Former state Rep. Scott Plakon is looking to return to Tallahassee and is running against Rep. Mike Clelland, D-Longwood. Over the weekend, Plakon announced in an email that he would be holding a fundraiser in Longwood on Saturday but also noted that former Gov. Charlie Crist, the former Republican who is the favorite for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination next year, is backing Clelland.
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Taking aim at President Barack Obamas health care law in an appearance on Sean Hannitys radio show on Friday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., attacked Democrats on the issue, comparing them to treating Americans like children.
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With the 2014 gubernatorial election right around the corner and a potential showdown between Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist on the horizon, the Republican Party of Florida has launched a new website to highlight Florida's economic turnaround under Scott.
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Mike Fasano took aim at Bill Gunter on Sunday evening, taking to Twitter to bash the Republican candidate hoping to succeed him in the House District 36 race.
The tweet read:
"@ElectBillGunter can't run on his own merits. Instead attacks opponent using Tallahassee money. Be very careful GOP House Campaigns"
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Why would county commissioners approve changes to their comprehensive plan they knew would be challenged by a state agency, a constitutional authority and as many as four private stakeholders?
The Dream Defenders camped out at the Florida Capitol for 31 days and even slept over in front of Gov. Rick Scott's office to protest the controversial Stand Your Ground law in Florida, but if it's up to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, that won't be happening again any time soon.
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Gov. Rick Scott announced the reappointments of Art Graham and Ronald A. Bristo the Florida Public Service Commission.
Graham, of Jacksonville Beach, is currently a commissioner of the Florida Public Service Commission. He previously served as a city councilman for the city of Jacksonville Beach and received his bachelors degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is reappointed for a term beginning Jan. 2, 2014. His term will end Jan. 1, 2018.
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WASHINGTON -- In January 1938, Rep. Louis Ludlow, an Indiana Democrat, proposed a constitutional amendment strongly supported by the public: "Except in the event of an invasion of the United States or its territorial possessions and attack upon its citizens residing therein, the authority of Congress to declare war shall not become effective until confirmed by a majority of all votes cast thereon in a nationwide referendum."
Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck is sometimes credited with the proverb, "God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America."
