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When Sansom’s indictment was dismissed by a judge I thought the story was over. Kudos to State Attorney Willie Meggs for persisting in his pursuit of justice and charging Ray Sansom, Jay Odum, & Bob Richburg with grand theft. “In a surprise escalation of the case against ousted House Speaker Ray Sansom, a state prosecutor [...] In his recent interview with Terry Gross at NPR Sharlet explains Stupak and Pitts role in the secretive, ultra-Christian C-Street cabal The Family, as well as their connection with Uganda’s proposed extreme anti-homosexuality laws. He also explains some about the Ensign affair and Coburn’s role. Florida Senator Bill Nelson is a member in good standing with [...] Billy Townsend at Metro I4 News, generally of liberal sensibilities, makes a case for Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland for the Governor of Florida. Some good political analysis. “You’ve probably all heard that Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, plans to run for governor and will challenge that former Clinton impeachment prosecutor and generally reptilian-looking fellow Bill McCollum [...] Florida Progressive Blog has this great post about the Palm Beach County Progressive Round Table meetings. “Almost fifty different progressive organizations with presence in Palm Beach County are invited to PRT quarterly meetings, where a representative from each group in attendance gets a strictly enforced five minutes of presentation time to update everyone else in attendance [...] Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen hasn’t had anything to say about Honduras since her visit earlier this month. Perhaps she realizes how wrong she was, but thinks she’ll look weak if she admits it. Maybe? Look, the Honduran constitution specifically states that citizens cannot be exiled. Zelaya was exiled. If he committed a crime he should have been [...] The Honduran constitution specifically forbids exiling Honduran citizens. The military shoved Zelaya out of the country. This is clearly unconstitutional. The rule of law demands that Zelaya be allowed to face his accusers in a court. Zelaya was never given this opportunity. So, conservative America (and Florida Rep. Ros-Lehtinen), exactly what part of this criminal scenario do [...] Crist and his cronies have decided the best way to honor the fallen is to get together, have a party and raise some money! Stay classy, Charlie. Guests include: Mel Sembler, Mayor Rick Baker, Sen. Dennis Jones, Rep. Jim Frishe, Mike Alstott, Deveron Gibbons, John Stross and Akshay Desai. You may think it’s ridiculous that some people don’t want their children watching Barack Obama’s stay-in-school message. But, what the liberal media won’t tell you is that along with Obama’s socialist indoctrination, there will also be a new pledge unveiled which will become mandatory for all children. “I pledge allegiance to Barack Obama, the supreme leader [...] Since this is back in the news I wanted to re-post a post I posted back in April. Let me first clarify that Florida Energy Associates may have nothing to do with Hugo Chavez or Citgo. I don’t have a clue. This is an attempt to create and spread an unsubstantiated rumor. The point is, NOBODY [...] Kenneth Quinnell at Florida Progressive Coalition blog has a round-up of the blogosphere’s response to Charlie Crist’s appointment of key adviser George LeMiuex to Martinez’s abandoned senate seat. Pushing Rope posted this hour-long interview between the Orlando Sentinel editorial board and Representative Kosmas.
