Amendment 9 is one of a handful on the November ballot that enjoys widespread bipartisan support and very little vocal opposition, but critics are warning it will further complicate the tax code and drain much-needed tax revenues from local governments.
Being invited to write a column opposing a tax break for spouses of veterans and first responders (our EMTs, firefighters, etc.) killed in the line of duty is like being asked to throw torpedoes at some of our community's most beloved heroes.
The Florida State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police leads the state Law Enforcement Officer Memorial each year to remember and honor the sacrifice of those officers who have fallen in the line of duty.
Like a black hole sucking the light from the heavens, the general election now less than four weeks away appears to be preventing anything from escaping its grasp as the pace quickens and the money flows.
While U.S. vice presidential candidates held their table-top battle, voter registration ended this week in Florida, though final numbers won't be known for a bit.
Bob Crowder, the Martin County sheriff who lost to Allen West in the District 18 Republican congressional primary, is going to back the Democrat in the general election, Patrick Murphy.
Well, sort of.
It's actually his wife Debbie who stepped out in front of her husband and released the statement. "While he was unable to compete against West's millions in out-of-state tea party money ...Bob was committed to giving Republican voters a choice in the primary, rather than letting the party dictate who our representative would be," she said.
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Gov. Rick Scott has ordered state and national flags at half-staff outside the Broward County Courthouse, Coral Spring City Hall and Florida Capitol on Monday, Oct. 15 in honor of Warrant Officer Joseph L. Schiro.
Schiro, 27 of Coral Springs, assigned to 1st Special Forces Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Oct. 6 in Chak district, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by small-arms fire..
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DALLAS -- If in four weeks a president-elect Mitt Romney is seeking a Treasury secretary, he should look here, to Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
