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May 4, 2012
Rick Scott's Taxpayer Waste Czar Got $400,00 No-Bid Contract in Taxpayer Money
Abraham Uccello, the man appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to head a task force to reduce waste in state government, once received a $400,000 no-bid contact from the state to provide "technology consulting." Uccello, by the way, is close friends with Steve MacNamara, Scott's chief of staff.Here's a good ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
State Sen. Nan Rich to Run Against Rick Scott in 2014
Florida's next gubernatorial election is more than two years away, but if Gov. Rick Scott's popularity remains below sea level, there's a good chance a Democrat could emerge victorious for the first time since 1994. The question is, of course, which Democrat?State Sen. Nan Rich, the top Democrat in ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2012
The Ten Worst Bills On Their Way to Rick Scott's Desk This Year
Today is one of our least favorite times of the year: the final day of the Florida legislative session. It's like the dying moments of a drunken high school party, when everyone makes hasty, poor decisions that they will come to regret. So, how have our duly elected representatives spent the past fi ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Dumb Florida Legislator Accidentally Tried to Make Lobbyist Group's Mission Statement a Law
Citizens decry the involvement of shadowy special interests and lobbying groups in our politics, so it's quite surprising that Rep. Rachel Burgin, a Republican from Tampa, tried to pass the actual mission statement of such a group into law.It's not exactly a secret that lawmakers often don't actu ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
Rick Scott Won't Offer Primary Endorsement: Both Newt and Mitt Breathe Sigh of Relief
It's not exactly like anyone was chasing the big Rick Scott endorsement anyway, but today Florida's popularity challenged governor made it clear that he will not be endorsing anyone ahead of the state's Republican primary. We doubt either Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney will lose much sleep over being ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Occupy Florida Interrupts Rick Scott's "State of the State" Entrance (Video)
The Occupy movement made its debut at last night's opening of the legislative season in Tallahassee with a move carefully calibrated to resonate with ordinary Floridians -- they yelled some stuff at widely loathed Gov. Rick Scott.As Scott made his way into the House, protesters lined the hallway yel ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
Gambling Industry Fueling Next Year's Election Season
In the past year, parimutuel and casino companies have contributed over a million dollars to state legislators and Republican political action committees as the gambling industry gears up for a combative legislative session in 2012. The stakes are high. State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff and Rep. Erik Frese ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Rick Scott is Not Familiar With This Strange Term "Tampa Bay"
How well does Gov. Rick Scott really know Florida? Apparently not well enough to know that the area including St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater -- you know, the second biggest metro area in his state -- is pretty commonly referred to as "Tampa Bay." We don't like to pull the "real Floridian" c ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Gambling Addiction in Florida Is On the Rise as Genting Eyes Giant Downtown Miami Casino
The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling reports it has seen a large uptick in calls to its help line in the past year, indicating that gambling addiction may be on the rise in the Sunshine State. The report comes after Governor Rick Scott slashed the program's budget, and as state lawmakers mu ... More >>
News
October 6, 2011
Rick Perry: Awful politician, genius campaigner
The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling reports it has seen a large uptick in calls to its help line in the past year, indicating that gambling addiction may be on the rise in the Sunshine State. The report comes after Governor Rick Scott slashed the program's budget, and as state lawmakers mu ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Former Florida Gov. Claude Kirk, "a Tree-Shakin' Son of a Bitch," Dies at 85
Former Florida Gov. Claude Kirk has died at the age of 85. Taking office in 1967, Kirk was Florida's first Republican governor since Reconstruction and the first Republican governor elected in a Southern state in modern times. Kirk is remembered for his outsize personality and flair for controver ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Miami-Dade County Commission Unanimously Asks Florida Legislature to Chill Out on Crazy Immigration Laws
