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Documentary Focuses on School Choice War

June 6, 2010 - 6:00pm

For years, the fight over whether to expand school choice in Florida has been a bitter struggle waged by lawmakers, teachers unions and parents.

But its only part of a larger national struggle to give economically disadvantaged parents opportunities to take their children out of failing schools and into schools they cant normally afford, according to a New York City-based documentary film due out this week.

A glimpse of the ugliness and of the battle for expanded school choice can be seen in screenings of The Lottery in two Florida cities today.

Sands to Crist: Extend Saltwater Fishing Renewal Deadlines

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 7, 2010 - 5:09pm

House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands, D-Weston, sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Crist asking him to extend the June 30 deadline for renewing saltwater products licenses for Florida fishermen.

Stressing the impact the oil spill in the Gulf has had on Floridas seafood industry, Sands called upon Crist to extend the deadline and pull the plug on permit fees.

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Possible 2012 Candidates Line Up Behind Rubio, Florida GOP

Kevin Derby

June 6, 2010 - 6:00pm

Past and potentially future presidential candidates are gearing up to head to the Sunshine State to help Florida Republicans -- and perhaps their own prospects for 2012.

On Monday, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the 2008 presidential candidate who has moved to Florida and become active backing Republicans across the Sunshine State, endorsed three more Florida Republicans in the 2010 elections. With these endorsements, Huckabee has now endorsed seven Republicans in Florida.

Rubio, ABC Assail Union 'Card Check'

Kenric Ward

June 6, 2010 - 6:00pm

Drawing a bright line between himself and his two likely opponents in the race for U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio on Monday attacked federal "card check" legislation.

I oppose card check and any efforts like the Employee Free Choice Act to tip labor law in favor of unions through binding federal arbitration. I am concerned by labor unions unrelenting campaign for card check, which would eliminate workers right to a secret ballot in unionization elections," Rubio, the Republican nominee, told a gathering of the Associated Builders and Contractors in Fort Lauderdale.

Countrywide Crackdown Means Cash for Florida Homeowners

Kenric Ward

June 6, 2010 - 6:00pm

Some 200,000 homeowners -- including thousands in Florida -- will share in a $108 million settlement announced Monday by the Federal Trade Commission.

Countrywide Home Loans, a subsidiary of Bank of America, agreed to pay to settle FTC charges that the company collected excessive fees from mortgage holders struggling to keep their homes.

Crist Advisers Wrangled Over Greer

Kenric Ward

June 6, 2010 - 6:00pm

Gov. Charlie Crist says he wasn't aware of Jim Greer's financial freelancing, but he apparently received plenty of input from two of his closest political advisers about the party boss.

Charlie Crist's Web Site No Longer 'Pro-Life/Pro-Family'

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 7, 2010 - 2:42pm

Florida Democratic Party officials think they know what Gov. Charlie Crist intends to do with HB 1443, the measure requiring women in Florida considering abortion in the first trimester to have an ultrasound. The Democrats just sent out a release noting that Crists U.S. Senate campaign Web site just got rid of the Pro-Life/Pro-Family bit of the site. Is this a head-fake by Crist or a sign of things to come?

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Tampa Bay Bucs' Glazers Owe $1.6 Billion

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 7, 2010 - 2:31pm

The BBC is reporting that the Glazer family has debts totaling $1.6 billion. The Glazer family, best known for owning the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, own shopping malls as well as the English Premier League Manchester United soccer team. This will certainly add to the speculation that the Glazers will not be able to control United for long -- and helps explain why Josh Freeman, Josh Johnson, Rudy Carpenter and Jevon Sneed are taking snaps for the Bucs.

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Jerry Holbert Cartoon

June 7, 2010 - 6:00pm

Ultrasound Measure Goes to Crist

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 7, 2010 - 2:20pm

The House Speakers office just sent out word that HB 1143 has gone to the governor. This is the measure requiring women considering an abortion in the first trimester to have an ultrasound. Gov. Charlie Crist has 15 days if he chooses to sign the measure.

In the meantime, the leadership of Florida Right to Life is going all out to encourage its supporters to contact Crist to support the bill.

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