A single guy can't run for vice president? Well, Gov. Crist will fix that. He announced his engagement yesterday. + Hostile comment at Daily Pulp. + Snark from Wonkette + ... and at Pam's House Blend. + Andrew Sullivan, too, is skeptical. (No that's not Walter Matthau. …
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Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again?
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Compact compacted
http://www.flablog.net/2008/07/compact-compacted.htmCompact compacted The Florida Supremes today voided the governor's gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe. The court isn't saying governors can't do compacts with Indian tribes, but when a compact goes against existing laws? Well, we can't have that sort of thing. The Fla. …
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Inlets come and go
http://www.flablog.net/2008/06/inlets-come-and-go.htmInlets come and go A friend sent this link from the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum site. It's an impressive animated map that shows just how shifting that part of the coast has been from 1741-present. …
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Gov. Crist Gets Engaged
http://www.discourse.net/archives/2008/07/gov_crist_gets_eng...Flablog has the rundown on Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s engagement to one Carole Rome, described as an MBA, with experience working as an auditor and as a realtor, at Shall I never see a bachelor of threescore again? including many people asking the obvious question. It’s hard not to be cynical about the sudden engagement of a man whose primary obstacle to the Republican Vice-Presidential nomination are the rumors that he
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Florida Progressive Coalition Blog:
http://quinnell.us/sspbFlorida trio of Democrats to get the endnorsement of the United Teachers of Dade. Winner - Gus Bilirakis: He’ll soon have a more rewarding career outside of government. Loser - Carole Rome: Come on, seriously? Charlie Crist? Don’t you know… Loser - Charlie Crist: Pretty significantly smacked down on the Idian gaming compact. Loser - Lincoln Diaz-Balart: Lying is no way to keep your job.
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Winners & Losers
http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1899Florida trio of Democrats to get the endnorsement of the United Teachers of Dade. Winner - Gus Bilirakis: He’ll soon have a more rewarding career outside of government. Loser - Carole Rome: Come on, seriously? Charlie Crist? Don’t you know… Loser - Charlie Crist: Pretty significantly smacked down on the Idian gaming compact. Loser - Lincoln Diaz-Balart: Lying is no way to keep your job.
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10 Stories to Read
http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1897Last Saturday, my wife had an epiphany. She has discovered the fact that I have been railing about (pun intended) that economies that do not adapt to peak oil by adopting sustainable transportation in the form of trains are losers.” 3. Flablog - Compact compacted: “The court isn’t saying governors can’t do compacts with Indian tribes, but when a compact goes against existing laws? Well, we can’t have that sort of thing.” 4. Pushing Rope
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Story of the Day
http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1836story on the Florida blogs yesterday was Charlie Crist’s flip flop on oil drilling off our coast. Here’s what people said… Progress Florida (Ray Seaman) - A Very Cold Day In Hell becoming change… - crist: flip-flopping on florida’s beaches Flablog - Editorial roundup, oil edition st. petersblog - Black gold, Texas tea Morning Martini - Gov. Charlie Crist loves his new flip flops BeThink (Andrew Wahl) - Offshore drilling is the answer? Really?
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Story of the Day
http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1835- Poll: Obama Pulls Ahead in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania becoming change - On to Florida, Obama Takes Over Lead… Incertus (Brian) - Wow! Blue Herald 2.0 - Poll: Obama Trumps McCain in Florida, Penn., Ohio Flablog - Poll-o-Rama Florida Kossacks - Good News for Barack Obama in WaPo ABC News Poll FLA Politics (j2thaizzo) - Inside the Florida Quinnipiac numbers
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South Florida Daily Blog
http://southfloridadailyblog.blogspot.comhas received from commenters after his latest post on his verdict is decidedly mixed. F- What kind of food might be offered at the new Marlins stadium? MenuPages Blog: South Florida has some answers. G- Flablog takes a glance back in Charlie Crist history. Hey, it's all about getting elected, suckers! .
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26 Stories to Read
http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1771- First Coast Congressional Delegation By The Numbers, Grassroots Supporters for Joe Garcia - Mario Diaz-Balart Votes Against GI Bill for our Veterans, Joe Responds, Grassroots Supporters for Joe Garcia - Republican Party out of Touch on Cuba Policy, Flablog - Feeney’s north end problem, Discourse.net - Local GOP Candidates Back Out of Debates, Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller - Former senator (also former governor) Bob Graham endorses Christine Jennings (video),
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Seminole Heights
http://seminoleheights.blogspot.comBlogLassiter - Bob Lassiter - The MadDog of past Tampa Talk Radio Blogwood (Tampa Heights - Tampa) Coroner Stories DaveDorm (may be Seminole Heights) Discourse.net (Coral Gables/Miami) edit engine (Tampa) flablog - FLoridA Blog Florida Rescued Dogs InfoManiac: WeBlog (Miami) InterBay Superstar (Ybor City) interstate4jamming (Lakeland) It's Recess-time Somewhere (Tampa) me-and-my-life (Ybor Heights - Tampa) My Addled Brain Out In Left Field (Wesley Chapel)
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30 Stories to Read
http://quinnell.us/sspb/?p=1756however is the deceptive language the TBRC devised to accompany their proposed amendments. Though clearly engineered to revive Bush’s voucher plan, nowhere on the ballot does it mention vouchers or taxapayer support for private schools. ” 7. Flablog - What voucher amendments?: “Although the majority of Florida voters oppose vouchers, this might pass due to pure voter confusion — not an unknown thing in Florida.” 8. Our Congressional Delegation:
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