With so many candidates and so many high-profile races, business leaders attending the annual Associated Industries of Florida conference in Orlando say they're having a hard time trying to decide who to spend their money on.
On Tuesday night, with less than three weeks until the primary elections, four of the six candidates running to be Floridas next attorney general spoke at a candidates forum sponsored by the Tallahassee Bar Association.
Both of the Democratic candidates in the race, Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach and Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres, attended the event. So did former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson who is running for the Republican nomination. Former Assistant State Attorney Jim Lewis, who is running as an independent, was also in attendance.
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With less than three weeks until the primaries, four of the six attorney general candidates compared their passion, defined their positions on immigration law and generally pitched their strengths to become the voice of the law in Florida for the next four years.
They both believe boosting jobs and improving transportation along the Interstate 4 corridor are key issues for Floridas 12th District. They also agree on states' rights when it comes to protecting our borders from the flood of illegal immigrants and shielding Floridians from health insurance mandates coming down from Washington bureaucrats.
The fate of several proposed constitutional amendments lies with the Florida Supreme Court after six of nine proposals set for the November ballot wound up facing legal challenges.
High among the blunders of history was the "blank cheque" Kaiser Wilhelm gave Vienna, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, to deal with the Serbs as they saw fit.
Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, filed a request with Attorney General Bill McCollum on Tuesday to see what Floridas options were in passing stricter measures regarding illegal immigration now that a federal judge has struck down parts of Arizonas SB 1070 law.
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With incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, launching his tour across the state on Wednesday to focus on Medicaid and health-care matters, Executive Vice President Timothy J. Stapleton of the Florida Medical Association (FMA) praised the senator for taking on these issues.
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Former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox, the Democratic candidate for the state Agriculture and Consumer Services commissioner race, blasted U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam, his Republican rival, over issues arising from the oil spill in the Gulf.
Maddox targeted Putnam for opposing a measure in the U.S. House that would end the $75 million liability limit on oil spill damages as well as his past support of drilling. Maddox also fired away at Putnam for not filing a measure to stop BP from getting a $10 billion tax write-off for its expenses incombating the oil spill.
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