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Newt Gingrich Finishing Campaign on 'Drunken Sailor' Spending Spree

April 30, 2012 - 6:00pm

As Newt Gingrich prepares to wave the white flag of surrender, at least one campaign staffer confirms the former speaker of the House "spent like a drunken sailor" during the last two months of his presidential campaign -- even outspending Republican front-runner Mitt Romney.

"Ever since the beginning of March the speaker hasn't seemed bothered by how much it cost us to travel around, as long as we were making a statement," said the longtime campaign aide on Monday. "He likes to make a splash."

A Cynical Process

Thomas Sowell

April 30, 2012 - 6:00pm

Labor unions, like the United Nations, are all too often judged by what they are envisioned as being -- not by what they actually are or what they actually do.

Smith's Task Force Seeks 'Stand Your Ground' Tweaks

Jim Turner

April 29, 2012 - 6:00pm

Florida Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, couldnt wait for the state to convene its own task force following the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford.

So he put his own together.

And while he is among the 19 individuals placed on Gov. Rick Scotts Citizens Safety and Protection Task Force, which has its first meeting on Tuesday, he has released the findings of his own group.

Florida Redistricting Plans Cleared by U.S. Department of Justice

Submitted by Anonymous on April 30, 2012 - 4:24pm

The United States Department of Justice has granted Floridas request for administrative preclearance of the state Senate, House and congressional redistricting plans under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

The announcement that the redistricting efforts for the three maps are in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act in Collier, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough and Monroe counties means local election officials statewide can begin implementing the redrawn and new districts for the 2012 elections.

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Condi Rice for VP? She Polls Better than Hillary Clinton

Submitted by Kevin Derby on April 30, 2012 - 3:14pm

Most presidential and vice presidential candidates do not emerge from the Cabinet. There have been exceptions, of course. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan used being secretary of state as a launching pad for their successful bids for the presidency. But since the Civil War there have been only a handful of presidents -- William Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover -- and vice presidents -- Henry Wallace and Dick Cheney -- who have moved up from the Cabinet. George H.W.

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Ron Paul Looks to Slow Down Mitt Romney in Texas and California

Kevin Derby

April 29, 2012 - 6:00pm

With Newt Gingrich expected to announce on Wednesday that he is folding up his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Ron Paul stands as the final obstacle in the way of Mitt Romney, and the maverick Texas congressman is looking to make his stand in the two largest electoral prizes on the map -- his own Lone Star State and California.

Integrity Florida Pushes for More Tax-Dollar Disclosures from Enterprise Florida

Jim Turner

April 29, 2012 - 6:00pm

A start-up nonprofit focused on statewide ethics reform is encouraged that Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope will open Enterprise Florida to more public disclosure when it comes to state contracts and tax dollars.

Integrity Florida gave high marks to the state webpage Transparency Florida, and to public disclosure efforts by Gov. Rick Scott for posting the salaries of state university and college employees online.

Adam Putnam to Bring Ag Reading into the Classroom

Submitted by Anonymous on April 30, 2012 - 11:37am

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam will kick off Florida Agriculture Literacy Day on Tuesday morning by reading to second graders at Dunbar Elementary Magnet School in Tampa.

More than 1,000 volunteers from across Florida will read from "Healthy Florida Farms," written by Arlette Roberge and illustrated by Rick Joggerst, to an estimated 54,000 elementary class students.

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Pump Prices Fall in Florida as Demand Drops for Gas

Submitted by Anonymous on April 30, 2012 - 9:14am

A drop in the global demand for fuel has helped the price dip to a price that motorists havent seen since 2011, according to AAA.

Floridians began the week paying an average of $3.80 for a gallon of regular gas on Monday, down 8 cents on average from a week earlier, 13 cents less than a month ago, according to AAA.

"Since the start of the year, 2012 broke daily, weekly and monthly records for the highest price averages at the pump, but now the tables have turned and prices are below last year's level," Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, stated in a release.

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Rick Scott Vetoes Shift of Visitor-Tax Dollars from KSC to FIT

Submitted by Anonymous on April 30, 2012 - 8:25am

A wide-ranging bill that included shifting tax dollars generated by visitors to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to Florida Institute of Technology was vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott on Friday.

Scott wrote that while he supported the majority of the bill, House Bill 7099, he disagreed with the Legislature's decision to send $5 million a year in sales tax revenue from the space center visitors to the Melbourne-based FIT.

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