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State must quickly clean up incentive data
It turns out a virtual clown brigade has been minding the $1.7 billion Florida has promised to companies in exchange for creating jobs and investing in the state.
How else do you explain the flow of wrong and misleading information out of the...Tags: Labor Markets, Science and Technology, Jabil Circuit Incorporated, Saint Petersberg (Russia), Technology
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Assault on environment led by the ill-informed, shortsighted
In a moment, I'm going to tell you about plans to gut one of Florida's key environmental programs — one meant to safeguard everything from manatees to the seafood you eat.
The program is cheap. Its effectiveness has been touted by politicians on...Tags: Lake Mary, Environmental Issues, Politics, Republican Party, Energy Resources
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Wekiwa Springs State Park to upgrade campsites
A buddy of mine went camping with his son this past weekend at Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas County and was unsuccessful in persuading me to go along — it's just too ridiculously hot for that type of thing right now.
He went on for a while about the...Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, State Parks, Florida, Gardens and Parks
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AT&T, ADT lobby for faster, cheaper installation of home alarms
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelUrged on by lobbyists for AT&T Inc. and The ADT Corp., the Florida Legislature is close to passing a bill this spring that would make it faster and cheaper for the companies to sell and install home-alarm systems. The legislation, sponsored in the House... -
‘The View’ showcases funniest teacher; he’s from Florida
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelA Florida teacher, named the funniest in the country by “The View,” will perform on the ABC chatfest. Mike Rivera of Osceola Middle School in Pinellas County won the “How Funny Are You?” contest. He taped his performance Thursday,... -
Embattled election supervisors get their day in Tally
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – County election supervisors taking heat for last fall’s elections woes pointed the finger Monday at two sources of confusion and angst outside of their control — the length of last fall’s ballot and limits on early... -
Dept. of Ag spokesman headed to energy company
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Sterling Ivey, spokesman for Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, is headed to Duke/Progress Energy. The longtime state government spokesman previously worked for Gov. Charlie Crist, Pinellas County Schools, the Florida Department... -
The early culprits in Florida’s elections debacle: 11 amendments, too few voting sites
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — With lawmakers turning their attention to another national embarrassment, you could call it the low-hanging fruit of causal explanations for the long-lines and slow tallying of votes in last month's presidential election. While too-few... -
Charlie Crist: I’m actually not filing to become a Dem until Thursday
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelCharlie Crist is not a Democrat yet – at least not officially. Florida’s former Republican-turned-independent governor plans to formally file his new voter registration application with the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Thursday... -
RPOF continues to nail Crist for changes in party and principle
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThis is gonna get old real quick. Now that Charlie Crist is officially a Democrat — he changed his registration this morning in Pinellas County — the Republican Party of Florida is ramping up its efforts to expose Crist as an unprincipled... -
Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Overton dies
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Ben F. Overton, a Green Bay, Wisc., native who was the first justice elected after merit-retention reforms in the 1970s, died Saturday in Gainesville after complications from heart surgery, the... -
Early-release Wednesdays: Wasteful or Wonderful (part 2)?
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelWay back in 2007, we had a lively debate here on whether it made sense for local schools to dismiss students early on Wednesday afternoons to give teachers time to plan together. That conversation was prompted by a then Lake County School Board member...
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