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Miami Police Officer Michael Juchnowski Fired for Pepper Spraying Taxi Driver
By Kyle Munzenrieder at 19 January, 2012, 2:25 pm
Michael Juchnowski, A City of Miami Police officer, has been fired for a variety of reasons including his part in a bizarre pepper spraying incident on Miami Beach last month. Juchnowski, who liv… Continue reading “Miami Police Officer Michael Juchnowski Fired for Pepper Spraying Read More
Read More >>Matthew Scheidt, Teen Who Once Pretended to be Doctor, Arrested for Impersonating Miami Beach Police Officer
By Kyle Munzenrieder at 19 January, 2012, 1:17 pm
Maybe when Matthew Scheidt heard “you can be anything you want to be when your grow up” as a child he took it the wrong way, because the Florida teen has a strange habit of pretending to be… Continue reading “Matthew Scheidt, Teen Who Once Pretended to be Doctor, Read More
Read More >>Friday Morning Reads: STEM, ALFs and a ‘parade of horrible’
By at 19 January, 2012, 12:00 pm
TALLAHASSEE — Happy Friday to everyone. We’re sure you want to get going on any weekend plans, so we’ll get to the top five stories of the day without dragging this out. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that an audit of Florida’s early learning programs shows a Read More
Read More >>Thursday Morning Reads: Prisons, casinos and hospitals
By at 19 January, 2012, 11:53 am
TALLAHASSEE — To recap yesterday, capitol watchers saw the Senate introduce new prison privatization bills, the governor nominate a new Secretary of State and Rep. Erik Fresen , R-Miami, file amendments to his casino bill. To catch up on that and more, here are the top five stories you Read More
Read More >>Florida’s "Ag Gag" Bill Won’t Stop Local Activist From Recording Animal Abuse
By Beach Blogger at 19 January, 2012, 9:06 am
A bill that would criminalize undercover footage of animal farms and slaughter facilities is on the floor of the State Senate, and has a good chance of being passed into law. Which means it woul… Continue reading “Florida’s “Ag Gag” Bill Won’t Stop Local Read More
Read More >>Florida’s "Ag Gag" Bill Won’t Stop Local Activist From Recording Animal Abuse
A bill that would criminalize undercover footage of animal farms and slaughter facilities is on the floor of the State Senate, and has a good chance of being passed into law. Which means it woul… Continue reading “Florida’s “Ag Gag” Bill Won’t Stop Local Read More
Read More >>Weatherford asks for Democratic redistricting votes, pledges not to mow over them
By at 18 January, 2012, 7:24 pm
TALLAHASSEE — House Redistricting Chairman Will Weatherford asked minority-party Democrats for their votes Wednesday, and said it was “not part of the plan” to roll over their objections when the re-drawn political maps hit the House floor. Weatherford’s committee will Read More
Read More >>Senate unveils privatization re-do plan
By at 18 January, 2012, 6:48 pm
TALLAHASSEE – A Senate panel opened the door Wednesday to give the Senate a second shot at privatizing 29 prisons in South Florida and eliminate some of the obstacles that led a Tallahassee judge to reject a similar plan this summer. The Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Sen. John Thrasher, Read More
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