Gov. Rick Scott appointed more members to his staff Friday, adding second-in-commands for his chief of staff, director of communications, general counsels, and naming Melinda Miguel as chief inspector general.
Here is the release from his office:
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While the RNC met in Washington Friday to determine who would be its next leader and the RPOF convenes this weekend in Orlando to determine who will replace outgoing chairman Sen. John Thrasher of Jacksonville, former Gov. Jeb Bush kicked off the Hispanic Action Network to help the GOP reach out to those voters.
The campaign to promote high-speed rail has rolled out a website, with a goal of recruiting "100,000 pro-transit Floridians."
The Florida Public Transportation Association's "IM4Transit" project is seeking "partners" to advance its efforts, and is offering $25 Publix gift cards to the first 100 people who recruit 50 friends to join up.
Check out the site here.
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Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, released a video on Thursday afternoon offering his thoughts on the Senates activities this week. In the video, which clocks under two minutes, Gardiner focused on committee work on immigration reform, fiscal issues and efforts to help the state recover from the oil spill. Gardiner promised there will be more video updates in the future.
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Ken Connor, best known to Floridians for heading up the states Christian Coalition and running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination back in 1994, weighed in on the tragedy that occurred in Arizona last week. Connor, formerly head of the Family Research Council and now with the Center for a Just Society, released an essay on the incident on Friday morning.
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No surprise on this one as Politico ran a story late on Thursday that Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, confirmed that he was planning to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.
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Want a laugh? A couple of legislators are trying to tell us if we want better government, we have to keep them in office longer.
More good policies? More of them.
The day that President Obama departed for Arizona to address the nation on the Tucson massacre, Washington was abuzz.
Property tax breaks, unemployment compensation, corporate incentives and a revenue cap proposal favored by the Senate president will be among a handful of high-priority items to be addressed by the House Finance and Taxation Committee this session, its chairman said Thursday.
Responding to NASA's claim that it cannot build a new rocket under the time and budget constraints, congressional members say they won't take no for an answer.
"The production of a heavy-lift rocket and capsule is not optional. It's the law," U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and three other members of the Senate Commerce Committee said in a joint statement.
Earlier, NASA told Congress that a Dec. 31, 2016 target date could not be achieved.
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