COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The popular wisdom that opposites attract is true in both romance and politics.
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The popular wisdom that opposites attract is true in both romance and politics.
Gulfstream, the same race track leading the charge in the Legislature to collect an additional $45 million in revenue to boost prize purses, is the very track leading the charge among pari-mutuel owners to rip off the state of tax revenue.
Something, by the way, that's been going on for at least 10 years and probably longer.
And what an easy heist it's been for the tracks.
Voters in South Carolina and Nevada went to the polls on Saturday as the presidential nomination contests continue.
After a weak showing in South Carolina, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., bowed out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday night.
The Florida Legislature saw many casualties this week, but guns fired to the top of the losses during the 2016 legislative session, with several big bills being sent to the chopping block in Tallahassee.
Members, bills are dying.
Those four words --- or something like them --- have long been used by legislative committee chairmen and presiding officers to try to get lawmakers to focus on the task at hand or to move quickly through contentious agendas. The line also happens to fit what starts happening as the session enters its second half.
Hillary Clinton is bringing her email scandal to Miami. Far be it from me to question the wisdom of such a move. It's her campaign after all.
Dan Webster is looking like he will be heading northwest in the aftermath of the latest round of congressional redistricting.