When Frederica Wilson won Kendrick Meek's former congressional seat last November, she set in motion a special election for two legislative seats. And that election is set for Tuesday in South Florida.
A scheduled vote on a bill that would change the rates of unemployment compensation taxes and the way jobless claims are paid out was postponed in a state Senate committee meeting Monday.
Gov. Rick Scott unveiled "Florida's first jobs budget" Monday, calling for more than $5 billion in spending cuts and pledging to return $2 billion to taxpayers.
Today, Im proud to present Floridas first jobs budget. A budget that is designed to reduce state spending, lower taxes and hold your government accountable.
Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his budget Monday at a tea party event in Eustis, touting his $65.8 billion budget proposal as a "jobs budget."
Here are some of Scott's prepared remarks:
"When I ran for governor, I offered Floridians a specific, detailed plan -- seven steps to 700,000 jobs in seven years.
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Rich Lowry over at National Review has a piece up calling for former Gov. Jeb Bush to enter the 2012 presidential race. Lowry lists out eight reasons why Bush should run in 2012 and 2016 which seems to be the former governors plan.
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David Drucker over at Roll Call has an interesting political tidbit -- U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will be sitting outof the Republican presidential primary and will not back any of the leading potential candidates. According to Druckers article, Rubio, who backed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in 2008, will wait to endorse any of the candidates.
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Bob Riley 2012?
Charles Dean from the Birmingham News reports the former Alabama governor is kicking over throwing his name in the hat for what is shaping up to be a crowded battle for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 -- and a familiar face from Florida is encouraging him to jump in.
One important opinion leader and player on the national political stage encouraging Riley to run is Joe Scarborough, noted Dean in the article. More below:
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Justin Sayfie, I apologize. I wanted to call you my hero in the headline, but I didn't get a chance to run it by Lucy Morgan first.
E-mail advisories from tea party and 9/12 groups say protesters are expected at Gov. Rick Scott's budget unveiling in Eustis on Monday.
"Protest groups have already contacted the city asking where they will be allowed," one e-mail stated. "It would be good to remind folks that we should not engage them, and let's have plenty of our own signs."
Describing the security measures in place at the First Baptist Church, where Scott is scheduled to speak at 1:30 p.m., a 9/12 organizer explained:
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