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How not to run a local government
One of the more enjoyable aspects of my public career was an excellent relationship with public safety unions. Law enforcement, fire and EMT groups were supportive of my races for the state legislature, Congress and governor. Although not unheard of,...Tags: Government, Public Employees, Finance, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Economy, Business and Finance
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This week: classic 'Modern Family'; 'Dancing With the Stars' finale
Staff writerThe TV season officially ends Wednesday night, and programmers quickly turn to summer scheduling. The top offerings as the season ends: "Modern Family" concludes its season with a visit to Florida for the funeral of Phil's mother. The episode, at 9 p.m....Tags: CBS Corp., The Big C (tv program), Entertainment Events, The Voice (tv program), Criminal Minds (tv program)
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In Florida, a question of timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch
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Grandson aims to block Jim Thorpe's reburial
If officials of the borough of Jim Thorpe are looking for some support in their fight to protect the final resting place of the man who gave their town its name, they might find it on an island in a beautiful lake in northern Wisconsin. "We think that...Tags: Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Judges, Whitehall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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In Florida, timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...Tags: Rick Scott, George Ryan, Regional Authority, Government, Politics
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Cuccinelli acceptance speech for GOP nomination for governor
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli gave the following remarks in accepting the Republican nomination for governor at the Republican Party of Virginia nominating convention in Richmond Saturday: "I think you now have a better sense of why I’m one of...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mitt Romney, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Government, Business
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The scandalously premature diagnosis of a cancer on the presidency
If it makes me a media lackey or a tail-wagging lap dog for President Barack Obama to hold out for, you know, actual evidence that he had anything to do with the various and glaring misbehavior, blundering and butt-covering in the governmental ranks...
Tags: Taxation, Benghazi, Career and Workplace, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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Readers take on guns, taxes, 'sex camp' and more
Time to let you guys sound off about taxes, guns, my weekend at sex camp and more. I wish I had been invited to go along ["My weekend at sex camp"]. You are one of the funniest people on the planet. Sister Ann Kendrick Sister, not only does that...
Tags: Apopka, Periodicals, George W. Bush, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan
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The Nixon false equivalence
"The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know," said Harry Truman, who made it his task to absorb a lot of it. Many people who have not followed his example are not averse to using what little they do know, with the inadvertent effect...
Tags: Taxation, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Justice System
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Enron's Jeff Skilling doesn't deserve a break
As if you didn't know this already, we're coddling criminals in America. By that I don't mean the petty drug dealers, three-strikes necklace-snatchers and other mooks filling up our state prisons; many of them are doing hard time. I'm talking about...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Trials, Prosecution, Conservation, Finance
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Kingsley Guy: Florida still needs election changes
This year, the Legislature enacted "ethics reform" in an effort to improve Florida's political climate. That's all well and good, but it's time now for lawmakers and the electorate to consider far-reaching structural reforms to upgrade Sunshine State...Tags: Regional Elections, Government, Regional Authority, Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Branch
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The giant, shocking IRS scandal that wasn't
There's nothing Washington likes better than a scandal. So official Washington was absolutely orgasmic this week while dealing with not one, but three scandals at the same time. Not one of which, sadly, was a sex scandal. First, there were accusations...Tags: Taxation, Republican Party, John Boehner, The Associated Press, Benghazi
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