January 23, 2011 - 6:00pm
Speaker Dean Cannon, Hero
Dean Cannon had the right stage and the right message, but whether the media heard him remains to be seen.
Florida Chamber of Commerce Leaders to Provide Immigration Perspective
Submitted by Anonymous on January 24, 2011 - 9:16am
A special Florida Senate panel conducting hearings on immigration issues will hear a presentation Monday by economic development professional Dale A. Brill.
Brill, who is president of the Florida Chamber Foundation, will discuss his report, "Immigration and Floridas Economy." He will be joined by Adam Babington, the Chamber's vice president of government affairs .
The meeting will start at 2:45 p.m. in the Pat Thomas Committee Room of the Knott Building.
Sunshine State News will provide full coverage.
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Ex-Cane Sam Shields Seals Deal for Packers in NFC Championship Win
Submitted by Anonymous on January 23, 2011 - 6:41pm
A former Miami Hurricane played a big role in the NFC Championship game Sunday.
No, it wasn't the Chicago Bears' speedy Devin Hester or tight end Greg Olsen. It was Green Bay Packers' safety Sam Shields, who intercepted two Chicago passes -- one just before halftime and one at the end of the game to seal Green Bay's 21-14 victory.
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Washington Week
January 22, 2011 - 6:00pm
Health care repeal passes the House; Senate action unlikely. This is the type of headline and news crawl that has been flying around D.C. ever since the vote of 245-189 was announced in the House of Representatives last Wednesday evening.
Tea Partiers Put a 'Bigtime Spanking' on Insiders in Weekend GOP Elections
Submitted by Nancy Smith on January 23, 2011 - 11:45am
Here's a turnaround.
Where the Republican Party of Florida elected traditional insider Dave Bitner as its chairman two weeks ago, three of four states voting for GOP chairmen Saturday went instead for tea party candidates.
Compare Bitner, a Jefferson County state committeeman who served as the District 71 state representative from 19922000, with these three tea partiers:
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Watch Out! Obama in State of the Union Address: I Want to Spend More
Submitted by Nancy Smith on January 22, 2011 - 11:02am
President Barack Obama apparently has no intention of listening to 2010's victorious Republicans in Congress who continue to call for dramatic budget cuts.
A story in Saturday's Wall Street Journal by Damian Paletta, Jonathan Weisman and Laura Meckler reports Obama is going to drop a spending-spree bombshell on the American public in Tuesday night's State of the Union address.
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MSNBC Airs Final Show with Keith Olbermann
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 21, 2011 - 11:09pm
In an abrupt and unexpected ending, fiery liberal political pundit Keith Olbermann said farewell to his audience Friday night. MSNBC confirmed they terminated their contract with Olbermann, and Olbermann hinted that he had only been told earlier that day.
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Why Everything Starts with Repeal
January 21, 2011 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Suppose someone -- say, the president of United States -- proposed the following: We are drowning in debt. More than $14 trillion right now. I've got a great idea for deficit reduction. It will yield a savings of $230 billion over the next 10 years: We increase spending by $540 billion while we increase taxes by $770 billion.
Rick Scott: Jobs on the Way, and Other Recaps from the Week
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 21, 2011 - 7:36pm
In his weekly radio address, disseminated via YouTube, Gov. Rick Scott says he's already making progress on bringing in jobs. This week he welcomed Vision Airlines to Destin and the tens of thousands of tourists to the state each month. He says the new airline will create 4,000 jobs in the state, though he didn't specify how many would be new hires by Vision, and how many would come from the bolstered tourism industry.
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Florida TaxWatch Gives Thumb's Up to New DMS Secretary
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 21, 2011 - 7:17pm
The leaders of Florida TaxWatch praised Gov. Rick Scott for naming Jack Miles to lead the Department of Management Services (DMS).
Florida taxpayers should be encouraged that Gov. Scott identified and successfully recruited Secretary Miles, a business leader with more than 30 years of cost-cutting contract and procurement experience, said Marshall Criser III, who is the chairman of the groups board of trustees.
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