August 22, 2013 - 6:00pm
Florida University Offers Course on 'Stand Your Ground' Law
Submitted by Anonymous on August 22, 2013 - 1:56pm
In the wake of the highly publicized George Zimmerman trial, a Florida college is offering a new course that will be centered around the controversial Stand Your Ground law.
The course is being offered this fall by the School of Public Administration at the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University.Program coordinator Richard Mangan says the national publicity surrounding the recent George Zimmerman trial helped spur the creation of the course, which is being offered as an elective.
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Education Leaders to Meet in Clearwater
Submitted by Anonymous on August 22, 2013 - 1:39pm
Top education leaders around Florida will be meeting in Clearwater next week to discuss a variety of issues facing Florida's education system. Common Core State Standards, school grades, teacher pay, and student assessments can all be expected to be on the agenda.
The meeting will run Monday through Wednesday.
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Shawn Harrison Gets Backing of 5 GOP Legislators
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 22, 2013 - 9:50am
Former Rep. Shawn Harrison is getting the support of some of his former colleagues in the Florida House as he looks to return to Tallahassee. Harrison is already running hard against Rep. Mark Danish, D-Tampa, who represents parts of Hillsborough County.
On Thursday, Harrison announced Deputy Whip Elizabeth Porter, R-Lake City, Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Shalimar, Rep. Ray Pilon, R-Sarasota, and Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, were backing his campaign.
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Cary Pigman Back in Florida After 3 Months of Service in Middle East
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 22, 2013 - 9:42am
Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Sebring, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and serving with the Florida National Guard, is back in the Sunshine State after a three-month tour of Kuwait. Pigman was there in his role as a physician, treating service members wounded in Iraq.
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Dennis Ross Takes Aim at the NSA
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 22, 2013 - 9:38am
With news emerging that the NSA has mined more than 56,000 emails and other communications from Americans who are not under investigation for terrorism links, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., pointed to a bill he filed two months ago as a needed reform.
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Ted Yoho: Cut Off Foreign Aid to Egypt
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 22, 2013 - 8:55am
Freshman U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., weighed in on the situation in Egypt on Wednesday. Yoho sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee as well as the Middle East and South Asia subcommittee and the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade subcommittee.
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Allison Tant, Feeling Heat from Allie Braswell Flop, Complains About RPOF Attacks
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 22, 2013 - 8:43am
Under fire for her role in backing Allie Braswell for state CFO, Allison Tant, the chairwoman of the Florida Democrats, is up in arms about the attacks coming from the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF). After jumping in at the end of last week, Braswell left the race on Monday after reports emerged that he had filed for bankruptcy three times. The short-lived candidacy raised questions and concerns about Tant and the Florida Democrats especially as Braswell appears not to have been vetted yet received the partys support.
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Next Martin County Visit, Rick Scott Should Use the Bill Nelson Approach
August 20, 2013 - 6:00pm
How is it Bill Nelson comes to Martin County with empty pockets and empty promises and gets a hero's welcome, but Gov. Rick Scott flies in with $40 million to help solve the polluted St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon (added to the $20 million from last year) and he virtually gets mooned by the local press?
A Court's Order: Obey the Law
August 21, 2013 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Nowadays the federal government leavens its usual quotient of incompetence with large dollops of illegality. This is eliciting robust judicial rebukes, as when, last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia instructed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to stop "flouting the law."
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