January 4, 2011 - 6:00pm
So How Many People Were at the Inauguration Anyway?
Submitted by Anonymous on January 5, 2011 - 9:31am
Widely reported estimates in the mainstream media pegged the crowd at Gov. Rick Scott's inauguration ceremony at 3,000.
Observers polled by Sunshine State News peg the figure at closer to 5,000.
"There were people as far as the eye could see," said one attendee.
If the media low-balled the crowd estimate, it's hardly surprising. The establishmentarian press underestimated Scott from day one. And, as Alex Sink duly noted during the campaign, not one Florida newspaper endorsed him. They're not about to see straight now.
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Immigration-Fueled U.S. Population Growth Comes at a Cost
Submitted by Anonymous on January 5, 2011 - 8:32am
Although news reports enthused that Florida will gain two congressional seats due to population gains over the past decade, the U.S. Census carried more sobering side effects.
Thanks to immigration, which accounted for three-quarters of the nation's population increase, the 27.3 million additional U.S. residents was exceeded by only two other decades in American history.
Going forward, the United States is on track to add 130 million more people in just the next 40 years -- nearly doubling the current population.
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In WSJ: Bondi Predicts More States Will Join Fight Against Obamacare
Submitted by Anonymous on January 5, 2011 - 7:27am
Picking up where her predecessor left off, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi carries the fight against the Obama health-care law in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.
In an op-ed article, Bondi predicts that more states will join the constitutional battle as new attorneys general take office. Florida and 19 other states have challenged Obamacare in court.
Read Bondi's article here.
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War in the Mideast -- on Christians
January 4, 2011 - 6:00pm
Our national media elite reviewed 2010 with great sorrow for how America has besmirched itself in the eyes of the world with its "seething hatred" of Muslims. CBS anchor Katie Couric announced on her Internet show that there wasn't enough evaluation of "this bigotry toward 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide" which was "so misdirected, and so wrong -- and so disappointing."
Scott Freezes Regulations, Requires E-Verify
January 4, 2011 - 6:00pm
State agencies are prohibited from making new rules without the approval of a new governors office on regulations that will also go back over every state contract over $1 million, under an executive order signed by Gov. Rick Scott Tuesday shortly after he took office.
Video: They Don't Do Inaugurations Like They Used To
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 4, 2011 - 6:59pm
The more things change
Rick Scott is not the first governor in Floridas history to come to office without political experience. Claude Kirk, who appeared at the dais at the inauguration on Tuesday, did not hold office before winning the gubernatorial election in 1966. Sidney Catts, who was elected governor in 1916 when he was the Prohibition Party candidate, was also a political novice when he took power.
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Rick Scott Holds an Open House
January 3, 2011 - 6:00pm
On March 4, 1829, the newly inaugurated President Andrew Jackson held an open house event at the White House -- leading to a mob of around 20,000 celebrating his election and running Old Hickory out of his new home. While open house events at the White House ended during Grover Clevelands first term, newly inaugurated Florida governors continue to hold open houses in the governors mansion in Tallahassee.
Out of Office a Few Hours, Charlie Crist Talks Politics on CNN
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 4, 2011 - 6:15pm
Charlie Crist has only been out of the governors mansion for a few hours -- and he shows no signs of going away. Crist appeared on Tuesday afternoon on The Situation Room hosted by Wolf Blitzer on CNN.
Crist expressed no remorse over leaving the Republican Party to run with no party affiliation in the U.S. Senate race, despite losing the race.
When asked what party he was currently in, Crist stressed that he remained outside the parties. Im a very happy independent, said Crist.
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Allen West to Join Congressional Black Caucus
Submitted by Kevin Derby on January 4, 2011 - 5:48pm
Allen West is about to join Congress -- and the Congressional Black Caucus.
Sources told Sunshine State News that there will be an announcement on Wednesday, and West will become the only Republican member of the caucus.
West had said on Sunday that he was still interested in joining the group. He will be the first Republican to be a member in more than a decade.
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