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Comments of the Week: New York mosque, Solantic, cutting Social Security and ‘Burn a Koran Day’

By | 08.20.10 | 4:00 pm

Every Friday here at The Florida Independent, we pick out the best comments we received during the previous week, whether they came from commenters here on our site, or via Facebook and Twitter. Want to be included next week? Assail…

‘Insiders’ gaining on deep-pocketed rivals in Florida primaries, as expected

By | 08.18.10 | 3:14 pm

Two weeks ago, polls showed a commanding lead for Rick Scott in the Republican primary for governor, but that’s changing quickly. A late-breaking ad blitz, the endorsement of former Gov. Jeb Bush and new allegations about Scott’s business record…

No Jeff Greene retraction from the Times

By | 08.17.10 | 9:46 am

Last week, Jeff Greene threatened the St. Peteresburg Times with a libel lawsuit after it ran a long, prominent article about a real estate deal in California in which his counterpart is now facing federal fraud charges.
Greene called…

Meek’s surge bodes ill for Crist

By | 08.16.10 | 10:44 am

President Clinton will campaign today in South Florida on behalf of Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla. Meek is coming off some decidedly better poll numbers in his race against billionaire Jeff Greene for the Democratic Senate nomination and says

Greene, Sink join Republicans, split with Obama on construction of New York mosque

By | 08.16.10 | 9:50 am

Florida CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene — both Democrats — are joining Republican candidates for higher office Rick Scott, Bill McCollum and Marco Rubio in publicly stating their opposition…

Jeff Greene demands St. Petersburg Times retraction (Update: Times stands by coverage, Greene promises to sue)

By | 08.13.10 | 4:22 pm

On Sunday, the St. Petersburg Times ran a lengthy article detailing U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene’s ties to the aptly named La Mirage condo project in the California desert, where many of the units appear to have been sold…

Comments of the Week: Kaplan College, Meek vs. Greene, Amendment 4 and U.S. Sugar

By | 08.13.10 | 2:53 pm

Every Friday here at The Florida Independent, we pick out the best comments we received during the previous week, whether they came from commenters here on our site, or via Facebook and Twitter. Want to be included next week? Assail…

No love lost between Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene

By | 08.12.10 | 9:50 am

There is a saying about academic politics that the debates are so intense because the stakes are so small. It could also be applied to the Florida Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

Report: Change to birthright citizenship provision would affect millions

By | 08.12.10 | 8:23 am

While Republicans support hearings in the U.S. Senate to change the birthright citizenship provision in the 14th Amendment, a Pew Hispanic Center report explains the massive impact such a change would have: “4 million U.S. born children of…

Democrats Meek and Greene debate

By | 08.11.10 | 9:10 am

Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate Jeff Greene and Kendrick Meek met Tuesday night in Orlando for their only statewide debate — organized by Leadership Florida.
Michael Putney (from channel 10 Miami), Mary Ann Lyndley (the Tallahassee

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