Jeb Bush on Wednesday endorsed Chauncey Goss for the seat being vacated by Rep. Connie Mack in Florida’s newly drawn 19th Congressional District.
In a statement, the former governor said, "Chauncey has a clear vision to restore this nation to greatness by encouraging opportunity and individual initiative -- replacing dependence on government programs with entrepreneurship, ingenuity, hard work, and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Bush added about Goss:
Jeb Bush's Foundation for Florida's Future applauded the state Board of Education's "emergency" action to lower the bar for passage after scores on the FCAT writing exam plummeted this year.
Instead of scores averaging nearly 80 percent, this year's results fell into the 30 percent range. To avert wholesale failure, the board lowered the passage requirement from 4.0 to 3.0 on Tuesday.
It wasn't exactly a Charlie Crist hug, but President Obama's effusive thanks to George LeMieux isn't going to help the former senator regain his seat.
Not buying the "financial disclosure" rationale presented by the legal counsel for three state Supreme Court justices, a Republican lawmaker wants the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate whether public employees and resources were used to assist them in electioneering.
GOP congressional candidate Trey Radel, accused of being a "cybersquatter," said Wednesday that he is shutting down websites that carried the names of three rival candidates in District 19.
Radel's campaign also said it would surrender the rights to some 23 domain names of his opponents.
"We will be working on removing the content from the live websites today," Radel spokesman Matt Pusateri said Wednesday morning.
Calling the New Black Panther Party an "Islamist extremist organization," a Florida group on Wednesday condemned the $10,000 bounty that remains on the head of George Zimmerman.
"The New Black Panther Party has issued a fatwa, an Islamist order or command, calling for the unlawful capture (kidnapping) of a citizen who had no outstanding arrest warrant," said the Florida Family Association.
"The NBPP's illegitimate reward offer for a kidnapping is something you see in the Middle East Arabic world, not in America. It should not be tolerated by law enforcement."
The legal counsel for the merit retention campaigns of three state Supreme Court justices said the election-related paperwork handled on court time Monday involved financial disclosure forms, not "electioneering communications."
"The disclosure form is something that everyone who holds a constitutional office in Florida is required to file each year -- including appellate judges -- whether or not they are running for office," said Dan Stengle, counsel for the merit retention campaigns of Justices Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince.
Rep. John Mica, R-Orlando, on Tuesday called on the General Services Administration to immediately oust a high-ranking official at the center of recent scandals at the agency.
Mica, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, asked GSA Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini to fire, or at least dock the pay of, Region 9 Public Buildings Service Commissioner Jeffrey Neely.
An abrupt hour-long recess by the Florida Supreme Court raised questions Monday about electioneering on state time.
During the hearing of a case -- an election case, ironically -- a state employee walked into the courtroom and handed Justice Charles Canady a note. The court recessed in the middle of testimony in the redistricting case.
Broward Teachers Union first vice president Bernie Schultz is the first to reach a deal with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, several education blogs reported.
Schultz received probation for a single misdemeanor count of violating campaign contribution laws. Schultz had been reimbursed out of union dues for making a political campaign contribution.
Insiders expect more settlements shortly, since another 25 BTU “employees, board members and their relatives” received similar reimbursements for campaign contributions.
