October 16, 2011 - 6:00pm
It's about time somebody had the cojones to challenge the liberal arts crowd on the veracity of degrees that aren't working in the 21st century workplace.
Cypress Gardens Remake: Legoland Florida Opens in Winter Haven
Submitted by Anonymous on October 16, 2011 - 6:12pm
Legoland Florida opened this weekend in Winter Haven at the site of the old Cypress Gardens.
Merlin Entertainments Group remade the 150-acre site into a venue that targets the ages 2-12 crowd.
Sources told Sunshine State News that Merlin spent $500 million to $750 million to construct Legoland while maintaining the historic gardens and plantation house.
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Scott Appoints Tynan and Leonard to Nominating Commissions
Submitted by Anonymous on October 16, 2011 - 4:39pm
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Kevin P. Tynan to the 17th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission and Patricia A. Leonard to the 4th District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission.
According to releases from the governor's office:
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Scott Names Browdy Chairman of Building Commission
Submitted by Anonymous on October 16, 2011 - 4:33pm
Gov. Rick Scott has selected Richard S. Browdy of Jacksonville to chair the Florida Building Commission.
The appointment, announcedFriday,requires Florida Senate confirmation.
Browdy, 65, is president of Browdy and Browdy Inc. He would succeed Raul L. Rodriguez.
The term ends Oct. 14, 2015.
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Michele Bachmann to Talk With Arizona Lawmakers, Donald Trump on Monday
Submitted by Anonymous on October 16, 2011 - 8:54am
In two events Monday, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann will reach out to Arizona legislators and Donald Trump.
The Minnesota congresswoman will participate in a Border Security Roundtable at the Senate Chambers in Phoenix on Monday morning.
At 8 p.m. ET, Bachmann will join real estate tycoon Donald Trump in a nationwide "tele-town hall" to discuss critical economic issues facing American families and businesses. It marks the first appearance Trump has made on a tele-town hall with a 2012 presidential candidate.
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Florida's Supreme Court Returns Convicted Killer to Death Row
Submitted by Anonymous on October 15, 2011 - 3:22pm
Ted Herring, convicted of killing a Daytona Beach convenience store clerk in 1981, is heading back to death row.
The Florida Supreme Court announced Thursday it had reversed a lower court decision that had vacated Herring's capital punishment sentence on the grounds the 50-year-old met the definition of mental retardation.
Herring, who had been found guilty of armed robbery and first-degree murder, challenged his conviction in 2003 after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision calling the execution of a person with mental retardation "cruel and unusual."
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Supreme Court Denies Appeal by Missing Girl's Convicted Killer
Submitted by Anonymous on October 15, 2011 - 2:57pm
The Florida Supreme Court rejected an appeal this week by convicted murderer Willie Seth Crain Jr.
Crain, sentenced to death for the 1998 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Amanda Brown, argued that his attorneys were ineffective because they stipulated that DNA matching Amandas DNA was derived from blood -- as opposed to some other source -- and failed to call an expert to challenge the states scratch-marks expert.
Crain has denied he killed the Hillsborough County girl whose body has never been found.
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Scott Reappoints Call, Ovide, Names Levin to Lower Keys District
Submitted by Anonymous on October 15, 2011 - 2:22pm
Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Jay J. Levin, and reappointed Neil Call and Kathryn A. Ovide to the Lower Florida Keys Hospital District, Monroe County.
According to the release from the governors office:
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Craig Miller: Bill Nelson Spokesman 'Clearly Meant to Violate the Hatch Act'
Submitted by Anonymous on October 15, 2011 - 7:45am
Republican senatorial candidate Craig Miller joined the growing chorus criticizing Sen. Bill Nelson's use of office staff to jab fellow Sen. Marco Rubio.
Commenting on Sunshine State News' story about Nelson spokesman Dan McLaughlin alerting a Florida newspaper to an opinion poll on Rubio, Miller campaign spokesman Jon Miller said:
"It's not surprising that Senator Nelson and his spokesman clearly meant to violate the Hatch Act. I'm just wondering if Dan McLaughlin will be including a question related to ethics in his next pollof Senator Nelson."
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Sen. Bill Nelson Accepts Audubon of Florida's Theodore Roosevelt Award
Submitted by Nancy Smith on October 14, 2011 - 8:39pm
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., accepted an award for his conservation efforts at an assembly Friday in Lake Mary.
"Audubon of Floridas Theodore Roosevelt Award goes to lawmakers whose conservation efforts have made a notable impact on Floridas ecosystems and wildlife. Roosevelt was one of the founding members of the Florida Audubon Society and established the first National Wildlife Refuge at Pelican Island.
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