March 4, 2010 - 6:00pm
Strawberry lovers have reason to rue the cold temperatures that plagued Florida this winter.
Pitching for America
March 4, 2010 - 6:00pm
It was Father's Day, 1964, when the Phillies' Jim Bunning, a father of seven, took the mound against the Mets.
Ninety pitches later, Bunning had struck out 10 and allowed not one batter to reach first base. Twenty-seven up, 27 down. The first perfect game in 86 years in the National League, and the finest hour of the Hall of Famer's baseball career.
Alice in Medical Care: Part IV
March 4, 2010 - 6:00pm
Some years ago, one of my favorite doctors retired. On my last visit to his office, he took some time to explain to me why he was retiring early and in good health.
Being a doctor was becoming more of a hassle as the years went by, he said, and also less fulfilling. It was becoming more of a hassle because of the increasing paperwork, and it was less fulfilling because of the way patients came to him.
He was currently being asked to Xerox lots of records from his files, in order to be reimbursed for another patient he was treating. He said it just wasn't worth it. Whoever was paying-- it might have been an insurance company or the government-- would either pay him or not, he said, but he wasn't going to jump through all those hoops.
Promise Kept: Saunders Gets Cruz on Government Operations Appropriations Committee
Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 5, 2010 - 5:01pm
When Janet Cruz, D-Tampa, won the special election for the 58th district House seat, during the victory party, incoming Democratic House leader Ron Saunders, D-Key West, promised that he would try to put her on an appropriations committee.
Saunders delivered. House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, named Cruz to the Government Operations Appropriation Committee as well as to the Elder & Family Services Policy Committee and the Governmental Affairs Policy Committee.
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The Bill McCollum Party
March 4, 2010 - 6:00pm
We're two weeks into the BIG change in the Republian Party of Florida -- the election of Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, as chairman of the RPOF. So, how is the states GOP boss doing?
Attorney General Bill McCollum is doing quite well, thank you.
It was McCollum who decided the party could no longer afford to keep party chairman Jim Greer, following media revelations that party funds may have been mishandled. And, it was McCollum who enlisted the help of Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, and Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, when it came time to ease a reluctant and combative Greer out the door.
Haridopolos Pans Redistricting Amendments
March 4, 2010 - 6:00pm
Two constitutional amendments that would change how the state redraws its legislative and congressional districts could turn Florida into Lawsuit City, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, told reporters at a demonstration of state redistricting practices Friday.
Posey Blasts Obama on Outer Space
Submitted by Anonymous on March 5, 2010 - 10:28am
Led by U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, Floridas congressional delegation sent a letter to President Barack Obama assailing the administration's proposed 2011 budget for NASA.
The lawmakers' letter expressed concern that the plan NASA has laid out fails to provide a manageable transition of the workforce and is likely to repeat the mistakes that plagued Florida at the end of the Apollo program which resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs and serious adverse economic hardships for the state.
There's been no love lost between the president and the Brevard County Republican, who's been branded a "birther" for his early, persistent questioning of Obama's birth certificate -- or lack thereof. Posey has introduced legislation that would require all future presidents to submit a verified copy of their birth certificate as a condition of taking office.
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Redistricting: Not Rocket Science… More like an advanced law degree
Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 5, 2010 - 10:20am
Today Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Melbourne, led a workshop allowing reporters and editorial staff from the papers to give redistricting a shot.
In mid-February, Ellen Freidin, chairman of FairDistricts Florida, told law makers lines could be drawn that would avoid giving incumbents and political parties an advantage, and also avoid hurting minority representation. Its not rocket science, she said, but failed to give specific answers on exactly how to do it.
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Maybe Not This Year for Class-Size Changes
March 3, 2010 - 6:00pm
A state constitutional amendment that would loosen class-size restrictions is headed to the Senate floor. And, Senate Democrats arent happy about it.
Lawmakers Have Rx for Shady Clinics
March 4, 2010 - 6:00pm
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 4, 2009 Retirees arent the only group rushing to South Florida as a flood of addicts head south to get their drugs, legally and with a doctors prescription.
A wave of people have headed to Broward and Miami-Dade counties with cash in hand to buy a cornucopia of legally prescribed drugs including Oxycontin and other opiates. The result is that prescription medication deaths far outnumber those from illegal drugs.
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