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    May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Marco Rubio's task: selling immigration reform to GOP faithful

    PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul.
    PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Wearing a 2010 vintage Marco Rubio campaign T-shirt and matching button, Cheryl Griffin spewed frustration that the man she helped win a long-shot conservative bid for Senate is now leading an immigration overhaul. An...

    Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida), Employees, Elections, Voting

    2. Oct 20, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Fla. woman chooses to go jail over $7.45 bill

    A woman decided to go to jail rather than pay her bill at a Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant. The total she went to jail over: $7.45. According to a police report, Maryanne O'Neill, 66, ordered coffee and a sandwich at a Waffle House restaurant on...

    Tags: Misdemeanors, Prisons, Dining and Drinking, Crime, Law and Justice, Restaurants

    3. May 17, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  3. Isle of Wight supervisors meeting Monday to address controversial emails

    Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors Chairwoman JoAnn Hall said Friday that the board will discuss Monday, May 20, how to proceed in response to complaints about Vice Chairman Byron "Buz" Bailey forwarding emails that contained racist content to some supervisors and county staff.
    Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors Chairwoman JoAnn Hall said Friday that the board will discuss Monday, May 20, how to proceed in response to complaints about Vice Chairman Byron "Buz" Bailey forwarding emails that contained racist content to some...

    Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), NAACP, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Racism

    4. May 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  4. New state law adds oversight to incentives, watchdogs say

    The Tampa Tribune
    Government watchdogs are hailing a new law that will try to make companies more accountable for the economic incentives they get from Florida. That's been a sore subject in the state, which has suffered major embarrassments when companies that won...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Laws, Media Industry, Rick Scott, Tampa

    5. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  5. BRIEF: Florida's job market shows solid growth in April as unemployment drops to lowest rate since 2008

    The Palm Beach Post
    Florida's unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percentage points to 7.2 percent in April, returning to 2008 levels, as 17,000 jobs were created, the state Department of Economic Opportunity reported this morning. The state had stronger numbers than the...

    Tags: Marketing, Employment, Career and Workplace, West Palm Beach, Employment Opportunities

    6. May 12, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Incentives arms race isn't good business

    Florida's elected officials can be generous to a fault – at least with your money.
    Florida's elected officials can be generous to a fault – at least with your money. They're particularly gracious handing out incentives and tax breaks to companies and organizations dangling the prospect of jobs. Even if the company plans to add...

    Tags: Scripps Research Institute, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Trips and Vacations, Rick Scott, Brevard County

    7. May 7, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  7. Swift Justice: Contract repair in another state and public defenders

    Swift Justice
    Dear Jackie, I live in Connecticut and have a small condo in Florida. I recently had water damage in my front bedroom and foyer from a leak from the water heater in the second floor unit. The lady in the unit upstairs reported it to the management,...

    Tags: Lawyers, Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida), Punishment, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice

    8. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. Rep. Patrick Murphy sequesters his paycheck

     
       In light of the sacrifice faced by furloughed federal workers – and public cynicism toward Congress these days -- South Florida Congressman Patrick Murphy announced on Thursday he will donate $8,700 of his pay to local charities.  Murphy, a...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Patrick Murphy, Politics, White House, Barack Obama

    9. Mar 5, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  9. Scott to lawmakers on past two years: “It’s working”

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    Gov. Rick Scott went before the Florida Legislature and offered a huge dose of sellf-congratulation as well as praise for lawmakers. “Two years ago, we met together facing crippling debt, record-high unemployment and a downward spiral of job losses,...
    10. Dec 7, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. Allen West's losing campaign spends eye popping $109 per vote

    U.S. Rep. Allen West, the tea party freshman who lost his bid for a second term last month, was taking in money so fast during the last 20 days of the campaign that he couldn’t spend it all.
    Sun Sentinel
    U.S. Rep. Allen West, the tea party freshman who lost his bid for a second term last month, was taking in money so fast during the last 20 days of the campaign that he couldn’t spend it all. New campaign finance reports filed with the Federal...

    Tags: Tea Party Movement, Allen West, Politics, Federal Election Commission, Elections

    11. Dec 29, 2012 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  11. Memories of 2012: Long voting lines, too many gun tragedies

    A simmering rage was building, with South Florida rallies featuring celebrities wearing hoodies and high school kids holding up bags of Skittles. This was a month after Miami-Dade high school student Trayvon Martin was killed in Central Florida by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, before Zimmerman had been charged with second-degree murder by a special prosecutor. The case sparked a huge national debate over race, profiling, vigilantism, guns and Florida's Stand Your Ground Law.
    A simmering rage was building, with South Florida rallies featuring celebrities wearing hoodies and high school kids holding up bags of Skittles. This was a month after Miami-Dade high school student Trayvon Martin was killed in Central Florida by...

    Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Allen West, Health and Safety at School, LeBron James, Elections

    12. Sep 20, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  12. Show of hands, please, on support for open teacher talks

    Change of Subject
    WPTV-TV West Palm Beach screen grab, 9/18/12 The periodic eruption of twinkles from the capacity crowd in the Fort Pierce (Fla.) Central High School auditorium Tuesday night seemed to lend support to the argument of my critics: Allowing the public......
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