I listened to about 5 minutes before I got too bored to continue, but Hussey listened to the whole thing and offers up some of the key points in the post. Charlie Crist says it’s the power of prayer that’s keeping hurricanes from Florida. Crist noted that just before his election in 2006, Florida had been affected by a total of eight hurricanes in 2004 and 2005. “Do you know the last time it was we had a hurricane in Florida? It’s been awhile. In 2007, I took [...] At Esquire, John H. Richardson travels the country with birther conspiracist Orly Taitz and reports on the lunatics who make up the Obama-hating culture. “Early this spring, I spent two very long days traveling around Kentucky with Orly Taitz, one of the leading “birthers” in a nation full of them. So I can tell you [...] Kendrick Meek’s campaign for Florida’s open Senate seat expects to tap into the grassroots strength of Web 2.0 and social media. Meek begins testing the waters by sitting down with self-proclaimed troublemaker Peter Schorsch of St. Petersblog 2.0. “Both Meek and Cruz reiterated the campaign’s commitment to new media, not just paying lip service, but [...] Here are some links about last week’s town hall meeting. Wish I could have been there! From FOX news. “A freelance videographer was roughed up in an altercation, which damaged his camera equipment and glasses, and at least one man was treated for minor injuries after a scuffle left his shirt partially torn from his body.” From the [...] Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is asking for $4.5 million for General Dynamics. GD contributed $19,000 to Wasserman Schultz political committees. “Wasserman Schultz, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, slipped into the bill a $4.5 million earmark for a high-tech radio project that the Pentagon didn’t ask for and which, according to a report by [...] If you’re into this sort of thing stop by and visit with probable Senate candidate Kendrick Meek this Wednesday, August 5, from 5:30 to 7:30. You can just show up, or sign up here to let them know you’re coming. The new office is at 2942 West Columbus Drive Suite 103, Tampa, FL 33607. If you’d like to [...] There is some speculation that 72-year old ex-football coach Lou Holtz will run for Suzanne Kosmas’s seat. Here’s my speculation – he won’t run. A Holtz candidacy would create the easiest campaign Kosmas could imagine. She’d just have to keep running this gem Holtz gave the world last year – “Hitler was a great leader.” LegiStorm has a great new feature that allows for easy earmark searching. “We currently have earmark data for fiscal year 2008. By viewing earmark spending data in a variety of ways, you can learn details about the locations receiving funds for special projects and which legislators are securing those funds. “Our earmarks data comes from the Taxpayers [...] Here are 70 Democratic seats the GOP will be targeting in 2010. “Those targeted satisfy at least one of these requirements: They won less than 55 percent of the vote last year or they represent a district carried in 2008 by John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee.” In Florida, three seats meet one or both of the [...] It only makes sense that if you contribute money to a politician’s campaign that they should send a little earmark pork your way. Right? It does if you’re Florida Congressman C. W. Bill Young. Pennsylvania’s Democratic Congressman John Murtha has received a lot of national attention because of his shady earmark practices, and rightly so, but [...] Connie Mack continues to make inaccurate comments about the coup in Honduras. In a letter opposing the State Department’s revocation of visas for several Honduran officials, Mack writes – “Why is the Obama Administration punishing them for following their constitution and the rule of law?” The coup did not follow the constitution and the rule of law. [...] Connie Mack’s argument – The removal of President Zelaya adhered to the rule of law. The Honduran courts ruled Zelaya’s actions illegal, the Supreme Court voted to have him removed, and the Honduran Congress overwhelmingly concurred. The ruling party did not change, and the government has not been abolished. To call this a military coup [...] Kendrick Meek’s political campaign announces today that they will receive the endorsement of Steve Schale. Schale is a keen political strategist who has helped Florida Democrats win House seats, and Schale was the state director for Obama’s successful Florida campaign. Presumably Schale will be working with many of the Florida Democrats in the 2010 races, [...] Fraudster Allen Stanford spent a lot of time in Florida. Lucy Komisar, Michael Sallah, and Rob Barry at the Miami Herald do some great reporting on how regulators willingly looked the other way while Sanford committed his financial shenanigans in Miami. “But to pull it off, he needed unprecedented help from an unlikely ally: The state [...] Gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Bill McCollum are both on Twitter. They also have Facebook pages. Bill. Alex. Open Congress has launched RaceTracker to help political junkies keep track of campaigns for Governor, US Senate, and US House of Representatives. Here’s their page for Florida. Sinfonian catches the sentencing of long-time Florida Republican operative Mary McCarty. She was sentenced to 3 1/2 years. While Florida has plenty of real corruption (here, here, here, and here for example) there’s also a problem with “good souls corruption” which we need to address on the local and national level. Dan Gelber announced that he is withdrawing his bid to be the next U.S. Senator from Florida. On his blog he writes that he wants to keep the divisiveness within the Democratic party of Florida to a minimum. I really liked the way Gelber was running his campaign. I hope he pursues office within Florida. That leaves [...] More indictments for this awesome representative of Floridian politics. Thanks to Alex Leary for all of his tremendous work following the sordid career of Ray Sansom. “The felony perjury charge is based on newly surfaced documents, including an e-mail Sansom received from the college president indicating that developer Jay Odom, who also was indicted Wednesday, would use [...] |
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