Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, says, in retrospect, he should have just said no comment to a reporter.
Haridopolos said during a sit-down with reporters that he should have simply answered a Miami Herald reporters videotaped question differently when asked a year ago if there was an agreement involving ousted GOP Party Chairman Jim Greer.
If I had it done over again, I probably would have said no comment, Haridopolos said.
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Florida Ports Council President Doug Wheeler was encouraged that Gov. Rick Scott -- who championed the dredging of the Port of Miami earlier this year -- continues to stress the need to bulk up the ports in the state.
Gov. Rick Scott drew praise from environmentalists for his proposal to include $40 million for Florida Everglades restoration in the proposed 2012-13 budget released Wednesday.
Audubon is encouraged to see Governor Scott make a commitment to Florida Forever and Everglades restoration in his 2012-2013 budget recommendation, Julie Wraithmell, director of wildlife conservation with Florida Audubon, stated in a release.
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Senate President Mike Haridopolos says one way state universities can shave their budgets is to trade majors.
Sit down like kids with baseball cards and swap professors in order to concentrate majors at the university where the program is already the strongest.
Ill give you a British Studies for your Latin American program.
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The Florida League of Cities has released its priorities for the 2012 legislative session.
Municipal Police Officer and Firefighter Pension Plans and Disability Presumptions:
The Florida League of Cities will support legislation that provides comprehensive municipal firefighter and police officer pension reform. Any comprehensive pension reform package should:
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It may not rise to the level of its scoop on the John Edwards sex scandal, but the National Enquirer is shopping another salacious story: Newt Gingrich had sex with a campaign staffer.
Proclaiming to be an "ex-mistress," Anne Manning told the Enquirer she performed a sex act on Gingrich in a Washington, D.C., hotel room while he was still married to his first wife in 1977.
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Despite a majority contingent of speakers testifying on behalf of dispensing physicians, HB 511 -- a bill limiting how much dispensing physicians can charge for their repackaged drugs -- sailed through the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee on Wednesday.
Fort Lauderdale Democrat Evan Jenne was the lone dissenter.
It was a first-round victory for the insurance industry and its business community support group, in particular the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Florida.
A proposal to allow surplus lines insurers to take policies out of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. passed its first committee Tuesday, but not before lengthy and pointed exchanges between supporters and vocal industry critic Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey.
The GOP race for president is coming to a head very quickly. Yes, Newt Gingrich had a terrible launch. But that was, in political time, eons ago. Now, Gingrich is the last man standing. And if he keeps his mouth shut, he will be the GOP nominee.
