contest, will appear before the state Senate Ethics and Elections Committee on Monday.
The committee, chaired by Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, is expected to make its own recommendations on election reform, separate from a study underway by Secretary of State Ken Detzner at the direction of Gov. Rick Scott.
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While mistakes in the 2012 election were found by the state to have come in part from staff inexperience and inadequate procedures, St. Lucie County Elections Supervisor Gertrude Walker is seeking $300,000 from the county for unexpected costs from the contest, according to TCPalm.com
By Kevin Derby
Florida's government is not doing enough to prevent tooth decay, thereby driving up health care costs for families and taxpayers. This according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States reveals that the Sunshine State joined 17 others in earning a D grade when it comes to providing children with dental sealants, clear plastic coatings applied to the surfaces of molars that are considered helpful in preventing tooth decay.
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The Foundation of Associated Industries of Florida announced that its health care summit later -- that will feature a legislator heading the states look into responding to the federal health care law -- is sold out.
More than 300 have signed up for the Thursday and Friday event at the Orlandos World Center Marriott
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With an increased focus on D.C. politics, Associated Industries of Florida has released its state and federal lobbying team for 2013 that will be led by Brewster Bevis, who has recently been named AIFs senior vice president of state and federal affairs.
What happens on Capitol Hill has an immeasurable impact on Florida employers, stated AIF President Tom Feeney.
By Kevin Derby
The Tallahassee Democrat reports thatSen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, R-Miami, one of the architects of the controversial 2011 electoral reform law that greatly reduced Florida's early voting period, has submitted a new piece of legislation reversing course, at least partially.
The proposed legislation would expand the maximum possible number of early voting hours each day from 12 to 14, and would allow early voting to take place the Sunday before Election Day.
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Florida Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Panama City, has been appointed to the Florida Defense Support Task Force by House Speaker Will Weatherford.
For the last six years I have been privileged to serve a district that is home to two of Floridas major military installations, Tyndall Air Force Base and Naval Support Activity Panama City. Growing up in the area and representing this district in the Florida Legislature has shown me firsthand how important the military is to the people and the economy of our state, Patronis stated in a release.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, has named two new members for his Washington, D.C., staff: Deputy Chief of Staff Alberto Martinez and Deputy Press Secretary Brooke Sammon.
Martinez, a Miami native who was Rubios communications director during his 2006-2008 term as Florida House speaker, has been an adviser for Rubios Reclaim America PAC and the Romney for President campaign.
Martinezs resume also includes stints as deputy speechwriter for Gov. Jeb Bush and as the Florida communications director for President George W. Bushs 2004 re-election campaign.
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