With rumors swirling through Florida political circles that Gov. Charlie Crist intends to abandon the Republican Party, Crist shared a stage Wednesday with Attorney General Bill McCollum, frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, at an event commemorating crime victims.
Attorney General Bill McCollum is not exactly the most expressive of politicians, but this mornings commemoration of National Crime Victims Rights Week revealed a bit of his emotional side. McCollum was beaming with pride when Lt. Michael Baute of the Attorney Generals Child Predator CyberCrime Unit was honored with a Distinguished Victim Services Award.
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This is the week Florida recognizes crime victims' rights. How fitting that Lauren Book-Lim should complete her 500 mile walk to the Capitol this week (See that story here).
Also, fitting that the top lawyer in the state should host a ceremony of commemoration for victims. It got under way at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Capitol.
Attorney General Bill McCollum will recognize law enforcement officers and victims' advocates for their efforts on behalf of crime victims.
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It looks like Gov. Charlie Crist could announce his departure from the GOP to run as an independent any day now.
Besides his recent dialogue change, from having "no intention" of running as an independent, to considering it based on "what the people of Florida want," Crist has also removed any reference to the GOP from his site.
In an e-mail, long-time friend and supporter Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples pointed out the observation and resigned from the Crist campaign.
Read excerpts from his e-mail below:
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Age: 60
Residence: Naples
Time in the Legislature: 4 years
Political Affiliation: Republican
Spouse: Diana
Children: Robert, Elizabeth, Melissa
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I wanted to make my parents proud of me, no matter what it was I did for a living, I wanted them to be proud.
Sen. Mike Haridopolos
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House Speaker Larry Cretul endorsed Marco Rubios candidacy for U.S. Senate on Tuesday ripping into Gov. Charlie Crist as a politician ready to do just about anything to preserve his political ambitions.
Private property insurers might as well abandon their slim hopes for permission from the state to raise their rates, at least for the remainder of this legislative session.
A Senate challenge to Gov. Charlie Crists vow to defeat any measure to raise residential property insurance rates was halted by its sponsor Tuesday.
Two days, right in a row, mark anniversaries of tragedies. Yesterday, OKC Bombing. Today, Columbine...
High school sucked. Period. It sucked for almost everyone. Even the popular crowd, the jocks, the hipsters, the artists, it didn't matter: Everybody battled their own demons in those days, just as they battle them now.
Only back then, demons weren't insurance bills or car payments or rent. Demons were other people. But the most powerful ones were our own insecurities, which are far bigger, meaner, and more crippling than any one person can be.
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