September 26, 2012 - 6:00pm
In 2008, voters under 30 preferred Barack Obama over John McCain by a 66 percent to 32 percent margin. Among older voters, Obama led McCain by 50 percent to 49 percent.
Indian River’s Clerk Jeff Barton 'Fires' Himself For Employees
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 6:58pm
Gov. Rick Scott has promoted Jeffrey Smith to the position of Indian River County clerk of the court as Jeffrey Barton has resigned six months before the end of his term.
Barton, who was due to be replaced by Smith in January, told TCPalm.com that he fired himself as a means to keep five employees from being laid off.
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Rick Scott Names Three to 12th Judicial Nominating Commission
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 6:43pm
Gov. Rick Scott has named three -- Carly Lambert, Bonnie Lee Polk and William Robinson -- to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.
Lambert, 31, of Parrish, has practiced with Price Hamilton Price Chartered since 2011. She succeeds W. Earl Varn and is appointed for a term beginning Sept. 26, 2012, and ending July 1, 2016.
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Rick Scott to Spend 13th 'Let's Get to Work' Day at Fish Hatchery
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 6:34pm
Gov. Rick Scott will be at a fish hatchery in the Central Florida community of Webster on Thursday for his 13th Lets Get to Work day.
Scott is scheduled to be at Richloam Fish Hatchery, a state-of-the-art facility that produces more than 2 million fish each year to stock Floridas public waters, at 9 a.m., according to a release from the governors office.
Scott is to collect fish from outdoor ponds with biologists and performing lab work.
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September 26, 2012 - 6:00pm
Mike Horner Retains Chamber Job, For Now
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 2:56pm
Florida Rep. Mike Horner, who abruptly ended his re-election campaign Monday after his name surfaced on a brothel client list, hasnt lost his job, for now, as president of the Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting.
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Pam Bondi: Assets Frozen of Company in Mortgage Relief Scam
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 2:47pm
The office of Attorney General Pam Bondi has frozen the assets of a company that allegedly preyed on distressed homeowners through a mortgage relief scam.
The temporary injunction, issued Wednesday in Broward County circuit court, alleges Edward Cherry, Lawrence Diodato, Paul Gellenbeck, Shane Frankovic, Anthony C. Pintsopoulos and their numerous businesses charged homeowners $3,500 in upfront fees in exchange for a guaranteed reversal of the homeowners upside-down mortgage.
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Connie Mack’s Camp Disputes Polling Attempts to ‘Sway’ Senate Contest
September 25, 2012 - 6:00pm
YES to Amendment 4, Which Will Help Revive the Housing Market, Lead to New Economic Growth
September 27, 2012 - 6:00pm
When Floridians head to the polls in November, they should vote yes on Amendment 4, giving homeowners and small businesses across the Sunshine State a chance to rein in property tax hikes.
Ileana Ros Lehtinen: Libya Attack Exposes White House ‘Pre-9/11 Mindset’
Submitted by Anonymous on September 26, 2012 - 1:08pm
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-Miami, was one of five GOP committee chairs to fire off a letter demanding the Obama administration further explain its response to the Libyan consulate attack in Benghazi that left U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens dead.
The letter, which criticizes the administration for having a pre-9/11 mindset, questions the White House's initial commentthat the attack was a protest that went wrong, instead of what it truly was a terrorist attack on the United States on the anniversary of 9/11."
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