November 6, 2012 - 6:00pm
George Mann Named to Southwest Florida Water Management Board
Submitted by Anonymous on November 7, 2012 - 9:07pm
Gov. Rick Scott named George W. Mann to the Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board.
Mann, 62, of Polk City, is a retired business development manager with Treatt USA who had served on the Florida Citrus Processors Association Committee and the Editorial Advisory Board of the Citrus & Vegetable Magazine.
The appointment is through March 1, 2013.
The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.
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Samuel ‘Bo’ Spring Named to Northwest Florida Water Board
Submitted by Anonymous on November 7, 2012 - 9:06pm
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Samuel Bo R. Spring to the Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board.
Spring, 36, of Port Saint Joe, is the managing member of Big Fish Construction LLC and Cape Concrete LLC. He is also director of the Port Saint Joe Downtown Redevelopment Agency and the chair of the Gulf County Planning, Development, and Review Board.
The appointment is through March 1, 2013.
The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.
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Rick Scott to Board of Governors: Focus on Graduate’s Jobs and Wages, Cost of Degrees
Submitted by Anonymous on November 7, 2012 - 9:06pm
Gov. Rick Scott released the following statement after addressing the Florida Board of Governors in Sarasota.
Our mission is simple -- improve the value of higher education for Floridians. I know that every person in this room today is here because you not only believe in improving the current higher education system, you are also willing to dedicate your own time and energy to seeing improvements accomplished.
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Status Quo Preserved
November 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- America's 57th presidential election revealed that a second important national institution is on an unsustainable trajectory.
Did Third-Party Presidential Candidates Spoil Florida for Romney?
November 6, 2012 - 6:00pm
Florida's final tally isn't in yet, and Romney has lost the presidential election with or without its coveted electoral votes, but spokespersons for the state's largest third parties insist they are the reason the Republican nominee did not carry the Sunshine State.
Number of Votes Cast Is a Record for Florida
November 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
Nearly 8.4 million Florida voters cast ballots in the 2012 general election, a record number that pushed voter turnout over 70 percent and may have changed forever both parties' strategies for getting out the vote.
An unprecedented amount of early voting characterized by long lines, and a Democratic push for absentees brought in more than half the number of ballots cast for the entire election before Election Day.
Look What I Gave Me
November 7, 2012 - 6:00pm
Dems Still Raising Cash to Shut Down Allen West's Last Election Chances
Submitted by Nancy Smith on November 7, 2012 - 5:58pm
Think the election is over? Not on the Treasure Coast, or in the Palm Beaches, or anywhere money can be raised to help hammer a nail in another GOP coffin.
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St. Lucie Elections Supervisor: Allen West’s Claims a ‘Very Low Blow’
Submitted by Anonymous on November 7, 2012 - 5:49pm
St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker has dismissed claims by U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Palm Beach Gardens, on how her office handled the election in his close contest on Tuesday.
I certainly feel that none of (the accusations) are valid, Walker told Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. I feel that the process went as it should have.
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