It's hard to get the Miami-Dade County Commission to agree on anything, but every single member voted today for a resolution that asks the state legislature to cool it on all those crazy conservative immigration bills they've been trying to pass. The Florida Legislature will, more than likely, to ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Rick Scott's Office Just Got an $80,000 Upgrade Thanks to Taxpayers
Florida taxpayers are stuck munching on some carpet bills. Even while their cutting budgets, the offices of state lawmakers are getting costly upgrades to their carpets and other amenities. Governor Rick Scott's office just got a near $80,000 facelift. Two hundred thousand dollars has been spent ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Rick Scott Pays Just $360-a-year For His Taxpayer-Subsidized Health Insurance
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average health plan costs an American family $13,770 in premiums a year. Governor Rick Scott pays just $360 to insure himself and his wife thanks to a state Government plan he's enrolled in. Yep. the average American pays 38.25 percent more for their he ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Poll: Romney and McCallister Lead Florida GOP Primaries; Debt Deal Hurts Obama
We're still in that uncertain season of the 2012 election cycle where every poll will show some different and somewhat surprising result. Quinnipiac is the latest to crunch the numbers and shows that Mitt Romney is the favorite to get the presidential nod from Republican voters in Florida. Meanwh ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Poll: Rick Perry Leads Florida GOP Primary, Even Though He's Not Running
Florida Republicans don't seem to know what to make of the rag tag bunch seeking the Republican presidential nomination, so much so that a recent poll shows that the favorite nominee in the state is a guy that's not even running. Yep, apparently Florida GOPers can't get enough of various Governor ... More >>
News
July 14, 2011
Rick Scott's dirtiest deeds
Florida Republicans don't seem to know what to make of the rag tag bunch seeking the Republican presidential nomination, so much so that a recent poll shows that the favorite nominee in the state is a guy that's not even running. Yep, apparently Florida GOPers can't get enough of various Governor ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Do Florida Democrats Have a Hispanic Outreach Problem?
Democrats in Florida have a huge registered voter advantage over Republicans, but you couldn't tell that by looking at the leadership in Tallahassee and the Republican super majorities in both house of the state legislature. There's a few reasons for that situation (including the Republican-contr ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Charlie Crist Would Crush Rick Scott If He Ran As a Democrat in 2014
We don't believe a guy as politically ambitious as Charlie Crist would be happy for long at an ambulance-chasing law firm. Though, now that he's left the Republican party there are few clear paths for him to get back into any office. Unless, of course, he becomes a full-fledged Democrat. A new Pu ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
Could Charlie Crist Take on Rick Scott in 2014 As a Democrat?
Gov. Rick Scott's leadership hasn't given Floridians much to celebrate. He's the most unpopular governor in America, and his poll numbers don't appear to be getting any better. But Democrats see a silver lining in the dark cloud. Scott's deep unpopularity gives them renewed electoral hope. I ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
Dan Gelber: Rick Scott Doesn't Care About Florida People
Former Miami Beach Democratic-state-senator-turned-failed- attorney-general-candidate Dan Gelber doesn't want his political relevance to fade away (and the man may have a bright future in Florida politics yet), so he's reminded everyone he's still around by posting a blistering attack on Florida' ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Rick Scott's Plummeting Popularity: 57 Percent Disapprove
Gov. Rick Scott's popularity continues to plummet after the legislative session. Only 29 percent of Floridians approve of the way he's handling his job according to a new Quinnipiac poll. While a whopping 57 percent disapprove. That's down from an already dismal 35/48 split back in April. Mos ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Rick Scott for President? It's Possibly the Stupidest Thing We've Heard All Month
"Rick Scott for president? It's possible," blares a headline for a non-story in today's St. Petersburg Times. Oddly, the third sentence in the story is a quote from Scott saying, "I'm not running for president," yet the Times political editor Adam C. Smith manages to drag the story on for 832 wo ... More >>
News
May 12, 2011
Rick Scott should show his birth certificate
"Rick Scott for president? It's possible," blares a headline for a non-story in today's St. Petersburg Times. Oddly, the third sentence in the story is a quote from Scott saying, "I'm not running for president," yet the Times political editor Adam C. Smith manages to drag the story on for 832 wo ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
Will Any GOP 2012 Candidate Even Want Rick Scott's Endorsement?
