SAMPLE BALLOT TODAY….SHOWS…..
IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY….
IN THE RACE FOR…..
STATE COMMITTEE PERSON….
INCUMBENT ED KENNEDY….former LBTS Commissioner…
VS….
CHALLENGER OLIVER PARKER…..former LBTS Mayor….
AND THE WINNER IS?……..
more to come…….
Archive for the ‘State Politics’ Category
Here’s The Scoop….KENNEDY VS PARKER!
Posted in Local Politics, Scoops, State Politics on August 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Updates…Term Limits….
Posted in Boards, Local Politics, News, Politics, State Politics, Updates on August 22, 2008 | No Comments »
ME AND MAYOR BLOOMBERG….
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/bloomberg-shifts-on-term-limits/84429/
QUESTIONING TERM LIMITS….
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/sfl-senate14forumpnaug14,0,40651.story
PERHAPS EXTENDING THEM ….
http://mp360.blogspot.com/2008/04/fau-profs-term-limits-reduce.html
HIALEAH IS RECONSIDERING …10 YEARS AFTER THEIR OWN OVERWHELMING TERM LIMIT WIN…..HMMM…..
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/643442.html
After going out as a CIC member….to get the votes… resulting in an overwhelming win with 74% of the residents for term limits in LBTS ….I find myself in a full reconsideration frame [...]
Here’s The Scoop…News….Just Silly Stuff……
Posted in News, Politics, Scoops, State Politics, VFD on August 21, 2008 | No Comments »
JUST SILLY STUFF….
THE MAN ON THE WHITE HORSE RIDES BACK TO FLORIDA……
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbdig08211sbaug21,0,6047976.story
IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK……
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/inverted-optics-dncc-wraps-obama-in-upside-down-flag/
WHAT HAPPENED TO HANDING OVER THE BATON?….
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2008olympics/2008/08/20/2008-08-20_mark_spitz_michael_phelps_couldnt_hav
_b.html
YOUR MOTHER WEARS ARMY BOOTS!….
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/08/analysis_why_the_heated_home_d.html?hpid=topnews
WAS THAT REAL OR WAS IT MEMOREX?….
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/646563.html
WILL THERE BE A POLE?……..
http://firechief.com/station-design/firefighting_special_access/
more to come………
The Limieux Report…8/18/08
Posted in State Politics on August 19, 2008 | No Comments »
THE LIMIEUX REPORT….8/18/08…back from hiatus…
www.thelimieuxreport.com
Topic 1…The Removal of the Tax question…Amendment 5…for the Nov. ballot….previous post….
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/08/amendment-5-kno.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-0819taxswap,0,4270462.story
Lemieux Bottom Line…
“On Friday, the state filed an appeal of the trial court’s decision. Governor Crist expressed support for the appeal in order to leave the decision to cut property taxes for homes and businesses to the people.”
Topic 2….Revenue [...]
Here’s The Scoop…Updates…8/15/08
Posted in Civic Organizations, Local Politics, News, Scoops, State Politics, Updates on August 15, 2008 | No Comments »
BARRY WON ANOTHER ROUND….
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/legislature/sfl-0814taxswap,0,4199307.story
The judge decide…that the legislature did indeed try to mislead in their 75 words presented to voters in November…and chose to strike it from from the ballot….
It gave “clear but inaccurate impression “that the legislature would replace the lost funds for school permanently…when the actual intention was only for a year….
Look [...]
Here’s The Scoop….8/14/08
Posted in News, Opinions, Scoops, State Politics, VFD, tagged ADD, big sugar, michael phelps, SFWMD on August 14, 2008 | No Comments »
MICHAL PHELPS….AND THE “SKIN” HE WEARS
Anyone with a kid diagnosed with ADD…is smiling today…feeling a little less “overwhelmed” …and hoping they too can find an outlet that carries their child through to a victorious future….
Reportedly as a child …they took his strong will…and those attributes that the “system” wanted to subdue with meds…and put him [...]
Here’s The Scoop
Posted in Local Politics, Scoops, State Politics on July 25, 2008 | No Comments »
DO AS I SAY……
Looks like Congressman Robert Wexler was waiting for the other shoe to drop….and it did…
Fox News found out…he been living a ruse….
He lives in Maryland…pays property taxes….in Maryland….not Florida….
No Homestead for Congressman Wexler!…
His kids go to private school…in Maryland….
No public school for them…in Florida…..
He has been claiming his in-laws 55 and over [...]
The Limieux Report
Posted in State Politics on July 8, 2008 | No Comments »
7/7/08
www.thelimieuxreport.com
Topic 1…Gaming Compact…
A gaming “compact”…means a contract between to “sovereigns”…in this case the State of Fl. and the Seminole Tribe….
This topic covers the Governor’s go ahead to the Seminole Tribe to have Las Vegas style gambling….and its abrupt court decision that pulled the rug out from under ….
Limieux …..former Chief of Staff for Crist was [...]
The Lemieux Report
Posted in State Politics on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
6/30/08…..www.thelemieuxreport.com
Came on late…7/1/08….
Topic 1…..Everglades Land Negotiations…
BCbythesea…not often does this writer disagree with Lemieux…but on this project…we differ…seems he is still in the Chief of Staff mode for Gov. Crist…seeing the “rosy” picture for this acquisition….
Topic 2…Climate Change…
BCbythesea….Talk of FPL unveiling solar energy in DeSoto County…located near the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral…and Martin [...]
Update
Posted in News, State News, State Politics, Updates on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
www.miamiherald.com
As Paul Harvey said….”and now you know ….. the rest of the story…..”
The rest of the Sugar deal story…
‘Sugar deal won’t let water flow’….Curtis Morgan & Scott Hiaasen…
Water management…. as posted …..said it was not feasible…. ….
The “flow” will become “pools” of stored water…..with the Army Corp of Engineers …..already resulting in funds being [...]