Looking to revitalize an industry badly damaged by the economic downturn, the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) launched a new website Tuesday to serve as a storehouse of information for contractors and construction workers in the Sunshine State.
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate election, expressed his disappointment on Tuesday to 43 senators -- 41 Republicans and two Democrats -- mounting a succesful filibuster to a defense appropriations bill which contained amendments to repeal the dont ask, dont tell policy on gays serving in the armed forces and the DREAM act. Meek also took the opportunity to take a shot at Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running in the race without party affiliation, as well as U.S. Sen.
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A federal plan to tighten ozone rules would more than quadruple the number of Florida counties in violation of air-quality standards and smother 47,769 jobs statewide, industry reports say.
While U.S. Sen. George LeMieux is leaving Washington in a few months, the Sunshine State Republican continues to make more of an impression in the Capitol than most appointed senators.
Opposed to Democrats adding the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors act (DREAM act) to a defense appropriations bill and another attempt to change the militarys dont ask, dont tell on gays being allowed to serve, LeMieux came out swinging on Tuesday, arguing that the measure needed to be stripped of any provisions that had nothing to do with military matters.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to Florida earlier in the year after making a spirited bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, has been active in helping politicians in the Sunshine State -- and on Tuesday, he unleashed action-movie legend and longtime backer Chuck Norris to raise money for HuckPAC, his leadership group.
Norris was a vocal backer of Huckabees presidential campaign in 2008, and looks ready to help out if the former Arkansas governor makes another bid for the Republican nod in 2012.
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The Florida Professional Firefighters, backed by the International Association of Firefighters and the AFL-CIO, endorsed Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, over Republican nominee Pam Bondi.
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With the terms of Nancy Argenzenio and Nathan Skop ending on the Public Service Commission, Gov. Charlie Crist announced his choices to replace them -- West Palm Beach Assistant City Administrator Eduardo Balbis and Tampa-based attorney and Realtor Julie Brown.
An environmental engineer by training, Balbis also served on the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council -- experience that Crist said would help him on the PSC.
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Florida Libertarian Party Chairman J.J. McCurry has stepped down for personal reasons and Vice Chairman Vicki Kirkland has taken the helm of the state's fifth largest political party.*
Though McCurry has taken heat from various factions of the highly fractious party this campaign season, U.S. Senate candidate Alex Snitker said there was no coup d'etat at Libertarian headquarters.
Kirkland confirmed that account and said she expects to hold the chairmanship until May, when the party's annual convention elects new officers.
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While prominent Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson of Tallahassee and Rep. Yolly Roberson of North Miami Beach have endorsed Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation for the U.S. Senate, the governor still has a few friends left in the Republican ranks.
