October 10, 2011 - 6:00pm
City of Tampa Offers Free Hook-Ups for Electric Car Drivers
Submitted by Anonymous on October 11, 2011 - 7:47am
Tampa has installed 10 electric vehicle charging stations at public parking lots around the city.
While Miami and Oldsmar offer similar hook-ups, Tampa officials say their city has deployed the largest number of free charging stations in Florida.
As part of Coulomb Technologies' expansion of its $37 million ChargePoint America program into six new U.S. cities, Tampa received the charging stations at no cost. In exchange, the city will participate in a Department of Energy grant monitoring program through December 2013.
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Mitt Romney Ahead of Herman Cain, Ron Paul and Perry in Iowa and N.H.
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 11, 2011 - 7:33am
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DREAM: George LeMieux Considers 'Children Who Are Here Due to No Illegal Act of Their Own'
Submitted by Anonymous on October 11, 2011 - 7:16am
Republican senatorial candidate George LeMieux is leaving the door open for the DREAM Act, after he voted against it.
The political website Shark Tank reported that LeMieux was "reconsidering" his position on the ill-fated federal proposal to grant in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants.
Reached by Sunshine State News, LeMieux spokeswoman Anna Nix responded via e-mail:
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Rick Scott Signs Death Warrant for Oba Chandler
Submitted by Anonymous on October 10, 2011 - 8:31pm
Gov. Rick Scott has signed the death warrant for Oba Chandler, convicted of murdering a woman and her two daughters who were vacationing in Tampa from Ohio in 1989.
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LeMieux Writes Obama: 'Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel?'
Submitted by Anonymous on October 10, 2011 - 7:49pm
U.S. Senate candidate George LeMieux fired off a letter to President Barack Obama, using the White House occupants planned fundraising trip to Orlando on Tuesday to pose five statement-like questions.
In the letter, LeMieux, who is going up against three others for the Republican nomination, welcomed Obama to Florida, but added that hes hearing the same thing from people at every campaign stop across Florida.
"Everywhere I go, Floridians ask me 'Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?'" LeMieux stated.
Here areLeMieux's five questions:
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Herman Cain Closes in on Mitt Romney in Gallup Poll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on October 10, 2011 - 7:46pm
A national poll released on Monday found former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts leading the pack of Republican presidential candidates -- and businessman Herman Cain right on his heels.
A Gallup poll released late on Monday had Romney in front of the pack with 20 percent and Cain in a close second with 18 percent. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas stood in third with 15 percent.
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Accomplished Navy Officer Robert Buehn Joins Rick Scott's Staff
October 10, 2011 - 6:00pm
The position of compact commissioner for the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children might not flash across every Floridian's radar screen, but perhaps the man Gov. Rick Scott appointed for the job on Monday should.
Robert Buehn, 60, of Fleming Island, comes directly from the city of Jacksonville as its primary military liaison -- chief of military affairs.
Former Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton has said of Buehn, "His credentials and his competence should light up anybody's night sky."
Florida Schools Monitoring for Hispanics from Alabama
October 9, 2011 - 6:00pm
Mitt Romney Leads N.H. Poll as GOP Hopefuls Prepare to Debate
October 9, 2011 - 6:00pm
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