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Check out Max Linn’s new fundraising site

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:10:12 +0000

Max Linn’s new fundraising Web site, titled "Must Change Congress," ties his effort to Sen. Barack Obama’s run for the presidency.

The site argues that public need to help folks like Max Linn get
elected so that Republican congressmen (read: U.S. Rep. Bill Young)
don’t stand in Obama’s wa…

Florida Politics Blog

House GOP candidate rejects lobbyists’ money

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:07:47 +0000

The Buzz recently famous a fundraiser for GOP House candidates, one asking lobbyists to contribute up to $14,000. One of the intended beneficiaries was Terry Sanchez of Seminole, who is challenging Rep. Janet towering in District 51.

Sanchez accepted the invitation but next backed out, saying she d…

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The world according to Robert Wexler

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:44:31 +0000

The fire-breathing south FL liberal has a Q&A with the Times: You clearly relish playing the bomb-throwing liberal or, as you put it in your book, the "rhetorical warrior." Why?One of the ways (to be effective in Congress) is to be someone who helps shape public opinion. In order to he…

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Cyclist fatally injured crossing US 19 in Hudson

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:12:00 +0000

HUDSON - A person was killed while crossing US Highway 19 on a bicycle in Hudson Saturday. Florida State Troopers and Pasco County Sheriff’s Officers had two lanes cordoned off within Little Road and Denton Avenue where the cyclist was covered by a white sheet as traffic trickled past. Office…

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Journalism in Pensacola

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:57:00 +0000

We confess that we have no view who J. Earle Bowden is targeting in his latest Saturday column. Bowden, of course, is the justly revered editor-emeritus of the Pensacola News Journal whose name is honored among other places by Bowden Way, that stretch of beautiful Gulf-front road amoung Pensacola …

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Investigator says weather not to blame in plane crash

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:47:00 +0000

TAMPA — An investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board has ruled out weather as a factor in the crash of a private plane Thursday at Vandenberg Airport that killed the pilot and two passengers.

In a news conference at midday, Corky Smith, senior air safety investigator for the NTSB…

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Catchword for Careerists

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:32:00 +0000

Hundreds whether not thousands of bloggers are assembly in Austin at the annual Netroots Nation convention, including the erstwhile Digby, the casually enigmatic Duncan Black, and the hilariously profane Rude Pundit, among lots and lots of other DFH notables.What fun we’re having comes from staying …

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Rubio breaks out the tweed sportcoat

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:50:21 +0000

House Speaker Marco Rubio is adding professor to his burgeoning resume.

The Miami Republican will start teaching a course on state politics and elections that fall at Florida universal University. Rubio has additionally just started a stint as visiting scholar at the school’s Metropolitan Center, …

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Flugtag festivities off to a soggy start

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:04:00 +0000

Contestants scheduled to compete in Saturday’s Flugtag extravaganza in downtown Tampa were forced to wait out heavy downpours today as they checked in their flying machines for weigh-in. The conference Center was filled with organizers and teams who could do nothing but wait it out. It was sort of …

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Jury out in ex-church youth leader murder case

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Jurors are deliberating in the first-degree murder case against Joshua Rosa, a former church youth leader accused of killing his 13-year-old neighbor on Dec. 8, 2005.

Rosa’s attorney, Brian Gonzalez, said authorities put the wrong man on trial that week. He said Rosa, soon after 19, had been jogg…

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