Archive for February, 2009

Even as the legislature considers wiping out an estimated $388 million in sales tax breaks to try to plug Florida's rapidly growing (and currently estimated at $6 billion) budget hole, the Republican Party of Florida and Republican legislators are wasting no time or expense throwing a huge weekend-long party this weekend at Islands of Adventure, Universal... »

Ed Gamble weighs in on Mayor Peyton and the Trail Ridge Landfill.   »

Charlie Crist's new plan to balance the state budget on the back of college students isn't exactly receiving rave reviews around the state.  Stanley G. Tate, the 80-year old guru of the widely successful Florida Pre-Paid College Program, has pledged to spend $500,000 of his own money fighting the Governor's proposal that would allow... »

After the revelation that Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp's bodyguard/driver cost the state more than $210,000 over the last two years, the Sun-Sentinel decided to do a little more digging.  The results are rather astonishing.   A personal chauffeur and bodyguard, multiple airplanes and three sport utility vehicles stationed around the state are all part of an... »