As politicians position themselves for the 2010 elections, sure as the sun comes up in the morning, the ones who hold office will try to use this legislative session to attract attention and lure as much support as they can.
Creating jobs will be the focus of much of the 2010 legislative session.
Here's a look at the omnibus bill from Sen. Don Gaetz's Select Committee on Florida's Economy (draft 4-01009A), which would aid Florida employers in job creation, with particular emphasis on smaller businesses.
CORPORATE TAX: Gov. Charlie Crist wants to lower the business tax from 5.4 percent to 4 percent. Business leaders say that's a good start, but more can be done.
UNEMPLOYMENT TAX: Under a deal struck by Republican legislative leaders and leading business groups, lawmakers hope to delay most of the pain for two years.
While he is not getting much attention for his efforts, U.S.Rep. Kendrick Meek, the likely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, released an op-ed calling the Obama administrations budget cuts to the space program unacceptable. While originally run earlier in the month, the column was carried again today.
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A few weeks ago President Barrack Obama announced his plan for NASA and boy was it a shocker!
After promising -- twice -- during his campaign to preserve Americas space program, the president demonstrated an unfortunate lack of vision for the future of manned space flights. He proved his rhetoric was as hollow as his promises -- mere attempts to woo the people of the Space Coast so that he could win their votes for his election.
Former state Senate President Tom Lee is back in the public eye and thats not exactly good news for his fellow Republicans. Last night, Lee told the Hillsborough County League of Women Voters that the party is at an all-time low and that Gov. Crist will have a tough time rebuilding party morale. Lee also took issue with the Republicans naming stateRep.
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President Barack Obama says he's committed to keeping American jobs, but don't tell that to anxious workers waiting for the ax to fall at Kennedy Space Center.
To put into perspective all that has happened since Florida entered the Union 165 years ago, consider this: After the president signed the Statehood Act on March 3, 1845, it took five days for the news to reach Tallahassee and 10 days for a copy of the act to be delivered to the state Capitol. Today, we can cross the country in mere hours and receive information almost instantly from around the globe, even from space.
Marco Rubio stated that he would release his RPOF credit card expenses if other GOP leaders did the same thing. Unfortunately for Rubio, his got released for him.
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