September 26, 2010 - 6:00pm
The demise of a Bradenton Bank carries the fingerprints of state Sen. Mike Bennett.
Rep. Posey Wants a House Panel to Review Reams of Anti-Business Regs
Submitted by Anonymous on September 27, 2010 - 3:31pm
Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, has introduced legislation to establish a House committee with the sole purpose of reviewing federal regulations that trample on businesses and kill jobs.
House Resolution 1649 would target regulations thatforce businesses and local governments to pick up the costs of regulatory red tape.
In the last 14 years, 53,000 rules have been issued by federal bureaucrats and thus far only one has been blocked by Congress, Posey said. Federal regulatory mandates cost the average small business about $7,647 per employee."
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Wife Springs to Webster's Defense in Face of Grayson's 'Taliban Dan' Ad
Submitted by Anonymous on September 27, 2010 - 3:22pm
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's jihadi-toned TV ad against Dan Webster -- using a Webster voice-over that repeats "Submit to me" to cast aspersions on the former GOP state senator's conservative social views -- drew rebukes today.
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Political Bits and Pieces
September 26, 2010 - 6:00pm
While Florida Republican George LeMieux is in the final months of his appointed stint to the U.S. Senate, he continues to play a prominent role in Washington.
Adjusters Strike Gold in Florida Sinkholes
September 26, 2010 - 6:00pm
Becalmed by a string of relatively uneventful hurricane seasons, a growing army of claims adjusters has found lucrative work ... in sinkholes.
Rick Scott, Alex Sink Called on to Save Tax-Credit Scholarship Program
September 26, 2010 - 6:00pm
Some educators across the state are worried that all the gubernatorial candidates' talk of tax cuts for businesses might mean the demise of the corporate tax scholarship program.
Herman Cain 2012?
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 27, 2010 - 2:14pm
Add another name to the growing list of possible Republican presidential candidates in 2012 -- former Godfathers Pizza CEO Herman Cain, one of the leading African-American conservatives in the nation. Cain pops up on Fox News on occasion and ran in the Republican primary in the U.S. Senate election in Georgia back in 2004. Cain placed a distant second in the primary behind Johnny Isakson who went on to win the seat.
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Pam Bondi Says She Will Crack Down on Fraud if Elected
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 27, 2010 - 1:43pm
Former Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi, the Republican nominee for attorney general, focused on fraud on Monday -- maintaining that she is ready to handle Medicaid fraud and mortgage fraud matters.
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Poll: Rachel Maddow or Bill O'Reilly for Election News? (Many) More Americans Like Fox News -- Period
Submitted by Nancy Smith on September 27, 2010 - 1:03pm
Rachel Maddow? What's a Rachel Maddow?
Sorry, MSNBC, apparently not many folks could pick your liberal show-host out of an anchor chair, let alone a crowd.
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ABC News Blog: 'Support for Gov. Charlie Crist has Started to Collapse'
Submitted by Anonymous on September 27, 2010 - 12:42pm
Amy Walter blogged today on abc.com that Charlie Crist is fading in the U.S. Senate race.
Pounding another nail in the guv's political coffin, Walter cited recent polling that shows Republican Marco Rubio holding a substantial lead in the three-way contest.
We could say, "We told you so." A Sunshine State News Poll three weeks ago was the first to show Rubio with a double-digit edge.
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