By DONLYN TURNBULL Everyone in the state of Florida evidently knows Charlie Crist is running for Governor, except Charlie Crist. Or at least that is what he’d like you to believe for the moment. The former Governor/Republican/Independent and now Democrat is continuing to line up his cast of usual liberal suspects, with a few surprises … Read more
Charlie Crist has yet to even announce a run for Governor, to which some speculate, allows him time to travel the state garnering support and delaying the time the GOP will have to unleash the negative blitzkrieg which will undoubtedly befall the beleaguered politician.
By JAVIER MANJARRES Florida Governor Rick Scott is cutting taxes again, this time reauthorizing the popular school sales tax holiday. According to the AP, Scott “signed into law a bill reauthorizing the states “popular back-to-school sales tax holiday” which now includes new computers. The 6% tax reprieve for shoppers, which will take place Aug2-4, is … Read more
BY: JAVIER MANJARRES The Infants Born Alive Act (SB 1636) mandates that “an infant who is born alive during or immediately after an attempted abortion the same rights as infants born naturally,” and it has just cleared the Florida Senate’s Health Policy Committee unanimously. Gov. Rick Scott released the following statement regarding the Infants Born Alive … Read more
By JAVIER MANJARRES I was having a conversation today with an old political friend about the upcoming gubernatorial election next year,when Charlie Crist’s name came up. My friend reminded me about the time when Governor Crist called me out onto the football field. The moment was priceless, as over a dozen media outlets looked on, … Read more
By JAVIER MANJARRES Florida Governor Rick Scott gave Republican State Representative Jose Oliva (Miami) a thumbs up on Twitter by tweeting the Weekly Standard story about his exchange with Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood affiliate’s lobbyist, Alisa LaPolt Snow “So, um, it is just really hard for me to even ask you this question because … Read more
BY: JORGE BONILLA Alternate headline: Thanks for supporting teacher pay and Medicaid expansion, Governor, but you still suck. If the most recent Quinnipiac poll is any indication, Gov. Rick Scott faces a grim slog to reelection. Just to be clear, I’m defining “grim slog” as a 16-point smashing at the hands of Charlie Crist. Lest … Read more
BY: JORGE BONILLA Adding further intrigue to an already-charged 2014 election, Orlando attorney John Morgan has announced that he will be throwing his full weight behind a medical-marijuana ballot initiative. If successful, this ballot measure could send a shockwave that is capable of rippling throughout the entire ballot. Per The Miami Herald’s Marc … Read more
By: JORGE BONILLA A select Senate panel has just rejected Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed Medicaid expansion, a week after identical action by their counterparts in the Florida House of representatives. Governor Rick Scott is left standing alone on the proposed Medicaid expansion, which some critics (myself included) viewed as an electoral move which would … Read more
By: JORGE BONILLA Over the course of a week, it appears that both of Gov. Rick Scott’s two big electoral concessions- on medicaid expansion and teacher pay increases- will go down in flames. First, House Speaker Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel) shot down Medicaid expansion from the house Floor, during this legislative session’s inaugural speech: … Read more