Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, chimed in on the Tallahassee Taj Mahal -- the courthouse being erected on the outskirts of Tallahassee which cost almost $50 million. Haridopolos demanded Secretary Linda South resign her post at the Department of Management Services over the finding of an audit released by state CFO Alex Sink earlier in the week.
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Speaking to the Florida Farm Bureau, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, the Republican candidate for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, released his plan on Thursday for the future of farming in Florida.
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Judge Roy Moore --who previously served as the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court before being removed due to his refusal to follow a federal judges order to take away a monument of the Ten Commandments from a state courthouse -- is headed to Iowa, the site of the first presidential caucus.
While Moores name has generated buzz about a possible presidential bid before, he is going to Iowa to help opponents of three members of that states Supreme Court who backed giving marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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Just about everyone is offering financial advice these days. Heres the iconic Mr. T on Bloomberg Television on Wednesday telling us to invest in gold. He can't offer any worse advice than Phillies great Lenny Dykstra did.
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Ahead by double digits in the polls, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race, is about to get some help from a prominent Washington conservative -- Gary Bauer, best known for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 and for leading the Family Research Council during the 1990s.
Bauer, who has led the Campaign for Working Families PAC since 1996 and currently serves as its chairman, announced on Thursday that he was running ads targeting 10 key races across the country. The ads will cost the PAC more than $1 million.
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Ahead by double digits in the polls, former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race, is about to get some help from a prominent Washington conservative -- Gary Bauer, best known for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 and for leading the Family Research Council during the 1990s.
In what could become a conservative cult classic, "I Want Your Money" opens in theaters Friday.
According to the film's promotional announcement:
"Combining in-depth interviews, fiery criticism and politically charged animated sequences, 'I Want Your Money' is a no-holds-barred critique of the vast expansion of the federal government under the Obama administration and Democratic Congress."
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A new poll shows Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello, in deep trouble in Florida's 2nd Congressional District.
Republican Steve Southerland leads Boyd by a whopping 56-30 in a survey released today by P.M.I., Inc., a polling firm out of Marianna.
Two other conservative NPA candidates, Paul McKain and Dianne Berryhill, garnered 8 percent and 6 percent respectively, according to the survey of 1,224 likely voters in the North Florida district.
Based on these results, pollster Jerry Dorchuck said the theme of this race could be "Bye-bye, Boyd-ie."
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According to a Wall Street Journal report, mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are looking into work done by the David J. Stern law firm on their behalf. The firm is currently being investigated by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for creating false documents or forging data in order to hastily process foreclosure paperwork.
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Overshadowed by high profile governor and Senate races, and a couple of controversial constitutional amendments, the race to become Floridas chief financial officer has largely flown below the election-year radar.
