Mike McCalister will be back in 2012.
The retired Army colonel, best known for his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination earlier in the year, has a website set up for a bid for the U.S. Senate election in 2012. McCalister, who lives in Plant City and teaches MBA courses at Everglades University, is best known for his surprising showing in the primary -- taking more than 10 percent of the vote against Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum.
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The Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, along with a number of news organizations and First Amendment advocates, issued letters Monday to Florida Chief Justice Charles P. Canady and Chief Judge Donald R. Moran of Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit, pushing for them to guarantee transparency and openness during foreclosure proceedings.
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Incoming Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, announced Monday that two bills targeted for veto overrides during Tuesday's special session have been taken off the schedule: HB 5611, which would move oversight of the Department of Management Services from the governor to the full Cabinet, and HB 5603, which would provide new measures to reduce workers' compensation prescription medication costs.
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Buried in an article by Mike Hall in the Topeka Capital-Journal on Bob Doles recovery from knee surgery is this little nugget:
From his hospital room, he was active in supporting several conservative candidates he believed in, including Charles Crist, who ran for a U.S. Senate seat from Florida as an independent. Dole told one reporter he extracted a promise that Crist would vote for Republican control of the Senate if elected.
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Tip of the hat to Bill Bledsoe from the Prohibition Party for bringing this one to my attention. James Moore, an attorney, will be doing performances at the Florida Chautauqua Assembly in January, as they offer "A Journey into Florida" in DeFuniak Springs. Moore will be playing the roles of two of Floridas most famous governors -- Andrew Jackson, who barely stuck around as military governor of the territory before hightailing it back to Tennessee, and Sidney Catts.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and is widely expected to do so again in 2012, joined the call to ban congressional earmarks on Monday, praising U.S. Jim DeMint of South Carolina for standing against them. Romney announced on Monday that he was going to set up a petition through the website of his Free and Strong America PAC.
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While he is currently engaged in a fight with U.S. Rep. Tom Price to see who takes over the Republican Policy Committee, the fifth man in charge of the Republican majority, U.S. Rep. Connie Mack from Florida, took aim at President Barack Obama on international issues on Monday.
Mack, the ranking Republican on the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, attacked Obama as news broke that drug lord Walid Makled-Garcia, who was arrested in Columbia back in August and faces charges in the U.S., could be headed to Venezuela instead of America.
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Florida's unemployment rate stands at 12 percent, but that won't be getting retailers down this holiday shopping season.
Florida Retail Federation CEO Rick McAllister pointed to increased consumer confidence and "frugality fatigue" among shoppers in giving an optimistic outlook for retailers' busiest season. U.S. retail sales are expected to increase 2.3 percent over last year, but McAllister predicts a 3 to 4 percent rise in Florida retail sales compared to last holiday season.
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With 40 new members taking their seats as the House convenes for a special session on Tuesday, incoming Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, named committee chairs on Monday morning, adding to his leadership team.
