OOldPolitics Read More 3 minute read Activists continue campaign to pressure Sen. George LeMieux to support DREAM ActbyFlorida IndependentJune 11, 2010 As part of ongoing nationwide sit-ins and other actions, a group of Florida organizations battling for immigration reform…
OOldPolitics Read More 5 minute read Self-financed candidates threaten to upset party candidates for governor, SenatebyFlorida IndependentJune 11, 2010 An executive whose company had to pay a record fine for fraud and a billionaire who made his…
OOldPolitics Today’s oil spill roundup: Fri., June 11byFlorida IndependentJune 11, 2010 Estimates of the rate of oil gushing into the gulf have increased, as has the threat to Florida’s…
OOldPolitics Fight to defeat Amendment 4 picks up high-profile fundersbyFlorida IndependentJune 11, 2010 The fight to defeat Amendment 4 — which would change the Florida Constitution by requiring voter approval of changes…
OOldPolitics Miami-Dade issues university bond, ignores Overtown resident demandsbyFlorida IndependentJune 11, 2010 The Miami-Dade County Commission Budget Planning & Sustainability Committee on Tuesday approved the issuance of a $60 million…
OOldPolitics Poll indicates state Republican finances may play a role in electionsbyFlorida IndependentJune 11, 2010 A Rasmussen poll released yesterday suggests the state Republican Party’s financial controversies could play a role in this…
OOldPolitics Read More 3 minute read Group accuses Jacksonville of violating no-bid contract rules and the Sunshine LawbyFlorida IndependentJune 10, 2010 A recently settled lawsuit concerning a no-bid contract in Jacksonville has taxpayers turning up their noses, for a…
OOldPolitics Newcomer Scott opens 13-point lead against McCollum in Republican primarybyFlorida IndependentJune 10, 2010 According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, former health care executive Rick Scott has opened up a…
OOldPolitics Today’s oil spill roundup: Thurs., June 10byFlorida IndependentJune 10, 2010 Despite BP’s best efforts, the news keeps on flowing. Gov. Charlie Crist’s Gulf Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task…
OOldPolitics Officials warn Floridians against going into waterbyFlorida IndependentJune 10, 2010 Florida Fish and Wildlife members spotted small tar balls near Perdido Bay, an island off the western panhandle,…
OOldPolitics Sen. Nelson calls for criminal investigation into BP’s response planbyFlorida IndependentJune 9, 2010 The Associated Press has conducted an exhaustive review of BP’s oil spill response plans and found them riddled…
OOldPolitics Read More 3 minute read A battle over how much weight Florida trucks can carry revs upbyFlorida IndependentJune 9, 2010 Florida’s legislative battle to allow trucking companies to haul 8,000 more pounds than is currently allowed by federal law…
OOldPolitics Congressional candidate Diebel responds to police report leakbyFlorida IndependentJune 9, 2010 Since RedState blogger Erick Erickson leaked Tuesday a police report showing dozens of 911 calls and one incident…
OOldPolitics Rick Scott buying name recognitionbyFlorida IndependentJune 9, 2010 Political newcomer and millionaire former hospital CEO Rick Scott, who is running to be the Republican candidate for…
OOldPolitics Crist leads in pollsbyFlorida IndependentJune 9, 2010 Gov. Charlie Crist’s name recognition keeps him high in the polls, according to the results of a survey released…
OOldPolitics Oil spill roundup: Wed., June 9byFlorida IndependentJune 9, 2010 BP executive faces Florida cabinet Senior Vice President Bob Fryar took part in a Florida cabinet meeting Tuesday,…
OOldPolitics RedState publishes bizarre police report on Kosmas challenger Karen DiebelbyFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 RedState’s Erick Erickson posted a bizarre police report Monday from Winter Park City Commissioner Karen Diebel, who is…
OOldPolitics Chinese drywall vendor goes on trial in MiamibyFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 Armin and Lisa Seifart purchased drywall for their Coconut Grove home at Banner Supply. It was Chinese drywall…
OOldPolitics That other gulf oil spillbyFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 It appears there is a rig other than Deepwater Horizon that has been leaking oil into the Gulf…
OOldPolitics Today’s imperative Florida politics readingbyFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 + Gov. Crist indicates he plans to veto House Bill 1143 (which requires a woman planning to have…
OOldPolitics Read More 1 minute read Potential anthrax scare in Jacksonville (Update: Victim is a Muslim teacher)byFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 A suspicious powder is currently undergoing tests in the Jacksonville area after an unidentified man reported finding it…
OOldPolitics Oil spill roundup: Tues., June 8byFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 Gov. Charlie Crist activated a $5 million loan program for small businesses originally touted by Florida CFO Alex…
OOldPolitics Is industry runoff to blame for hundreds of fish deaths in the St. Johns River?byFlorida IndependentJune 8, 2010 Reports of a vast number of redfish deaths in the St. Johns River have Jacksonville residents, and many…
OOldPolitics Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene agree to a June 22 debatebyFlorida IndependentJune 7, 2010 Just in from Post on Politics: The Democratic Senate campaigns of Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene have tentatively…