The St. Pete Times is a little behind the times. A blog posted Friday related:
"Palm Beach County Republican Party chairman Sid Dinerstein plans to ask the state GOP's executive committee [Saturday] to pass a resolution calling on Gov. Rick Scott to call a special legislative session ... to pass an E-Verify immigration bill."
That idea was addressed by the governor himself in a Sunshine State News interview last Tuesday -- and he said no.
Here's our question and Scott's answer:
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Ethnic tensions bubbled to the surface in Miami-Dade's mayoral race as non-Spanish speaking candidates complained they were excluded from a debate this week.
The debate, broadcast by Spanish language TV channel Univision, included just four of 11 candidates. Univision said it had invited the top four fund-raisers -- Jose "Pepe" Cancio, Carlos Gimenez, Marcelo Llorente and Julio Robaina -- all of whom are Spanish speakers. The seven other candidates who were not invited are not Hispanic.
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Before being elected as state CFO in 2010, Jeff Atwater served as the state Senate president -- so its no surprise that he is backing current state Senate President Mike Haridopolos in the Republican primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.
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Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso May 10 was an exercise in electioneering and hypocrisy. Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about "politicians" blocking comprehensive immigration bills, he was one of them himself.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- This summer, the huge Boeing assembly plant here will begin producing 787 Dreamliners -- up to three a month, priced at $185 million apiece. It will, unless the National Labor Relations Board, controlled by Democrats and encouraged by Barack Obama's reverberating silence, gets its way.
Contrary to Charlie Sheen-esque claims of a "winning" legislative session, Republicans settled for a watered-down compromise on public pension reform and punted on other key labor issues.
Bad news, Floridians. Scientists have no plans for exterminating those greasy love bugs that are splattering your car grill and windshield.
The seasonal swarms of plecia nearctica have been particularly heavy in South Florida, where the moisture-seeking bugs have been hydrated.
But, according to experts at the University of Florida, this year's first crop -- a second typically emerges in August or September -- is no worse and no bigger than usual.
