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Scott taps campaign veterans, activists as 'liaisons' to public
08/10/2011 © Bradenton Herald (FL)
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott has hired a former tea party activist and veterans of his and national campaigns to act as "liaisons" to the public. Scott and other top aides defended the hirings, saying they will help the governor hear from the public. But Democrats criticized Scott and said it is "unconscionable" for the Republican governor to...
State to share plans for new I-95 interchange in Flagler
08/10/2011 © Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
State and county officials have discussed building an interchange at the Interstate 95 and Matanzas Woods Parkway overpass since the 1990s. (Flagler County) PALM COAST -- It's been in the works for nearly a dozen years so a public meeting about the construction of an Interstate 95 interchange at Matanzas Woods Parkway is a good sign that it eventually will be...
Scott: 'I want to fix this stuff, as much as I can'
08/10/2011 © Florida Capital News (FL)
Gov. Rick Scott held his fingertips a foot apart Tuesday and talked about how to get from Point A to Point B, in government or business, by using people and money wisely. "I've always thought about life this way - if I'm here, and I want to get to here - there are only two things in the middle, and the two things in the middle are people and capital," he said. "If you have a good id...
Florida Morning: Downgrade will not (yet) impact Florida; Rick Scotts $70k public liason
08/10/2011 © Florida Times-Union (FL)
Matt Dixon (matt.dixon@jacksonville.com, @Mdixon55) Florida Morning appears every weekday. Subscribe via e-mail. RICK SCOTT'S $70K 'PUBLIC LIAISON' - Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday defended his decision to hire tea party activist Robin Stublen as a new "deputy director of public liaison" at $70,000 a year, pledging to "hold him accountable" to the taxpayers.
Republican legislator tries to roll back Floridas septic tank crackdown
08/10/2011 © Florida Times-Union (FL)
Another attempt is being made to overturn the 2010 state law that mandated septic tank inspections every five years. The News Service of Florida reports that Rep. Marti Coley, a Marianna Republican, filed a bill (HB 79) on Monday for next year's Legislature that would repeal the inspection requirement. Passed into law and signed by Gov. Charlie Crist last year, the current bill caps the cost...
New unemployment rules confuse, befuddle jobless
08/10/2011 © Florida Today (FL)
If losing your job isn't bad enough, some among the ranks of the unemployed are saying money-saving changes to the unemployment compensation program is making it difficult and confusing to get their benefits. Starting Aug. 1, processes that had been done with a person over the phone, such as applying for unemployment compensation, were shifted to the Internet -- and only the Internet.
Iowa straw poll part circus, part politics
08/10/2011 © Lakeland Ledger (FL)
AMES, Iowa - There's a hefty dose of circus mixed with deadly serious politics in the Iowa Republican straw poll. The event Saturday will mark the first time Republicans in Iowa indicate publicly whom they want as their 2012 presidential nominee. It's a test vote of sorts that comes months before the precinct caucuses that kick off the party's president...
Will Jeb Bush Endorse Jon Huntsman Tomorrow in Coconut Grove?
08/10/2011 © Miami New Times (FL)
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman's campaign has promised that the struggling presidential candidate will make a major announcement tomorrow at, of all place, Scotty's Landing in Coconut Grove. Our first instinct was that he'd be announcing his exit from the race, but that seems unlikely. Word is now that he'll be announcing a major endorsement, and, of course, whenever a Republican teases the...
Floridians feel sting of new unemployment law
08/10/2011 © Ocala Star Banner (FL)
TALLAHASSEE - Melanie Sellers didn't receive her $198 unemployment compensation payment last week. Sellers, who lost her job as a scanner technician at the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in the spring after a 20-year career, was denied a week of her jobless benefits because she could not show she had tried to contact at least five...
Rise of Planet Charlie Crist!
08/10/2011 © Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Take your stinking paws off my insurance rates, you dirty Tea Partier! In this new remake of Gov. Charlie, a well-meaning scientist exposes him to an experimental drug that increases his IQ by 130 points. The genetically altered Charlie begins studying public policy, becomes a wonk, develops an attitude and frees opressed Democrats so they can rise up against ruthless CEO Rick Scott...
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