Helping make Florida affordable again and restoring the state's economy were the top priorities this year for the House of Representatives. The budget problems we're experiencing in Tallahassee are a symptom of a slowing economy nationwide, not just in Florida. ...more

May 19, 2008

In Tuesday May 13's paper on the front page, Jim Konkoly published a very good article titled "Mahoney Outlines Plan To End Recession." The article went on to tell of the talk Mr. Mahoney gave at the homeowners meeting on May 12. At the end of the article he talked about some of the questions that were asked and the answers that Mr. Mahoney gave. A good bit of the Mahoney plan to end the recession was based on putting the people to work in the construction industry. The first question that was asked in the question and answer session was, "How would he keep illegal aliens from taking construction jobs on public infrastructure projects aimed at putting American citizens back to work." The answer given was "We can get this problem fixed, but it cannot be a campaign issue." He said "It's not rocket science, you just have to have the will to do it." ...more

May 17, 2008

Ken Pruitt, the leader of the Florida Senate, says compensation for the wrongfully convicted is one of his top priorities this year. ...more

February 2, 2008

Edward John Trombetta, who served as a top official under Gov. Reubin Askew, has died. He was 69. ...more

January 29, 2008

I find presidential campaigns very distressful for this reason: The candidates make claims to have powers not granted to them by our Constitution. ...more

December 29, 2007

Democrat Christine Jennings has withdrawn a lawsuit over her 369-vote loss in a 2006 congressional race because a federal investigation will meet the same goals as the court case, her lawyers said. ...more

November 29, 2007

Democrat Barney Frank, homosexual congressman from Massachusetts, has come out to discriminate against the "transgender" wing of the party. The issue is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that Frank is promoting which would ban workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals but not transgender. ...more

October 24, 2007

Recently Sen. Hillary Clinton said that she if elected president she would give $5,000 to each child for college education. Here are a few facts: ...more

October 3, 2007