Florida has the dubious distinction of being among the top five states in the nation for the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty for the third year in a row.
The Sun Sentinel reports that a former official of the Florida Public Service Commission (which regulates the state’s utilities) who resigned after partying with executives of Florida Power & Light (the state’s largest private utility) has now been hired to push for renewable energy legislation backed by FPL.
According to the paper, that former official, Ryder Rudd, has joined Citizens for Clean Energy, a business group that counts FPL among its members, to help revive a cost-recovery measure that would allow utilities to shift the costs of renewable energy projects to their customers.
Public Policy Polling released a new survey showing that Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott’s favorability numbers remain in the low 30s, though fewer view him unfavorably. The polling service says the numbers show “there is little doubt that he’s the most unpopular newly elected Governor in the country.”
Less than a month ago, four of Florida’s top officials filed suit against the EPA over its proposed water quality rules, a strict set of standards that would govern the amount of waste in state waterways. Now, several Northwest Florida utilities are taking similar measures, filing a lawsuit in federal court in Pensacola alleging the standards aren’t based on good science and would require extensive overhaul of treatment plants.
Think Progress has discovered that recent television commercials featuring Florida resident and former Gov. Mike Huckabee rallying viewers to sign a repeal petition against Obama’s health care reform measures are part of a campaign managed by 949 Media Group, a firm run by a notorious scam artist known for bilking struggling homeowners seeking to renegotiate their mortgages
Gov.-elect Rick Scott told reporters Tuesday he is awaiting a feasibility study on a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando due in February before deciding whether to take billions in federal dollars for the project, according to the St. Petersburg Times.
The transition team of Gov.-elect Rick Scott is quietly mulling a plan to have residential power customers pick up the tab for a cut in business utility rates, the News Service of Florida reports.
Over the weekend, The Miami Herald used documents unearthed by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks to publish an interesting account of how the U.S. government worked to convince Spanish officials not to pursue an investigation into accusations of torture made against senior U.S. officials — an effort that included pressure brought by former Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.
Twenty-five states — including Florida — are set to consider S.B. 1070-like policies in upcoming legislative sessions.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has opened a lead in his current home state among 2012 Republican presidential candidates.
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