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Democratic newcomers to compete in House District 101 primary
South Florida Sun-SentinelTwo Democratic political newcomers, Maria Jimenez and Samuel Lopez, will compete on Aug. 26 for the chance to wrest control of the State House District 101 seat from a Republican in the Republican-leaning district. Jimenez, an educator from Naples, and...Tags: Death and Dying, Sales, Property, Mike Davis, Fires
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Squabble over rules bogs down auto tag contract for South Broward
South Florida Sun-SentinelOne business could snag a deal to sell auto tags in southern Broward County even though county officials wanted to spread the work to more companies. The county has struggled for three years to hire private firms to distribute license tags and decals...Tags: Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Broward County, Weston (Broward, Florida), Economic Policy, Privatization
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Use tolls, but don't privatize roads to do so
Indiana raised $3.8 billion for road improvements by leasing its toll road to a private company. New Jersey has been considering privatizing the New Jersey Turnpike and raising tens of billions to erase state debts. Here in Hampton Roads, the idea of...Tags: Transportation, Corporations, Business Enterprises, Economic Policy, Road Transportation
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Slow down and air out deal for Clermont land
Sentinel ColumnistThis is a really, really good deal. Quick! Vote for it! This is an attitude that makes me nervous. This notion should make the palms of every elected city official sweat, too. In Clermont, however, most of the council seemed all too ready last week to...Tags: Montrose, Clermont, State Budgets, Property, Mount Dora
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Raise the gas tax
Most of our legislators are acting on their own opinion of what we taxpayers need instead of listening to what we have said about our roads. They keep proposing the same thing over and over. Different words, but the same bottom line. The latest fiasco...Tags: Road Transportation, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Transportation, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), State Budgets
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Dining room dollars
Al Gore claims (though I've found no evidence to back it up) that "good enough for government work" once implied that such work met the highest standards of excellence. Maybe. But in the U.S. Senate's kitchens, "good enough for government work" means...Tags: Upper House, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dianne Feinstein, National Government, Privatization
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The GOP reply to Gov. Kaine's speech
Daily PressThis afternoon Delegate Phillip A. Hamilton (R- Newport News) and Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Faquier) offered the Republican perspective on the Special Session II on transportation following Governor Kaine's address to a Joint Assembly of the Virginia...Tags: Upper House, Sales, Parliament, Phillip A Hamilton, Transportation
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Text of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's transportation speech
Daily PressMr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the General Assembly: 2008 has already been a challenging year and remarkable year for this legislature. We have wrestled with a national economic slowdown that has reduced state revenues, forcing us to make tough...Tags: Sales, Automotive Equipment, Local Elections, Timothy M. Kaine, State Budgets
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Video: McCain stumbling on privatization
Spin CycleAttacking Obama's plan to fix Social Security by raising the cap on payroll taxes, McCain gets accused of favoring privatization. In NH yesterday and NJ today, McCain insists -- forcefully -- that it's not true. Except, the DNC comes up......Tags: Social Security, Wages and Pensions, Privatization, Government, Employees
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A necessary read -- yes. innovative? Not exactly
There's a disparaging saying: "If you want to hide something from black people, put it in a book." Unfortunately, the same can be said about many Florida residents who may have missed the recent release of 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future. The...Tags: Insurance, Lower House, Parliament, Colleges and Universities, Property
Jul 16, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jul 14, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jul 12, 2008
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jul 2, 2008
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 28, 2008
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jun 10, 2008
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Jun 23, 2008
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jun 23, 2008
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jun 14, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
May 14, 2008
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
