If we were to think like the establishment political press, we would conclude that there are “about 23.3 million living” Americans whose military service gives them the requisite executive skills to be president of the United States. But next, pesky facts keep getting in the way.Original post by Bea…

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack is endorsing state Rep. Michael Grant of Port Charlotte by state Rep. Nancy Detert of Venice in the GOP primary for state Sen. District 23. Charlie Crist is expected to do the same.

“Time and again Mike has demonstrated why he is a respected leader the Florida Legislature, a…

As he promised to do earlier that month, Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday vetoed a controversial seagrass bill opposed by most environmental groups.

In his veto letter, Crist said he was concerned that HB 7059 called for setting up seagrass mitigation banks on sovereign submerged land, which could be …

It’s official: Florida has both a state anthem and a (non-offensive, politically correct) state song.

Gov. Charlie Crist today signed SB 1558, designating "Florida, Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky" as Florida’s official state anthem — and retaining Stephen Foster’s minstrel show tune &q…

Gov. Charlie Crist says his appointments to the board of the South Florida Water Management District set in motion the proposed buyout of U.S. Sugar Corp., revealed final week after months of top-secret talks. After a reshuffled board featuring Crist’s appointees narrowly denied U.S. Sugar’s desire …

Gov. Charlie Crist couldn’t compliment the Amendment 1 property tax cuts decent, and his statewide campaigning (aka the "drop like a rock" tour) surely helped get the plan passed in January. But he sounds less than jazzed about the Amendment 5 proposal, commonly known as the "tax swap…

Had an strange sign today for Congressional District 25 candidate Joe Garcia, who is running to unseat Mario Diaz-Balart. He launched into a rapid-fire monologue about how much he appreciated my help (huh?!), how well his campaign’s going, blah, blah, bah. Finally, when he mentioned my PAC, I cut h…

Pinellas’ national search for a new superintendent continues to attract candidates with serious baggage.

Last week, it was Maritza D. Tamayo, a former high school principal in New York City, who was fired in August 2007 after officials found she organized a Santeria ceremony in her conference r…

Pinellas’ national search for a new superintendent continues to attract candidates with serious baggage.

Last week, it was Maritza D. Tamayo, a former high school principal in New York City, who was fired final year after officials found she organized a Santeria ceremony in her conference room to …

With just one day to go before their step increases took effect, Pasco’s teachers and school-related employees agreed to delay the annual raises by at least a month.

The deal to hold off on the payments and suspend talks about them until July 31 came in a 30-minute special negotiating session. It …

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