St. Pete Polls released a poll taken for Saint PetersBlog on Thursday which finds Republican David Jolly with a small lead in the special congressional election for the seat held for decades by the late U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla.
Jolly leads with 46 percent while former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democrat in the race, is right behind him with 44 percent. Libertarian Lucas Overby garners 6 percent while 3 percent are still undecided.
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Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., offered a contrast between past leaders and the current crop of politicians in an early Presidents' Day message. Despite losing to Democrat Patrick Murphy in 2012, West has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.
As we head into Presidents' Day weekend, we remember some of America's greatest leaders George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, West emailed supporters on Thursday. Unfortunately, we're also reminded of the lackluster leaders in Washington today.
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A Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/WUSF Public Media released late on Wednesday night shows former state CFO Alex Sink out in front in the special election for an open Pinellas County congressional race. Sink, the Democrat, takes 42 percent while Republican David Jolly garners 35 percent. Libertarian Lucas Overby takes 4 percent.
The poll of 603 likely voters was taken by Braun Research from Feb. 4-9 and had a margin of error of +/- 4 percent.
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The Florida House of Representatives Appropriations Committee passed a series of bills Wednesday aimed at strengthening laws to protect children from sexually violent predators.
It's part of the Legislatures Work Plan 2014 Protecting Floridas Vulnerable initiative.
Bills included in the Houses initiative to deal with violent predators are the following:
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WASHINGTON -- Many "Downton Abbey" watchers are nostalgia gluttons who grieved when Lord Grantham lost his fortune in Canadian railroad shares. There are, however, a discerning few whose admirable American sensibilities caused them to rejoice about Grantham's loss: "Now perhaps this amiable but dilettantish toff will get off his duff and get a job."
Almost 300,000 Floridians had signed up for health insurance under theAffordable Care Actas of Feb. 1, federal officials announced on Wednesday.Nearly 3.3 million people had signed up for President Barack Obama's signature health-care plan in total.
People aged 18 to 34 accounted for about a quarter of the sign-ups. The majority of sign-ups, however, came from those aged 55 to 64.
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