Here's a fun game to watch play out as several announced and potential candidates for the Republican's 2012 presidential primary start visiting Florida: will any of them meet with Governor Rick Scott let alone seek his endorsement? Former Utah Governor and ambassador to China John Huntsman is ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2011
Florida's Attempt at Arizona-Style Immigration Bill is Likely Dead
It generated one of the most controversial and heated debates of the legislative session and is a key agenda item for Governor Rick Scott, but it seems likely that conservatives' efforts to pass an Arizona-style immigration bill in Florida is dead, despite the fact both houses are controlled by R ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
Rick Scott's Administration Really Hates Sunshine Laws
"Are there things we don't want you to know? Yes," Brian Burgess, Rick Scott's communication director (or misdirector in many cases) tells the Times/Herald's Tallahassee Bureau. "There are things we don't want to broadcast to our opponents."Florida's Sunshine Laws are supposed to foster an o ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Rick Scott Had His Facts Wrong When He Trashed High Speed Rail
Perhaps Rick Scott's biggest action during his first 100 days in office was the killing of Florida's federally-funded high speed rail project. It would have revolutionized our transit system and had an effect on the economy like no other project in recent Florida history. So, you would have hoped ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2011
Conservatives Outraged as Hispanic Republicans Water Down Florida's Arizona-style Immigration Bill
Florida's so-called Arizona-style immigration bill, which Governor Rick Scott campaigned on, is looking less and less Arizona-style as it makes it way through the state legislature. Republican state Senator Anitere Flores, who had authored the original Senate version of the bill, helped approve a ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Rick Scott Will be Holding "Facebook Townhall" Tonight
Back in January Gov. Rick Scott tried to connect with the people of Florida through Twitter. He, of course, got called a "jackass" and decided to sign off shortly after. Now he's giving this whole interwebs thing another try and will be hosting a Facebook Townhall tonight.
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Rick Scott's Staff Gets Bitchy With Reporters
Why must Rick Scott's Coffee Talk be ruined? Former Gov. Charlie Crist gave out his personal cell phone number to journalists and kept their favorite beers stocked in his office. In stark contrast, current Gov. Rick Scott and his staff seem to have an unhealthy amount of disdain for the press cor ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
You Can Now Buy Mike Haridopolos' Crappy Book for $9.99 on Your Kindle
So, this weekend the Associated Press published a story on some crappy book Florida Senate President and likely US Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos got $152,000 in taxpayer money from Brevard Community College to write. Besides being of questionable quality, only one copy of the book existed. We ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Even Republicans are Angry Rick Scott Declined High-Speed Rail Funds
Even some Elephants prefer to travel by train. Rick Scott's decision to decline $2.4 billion in federal funds to build a state-of-the-art high-speed rail system in Florida continues to draw anger, ire and confusion today even from many Republicans. Today, a veto-proof majority of 26 state senator ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2010
Candidates Line Up to Replace Frederica Wilson in Special State Senate Election
>While Frederica Wilson is up in D.C. preparing to be sworn into the U.S. Congress, her seat in the Florida Senate sits empty. Yesterday, outgoing Governor Charlie Crist announced that the primary election to replace Wilson will take place on February 8, while the general election will be Mar ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues
>While Frederica Wilson is up in D.C. preparing to be sworn into the U.S. Congress, her seat in the Florida Senate sits empty. Yesterday, outgoing Governor Charlie Crist announced that the primary election to replace Wilson will take place on February 8, while the general election will be Mar ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2010
Arizona-Style Immigration Bill Introduced in Florida Senate
Well, with Rick Scott set to take the Governor's chair and Republicans with super-majorities in both houses of the legislature, it was only a matter of time before the Florida GOP got cracking on delivering Arizona-style immigration laws in the sunshine state. Senate President Pro Tempore Mik ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2010
Christian Family Coalition Asks Rick Scott to Stop Selling Pornography to Latinos
The Christian Family Coalition, a Miami-based group that hems way to the right on social issues, is calling Gov-elect Rick Scott to stop selling pornography to Latinos. So when reviewing Scott's business past they weren't, like every other sane person, so much concerned that he ran a company that wa ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Election Day Recap: A Real Life Montgomery Burns Poised to Lead Florida
Florida's new governor: Rick ScottWatching last night's election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2 ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
What the Hell is Wrong with the Florida Democratic Party?
