Having garnered the endorsements of former Gov. Jeb Bush and the Associated Builders & Contractors of Florida in March, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam reported that he raised $280,000 in the first quarter of 2010 for his campaign to become the states next agriculture and consumer services commissioner. Putnam has now raised over $1.2 million for the campaign. With Sen. Carey Baker, R-Eustis, having ended his campaign earlier in the year, Putnam faces no opposition in the Republican primary.
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Being the Sunshine State, Florida is prime real estate for solar power, but energy experts say more fertile fields -- and bigger job generators -- can be found in the ground.
"There's huge untapped potential," says Mike Antheil, executive director of the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy.
The House passed a 3 day sales tax holiday running from August 13 until August 15 without opposition. During that time, books, clothes, shoes and bookbags under $50 and school supplies under $10 would be exempt from sales tax.
We have record unemployment, record foreclosures, record drops in property prices and record deficits, said Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, who introduced the bill. The people of Florida need tax relief and they need it now.
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is taking advantage of the Congressional recess to focus on his bid to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. While Meek will be focusing on jobs during this campaign swing, he is making a stop on Wednesday in Orlando to talk to the Florida Baptist Convention Political Forum.
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"Anti-Catholicism," said writer Peter Viereck, "is the anti-Semitism of the intellectual." It is "the deepest-held bias in the history of the American people," said Arthur Schlesinger Sr.
If there was any doubt that hatred of and hostility toward the Catholic Church persists, it was removed by the mob that has arisen howling "Resign!" at Pope Benedict XVI.
Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, addressed more than 30 realtors from Marion and Alachua Counties in the House chamber early this afternoon, and he addressed a number of issues.
Cretul offered an assessment of future challenges, reminding the audience that the end of the federal stimulus funding would leave a $5 billion hole in the Florida budget. Asked about the impact of the federal health-care legislation passed last month, Cretul said that the new law would cost Floridians $1.5 billion a year initially before leveling to $1 billion thereafter.
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Did someone misplace their lawmaker handbook?
The Senate session was riddled with confusion this morning, as some members found themselves befuddled by the process of grafting the Senate and House budgets together in advance of next week's budget conference. The procedural process on the Senate floor today takes House appropriations bills not on the Senate's proposed budget plan and transfers them onto the Senate plan, unchanged.
No substantive action is taken. That's left for the conference sessions next week.
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While our reporter and videographer Lane Wright attempted to interview a teacher, a woman swooped in and whispered in the teacher's ear.
Teacher: OK.
Reporter: I'm sorry, was that anything to do with this interview?
Voice off camera: Yep.
Reporter: Was she coaching you on what to say?
Teacher: (Laughs).
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