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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee weighed in on the coming congressional battle over earmarks. Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and may do so again in 2012, called for banning earmarks for the next 20 years.
Another big battle is brewing over earmarks; this is going to be a big issue for conservatives who want earmarks banned, said Huckabee, who moved to Florida earlier in the year. Some members argue that it would be an unconstitutional limit on Congress' power to spend money.
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David Caton and the Florida Family Association (FFA) are not just going after Kodak for running commercials on DeGrassi: The Next Generation (will DeGrassi: Deep Space Nine be next?) on Teen Nick. The FFA states on its website that Teen Nick show targets teens with gay propaganda and other immoral behavior and the Teen Nick channel is airing the show DeGrassi: The Next Generation which is loaded with high-risk behavior. The theme of DeGrassi revolves around Riley Stavros, the high school football teams first string quarterback and his homosexual lifestyle.
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Will Michelle Rhee, the former Washington, D.C., schools chief, be Florida's next commissioner of education?
That's the scuttlebutt in Tallahassee.
Though current commissioner Eric Smith says he has no plans to step down, incoming Gov. Rick Scott is said to be courting Rhee, an aggressive reformer who took on the teachers' union in a campaign to clean up one of the most dysfunctional school systems in America.
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A veto override planned by Floridas Republican legislative leaders is driving a wedge between major GOP donors, with business groups and health care giants Wednesday renewing their fight over a prescription drug bill.
Saying they "can think of no better symbol of wasteful and unnecessary spending than passenger rail in all its forms," 29 tea party and patriot groups are asking incoming Gov. Rick Scott to scrap rail projects in Florida.
In a letter to Scott on Thursday, the Florida Liberty Alliance stated:
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Some 30 tea party groups will meet in Tallahassee on Tuesday as the Legislature convenes its one-day special session.
Calling it the first statewide gathering of tea partiers in Florida, Henry Kelley, head of the Fort Walton Beach Tea Party, said groups will be coming from Tampa, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Gainesville and dozens of small counties throughout the state.
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