By JAVIER MANJARRES The state of Florida is giving back to its wounded veterans by allowing them to participate in a hunting program named ,” Operation Outdoor Freedom,” which is specifically ‘aimed’ to meet their special needs. According to Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, the Florida Forest Service has designated public forests for these special … Read more
By JAVIER MANJARRES Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi has been working with legislators with the purpose of trying to find a way to permanent outlaw the selling of “synthetic” drugs to minors by certain convenience stores. Certain “stand-alone convenience stores”, as the Bondi refers to them, are not your traditional 7-Eleven, or Circle K mini … Read more
By JAVIER MANJARRES Sink recently lost her closest advisor, husband Bill McBride, leaving many to speculate that the former Democratic gubernatorial candidate would not run against Republican Governor Rick Scott. Sink, who has been sending signals that she is considering another run against Scott, dismissed all of the recent reports that said she was out … Read more
By JAVIER MANJARRES Florida Speaker of the House, Will Weatherford is doubling-down on his opposition of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion that Governor Rick Scott has recently said he would accept. Weatherford said he hasn’t heard much from the Governor about their opposition, and along with his colleagues in the Florida Legislature, respect his opinion, but … Read more
BY JORGE BONILLA Senate President Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) has just handed Florida progressives a golden talking point, by asserting that failure to expand Medicaid per ObamaCare is somehow similar to attempts to nullify implementation of Brown v. Board of Education. Via the Tampa Bay Times: Florida has no choice. It must expand its Medicaid program under … Read more
By Javier Manjarres Tourism in Florida is booming according to Florida Governor Rick Scott, as he announced that 89.3 million visitors came to the Sunshine State in 2012, an increase of more than 2.3% or an additional two million tourists who visited the state in 2011. Scott also claimed that hiring within the tourism industry … Read more
By Javier Manjarres So how important is Florida’s 2014 gubernatorial race to the Republican party? Here is a little known fact for you to digest- the Republican Governors Association (RGA) has quietly appointed one of Florida Governor Rick Scott’s 2010 campaign staffers to head their political team. The RGA has just installed Kenny McKay as … Read more
By Javier Manjarres This has got to be a first in anyone’s book. While touring a Miami grocery store this past Friday, Florida Governor Rick Scott was approached by two Rabbis’ who gifted him with an embroidered “Governor Rick Scott Yamaka. Scott was helping stock the store shelves as part of his ‘Let’s Get to … Read more
By Javier Manjarres Florida Governor Rick Scott paid a visit to Goya Food’s Miami headquarters and distribution center for his fifteenth ‘Let’s Get to Work’ day. During the visit, Scott received a grand tour of the facility, and Goya’s executives put the governor to work sorting and packing a variety of beans for packaging and … Read more
By Javier Manjarres Florida Governor Rick Scott continued his Florida jobs tour by visiting Bolton Medical in Sunrise, Florida. Bolton Medical, a Florida-based company whose “parent organization” is a Barcelona, Spain-based company, that manufactures American-made Thoracic stents. Bolton Medical’s Director of Research and Development, John C. Canning said that the company only uses two … Read more