The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) came out swinging on Monday against a proposal to expand casino gambling in the Sunshine State.
Florida has a healthy and vibrant retail economy that is driven by residents and visitors alike, Rick McAllister, FRF president and CEO, said in a statement released on Monday. We dont believe new resort casinos will help our states retail economy grow. In fact, theres a lot of evidence that suggests the destination resorts that are being proposed will hurt the businesses already here.
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U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas scored a big win in the 2012 Illinois Republican Pre-Presidential Straw Poll which closed on Saturday. The event, which was open to Illinois voters who paid $5 to the state GOP, drew almost 3,650 voters online and in person. Balloting was open for a week.
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Tea party conventioneers in Daytona Beach defied conventional wisdom by casting most of their straw poll votes for Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich this past weekend.
Unfazed by the 20-year-old allegations of sexual harassment against Cain, tea partiers gave the Georgia businessman 50 percent of the 450 ballots cast. Gingrich, who places far back in the national polls, was second with 23 percent.
All other GOP presidential hopefuls, including presumptive front-runner Mitt Romney, finished in single digits.
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Groups like Earthjustice and Sierra Club didn't like it, but last week the Environmental Protection Agency finally listened, did the right thing and approved a state alternative to the EPA's draconian water pollution regulations proposed for Florida.
Anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller took on radical Muslims and the mainstream media during a fiery speech at a tea party convention in Daytona Beach over the weekend.
As expected, she assailed the Council on American-Islamic Relations for its alleged ties to the terrorist organization Hamas.
Then Geller extended her critique to the mainstream media, asserting that reporters are "taking their talking points and their cues from the Muslim Brotherhood, pimping their anti-American hate and spinning it into 'news coverage.'"
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Assailing what it called "insulting comments" from state lawmakers, the Seminole Tribe vowed on Sunday to oppose a proposed casino bill at the Florida Legislature.
We will vigorously fight against any attack on our [gaming] compact with the state, said Seminole Tribal Chairman James Billie. We urge Florida legislators to step forward in support of our compact and refuse to pass any legislation that violates contractual agreements with the Seminole Tribe.
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U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is scheduled to be in Jupiter on Nov. 10 to attend a fundraiser for Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, at the home of Cheney Brothers' CEO Bryon Russell.
In 2008, Russell donated $500 directly to Rooneys first congressional campaign for Florida's 16th District and another $24,154 to the Florida 16 Victory Trust.
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Gov. Rick Scott made appointments to the following boards in the past week:
Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council; District Board of Trustees, Broward College; Boating Advisory Council; Construction Industry Licensing Board; Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council; Board of Dentistry; Monroe County Housing Authority; Jobs for Floridians with Disabilities; and Florida Transportation Commission.
The releases from the governor's office:
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Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs wants Gov. Rick Scott to adopt a new policy to prevent people with conflicts of interest serving on the board of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.
Jacobs,a Republican,wrote a three-page letter to Scott on Thursday to express her concern because in August Scott appointed engineer Scott Batterson to the board.
The Orlando Sentinel reported Batterson, a site civil engineer for IBI Group Inc., works for a company that would benefit from construction of the $1.8 billion Wekiva Parkway.
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Herman Cain, beleaguered by charges of sexual harassment, was all over Washington last week -- an odd choice of venue, considering that the Iowa precinct caucuses are now just 58 days away and the New Hampshire primary 65.
