Articles in Category: 'Crist'

USF-Polytechnic Avoids TaxWatch 'Turkey' Crosshairs

By: Jim Turner | Posted: April 14, 2012 3:55 AM

TAGS: Brevard Community College Public Safety Institute, Charlie, Crist, Florida’s Space Coast, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New Wakulla Environmental Institute, News, Rick Scott, South Florida Water Management District, St. Johns River restoration, Tallahassee Community College, TaxWatch, turkeys, University of South Florida’s Hearth Health Institute, USF-Polytechnic, Politics

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Tourism Industry to Crist: We Need Money Now

By: Alex Tiegen | Posted: May 13, 2010 12:06 AM

The tourism industry says it needs more than $34.7 million from the state right now to prove Florida beaches are unsullied by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

TAGS: Business, Crist, Don Gaetz, Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, Matt Gaetz, News, Oil Spill, Visit Florida

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The Veto That Changes Nothing

Posted: April 19, 2010 12:23 AM

The moment of "the veto" is over. Teacher performance pay is a null issue. But what did it accomplish, really, this controversial veto?

The one who held the veto pen and the Republican Party are more estranged than a couple trapped in a marriage from hell.

TAGS: Crist, Florida Virtual School, Innosight Institute, James Madison Institute, Michale Horn, News, online education, Teacher Performance Pay, Veto, Politics, Columns

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Kottkamp Back on Track

By: Kevin Derby | Posted: April 2, 2010 10:11 AM

When the fundraising figures for the last quarter of 2009 were released, conventional wisdom held that Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp was in severe trouble in his bid to be the state’s attorney general. News stories were already saying that Kottkamp was no longer the frontrunner in the race.

Kottkamp’s fundraising lagged behind his two chief rivals for the Republican nomination, former Agency for Health Care Administration secretary Holly Benson and Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi. Kottkamp’s fundraising efforts also lagged behind the two Democratic candidates, Sen.

TAGS: campaign contributions, conservatives, Crist, Kottkamp, News, Space Florida, Politics

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Grapefruit-Cactus: Game Tied

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: March 29, 2010 12:01 AM

Florida's Grapefruit League is lagging in the attendance race this year, losing its once-formidable lead to Arizona's Cactus League.

Since holding a 22-8 advantage in Major League Baseball Spring Training sites in 1998, Florida is now tied with the desert venue at 15 teams apiece and attendance has flattened accordingly.

TAGS: Arizona, Bonn, Business, Cactus League, Crist, Florida Sports Foundation, Gandy, Grapefruit League, Major League Baseball, News, Spring Training

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Articles in Category: 'Crist'

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