The Florida Democratic Party has nearly 600,000 more registered voters in the state than the Republicans, yet last night they failed miserably in delivering on a single important race. Their Governor candidate lost to a man who ran a company involved in the biggest Medicare fraud case in American ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2010
Sore Loser Maurice Ferré Endorses Rick Scott To Spite Dems
Maurice Ferré, who 25 years ago was the mayor of the City of Miami, thinks he didn't get a fair shake in his long shot run for Senate in the Democratic primary. Somehow he's claiming this is "an insult to every Hispanic voter in our state." So what does he do to get back at the Democratic party? He ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2010
Report: Kendrick Meek May Drop Out of Senate Race
Democrat Kendrick Meek may drop out of the senate race giving a independent Charlie Crist an big boost in his chances of defeating conservative Republican Marco Rubio, according to an explosive new report from The Wall Street Journal. Whoa, but is the candidate who just yesterday refused to share an ... More >>
News
September 30, 2010
Crist backer Gary Kompothecras bullies Florida health officials
Democrat Kendrick Meek may drop out of the senate race giving a independent Charlie Crist an big boost in his chances of defeating conservative Republican Marco Rubio, according to an explosive new report from The Wall Street Journal. Whoa, but is the candidate who just yesterday refused to share an ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Florida Primary Election Results Live Blog
Today Florida went to the polls for the 2010 primary election. While tonight's big theme involved controversial, self-funded billionaire outsiders taking on establishment career politicians in both the Republican primary for Governor and Democratic primary for Senate, there's still lots of ballot ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
If Republicans Lose Both Governor and Senate Races, Is the Tea Party to Blame?
via OnePennySheetBack in early 2009 it seemed that Charlie Crist was a guarantee to win the Senate race as a Republican, and Bill McCollum had the edge in the Governors race. Now the latest Quinnipiac poll shows that GOP candidates are trailing in both the Senate and Governors race. What happened ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
Alex Sink to Pick Boring Rod Smith as Running Mate
According to two state papers, Florida gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink is set to announce Rod Smith as her running mate this Thursday at an event in West Palm Beach. Yawn. A former state senator, Smith lost the 2006 Democratic primary for governor to similarly boring Jim Davis. The move seems t ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Rick Scott's New Ad About Ground Zero Mosque, Which Is Nowhere Near Florida
Billionaire businessman Rick Scott has so much money to spend on TV ads in his self-funded quest to buy the governor's seat that it seems he has run out of issues that matter to Floridians. Now he's just buying airtime to apparently talk about any old thing on his mind -- well, any highly controv ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2010
President Obama Coming to Fontainebleau Next Month for Fundraiser With Alex Sink
Democrats love partying at the Fontainebleau. Bill Clinton held a fundraiser at the hotel's club LIV earlier this summer, and President Obama, who's no stranger to the megaresort, will return to town August 18. He'll be on hand to raise funds for the Florida Democratic Party a ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Alex Sink Leads Bill McCollum in Poll for First Time in Months; Too Bad She Still Trails Behind Rick Scott
As Rick Scott and Bill McCollum battle for the Republican nomination in the gubernatorial race, is Democrat Alex Sink silently waiting to pounce? New poll numbers suggest she's increasingly viable again as the Republicans duke it out and potential independent spoiler Bud Chiles gains steam. The s ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp No Longer Has Mustache or Sense of What He's Supposed to Be Doing as Lieutenant Governor
Where has Kottkamp's Mustache gone?Besides the monumentally important task of sitting around and waiting for the Governor to die, the Lt. Governor of Florida has very few duties actually spelled out by law. Usually the Lt. Gov and Gov work closely, but ever since Charlie Crist announced ... More >>
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