August 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
Unless President Obama and Congress change current law, our armed forces will face an indiscriminate, across-the-board cut or sequestration of more than $500 billion on Jan. 2, 2013.
On the Way to the Election
August 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
Weekly Roundup: Republicans and Isaac Head Toward Florida
August 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
With 50,000 people expected to converge on the Tampa area in a matter of days, all eyes turned to the Caribbean this week as Tropical Storm Isaac churned its way toward Florida and the Republican National Convention.
Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew flattened the southern part of the state, Gov. Rick Scott met repeatedly with local reporters and national networks and repeated a mantra befitting the state's head cheerleader: Come to Florida, we can handle a little wind and rain.
Isaac Going Slow Across Cuba ‘Would be Great for Everybody’
August 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
A tropical storm watch for Isaac is now in effect across the Florida Keys, and along Floridas east coast from the Jupiter Inlet south and on the west coast from south of Bonita Beach, Florida Bay and Lake Okeechobee.
But state emergency officials, who have supply lines pre-set to go out from Orlando and Jacksonville, say it remains too early, with the fate of the storms strength and direction depending upon its interaction with the hilly terrain of Cuba this weekend.
Jeff Atwater Promoting Forum to Help Small Businesses Help Florida
August 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is seeking a little give-and-take with a group of small-business owners that may assist efforts to revamp federal financial laws or identify state regulations that need to be repealed.
Following the Republican National Convention next week, Atwater will be participating in a small-business forum in Tampa with the Jim Moran Institute at Florida State University.
EXCLUSIVE: Sunshine State News Interviews Constitution Party VP Candidate Jim Clymer
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 24, 2012 - 2:44pm
"The Constitution does not need to be scrapped; it needs to be abided by!," thundered Jim Clymer, Constitution Party vice presidential candidate and former party chairman, to an audience of a little over 100 spectators at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall, as hundreds more frequented the vendors in a large neighboring room.
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At Ron Paul Fest, Organic Cuisine Transcends Partisan Politics
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 24, 2012 - 1:39pm
Speaking of "Halloween-coalitions," the 2012 Ron Paul Festival has brought out small businesses looking to cash in on libertarian and traditionalist affinities for organic and other homemade cuisine.
Trae, of RedNeckSteak.com, is selling his specially seasoned premium oak-wood smoked beef jerky. His moonshine steak is glazed with his very own homemade barbecue blend; it was the best tasting jerky this correspondent has had in his life.
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This Week in Tampa
August 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
'I Feel Freer Already!': Ron Paul Fest Off to Slow but Enthusiastic Start
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 24, 2012 - 12:53pm
The commencement of the 2012 Ron Paul Festival is off to a slow but spirited start, as a couple of hundred libertarian and liberty-sympathizing enthusiasts trickle in to the Florida State Fairgrounds. The speeches and performances were set to begin at noon, but are now expected to start at around 2 p.m.
One attendee was overheard shouting, I feel freer already! upon entering the fairgrounds Expo Hall.
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Isaac Now ‘Little Rain, Little Wind' for GOP Convention
August 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
The forecast track for Tropical Storm Isaac continues to show a western move away from close contact with the Republican National Convention.
But the Florida Keys and the western side of the state, particularly the Panhandle, remain in the potential path of the storm that still must cross Haiti and a large portion of Cuba. And that could impact the strength of the storm.
For the convention, the potential for heavy impacts diminishes with the latest forecast.
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