Rep. Corrine Brown strikes me as a relatively fearless politician. Which is why it's not out of character that she's thrown her hat in as a possible candidate for the Democratic nomination for Florida's open senate seat, even if it means challenging front runner, family friend, and colleague Rep. Kendrick Meek. A poll she commissioned says she would have about equal name recognition, and support across the state as Meek. She expects to decide in the next six months.The p
Walt DisneyWill Florida's newspapers all dance in unison?So, the Miami Herald, the Palm Beach Post and the Sun-Sentinel still share stories as part of their agreement. The Sun-Sentinel and the Orlando Sentinel share content because they're both part of the troubled Tribune Corp. The Miami Herald consolidated their Tallahassee bureau with the St. Petersburg Times and share political content. So does that mean the Sun-Sentinel can pick up a story by a Herald writer, and then the Orlando Senti
LocalThe City is trying to squeeze out the under-the-Tuttle sex offenders by citing a nearby island as a park, but since there's no playground on the island the State doesn't really care. [Herald]Andre Pierre is now the mayor of North Miami. Haitian Americans also regained their majority on the city council. [Herald]Mayor Alvarez says that there's pretty much no choice but to have a property tax increase. [Herald]It's thanks to the "unprecedented" drop in the tax rolls and property val
When Corrine Brown announced she was interested in running for Senate last week we had a little fun reminiscing about her bizarre appearance on the House floor "gradulating" the Florida "Gator" for their BCS title. Well, this lady is a serious sports fan. As you probably know some other professional basketball team that plays in Florida that is not The Heat made it into the NBA finals. So, Brown and California congresswoman Maxine Waters took to YouTube to discuss these NBC finals. It is pa
Last time we checked in on the polling digits, Quinnipiac claimed Democratic CFO Alex Sink had a four-point lead over Republican AG Bill McCollum, but the latest poll from Rasmussen shows quite a different race. Its numbers show McCollum leading Sink 42-34 percent, with 18 percent still undecided. McCollum is beloved by men, polling 51 to Sink's 36 percent. While women are evenly divided. McCollum also leads independent voters 38 to 22 percent. Over in the Senate ra
Mason-Dixon released another Senate poll, and like every single 2010 Florida Senate poll before it, it finds Charlie Crist is far and away the frontrunner. Ninety-seven percent recognize Crist's name, and 49 percent of regular voters find him favorable. Marco Rubio is raising his statewide name recognition: 53 percent of voters recall his name, but only 18 percent find him favorable; 11 percent find him unfavorable. It goes without saying that Crist is still trouncing Rubio.Here's the good new
Cover art from CAGW's Waste Watch​The Citizens Against Government Waste's name pretty much says it all. The fiscally conservative think tank hates pork and government waste, which apparently includes programs such as expanding health care to kids in low-income families, providing low-interest loans to college students, and requiring insurance companies to cover mental health issues. No-good, useless, evil, reckless waste like that. In its annual ratings, CAGW chose 48 bills from the
