Articles in Category: 'Tampa Bay Times'

Nan Rich Goes Left, Earns Some Distinction

By: Jeff Henderson | Posted: May 25, 2013 3:55 AM

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Is Rick Scott Being Pressured to Appoint Activist Judges?

By: Eric Giunta | Posted: March 7, 2013 3:55 AM

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Be Flattered, Governor: Lefties Are Bringing Out the Big Guns

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 21, 2013 3:55 AM

Let's see ... Mother Jones turns out a story ripping the tea party and Rick Scott, and guess what happens?

TAGS: Foundation for National Progress, Industrial Workers of the World, John Birch Society, Knights of Labor, mainstreamers, Mary Harris Jones, MoJo, Mother Jones, New American, News, Rick Scott, Social Democratic Party, Tampa Bay Times, Tea Party, The Miami Herald, the Socialist Party of America, United Mine Workers of America, Western Federation of Miners, Columns

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Peter Schorsch: Inexhaustible Political Animal

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 15, 2013 3:55 AM

TAGS: Adam Smith, Charlie Crist, Chris Ingram, Dana Young, Jack Latvala, James Madison Institute, Matt Gaetz, Michelle Schorsch, Mike Fasano, News, Peter Schorsch, Saintpetersblog, Susan MacManus, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Tribune, The Mallard Group, Troy Kinsey, Politics

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Enterprise Florida Has Made Mistakes, but It's on the Right Track to Make Good Things Happen

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 6, 2013 3:55 AM

Maybe nonprofit Integrity Florida should change its name.

TAGS: AFP, Americans for Prosperity, Andy Gardiner, big oil, David and Charles Koch, Digital Domain, Enterprise Florida, Gray Swoope, IF, Integrity Florida, Koch brothers, Martin Dyckman, News, pay-to-play, Tampa Bay Times, Columns

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So Predictable, So Tiresome: Democrats' Disdain for Rick Scott's Affordable Ed Plan

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: November 27, 2012 3:55 AM

Of course the Democrats are going to look down their noses at a $10,000 college education: 1) they didn't think of it first; 2) it can't have any merit if Rick Scott is promoting it; and 3) heaven forbid debt-spooked students and their families get a choice.

TAGS: $10000 college education, Daniel Hurley, higher education, News, Pew Research Center, Rick Perry, Rick Scott, student loan debt, student loans, Tampa Bay Times, Columns

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The Recount: Which Party Is the Voter Suppressor Now?

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: November 19, 2012 3:55 AM

You have to hand it to the Democrats and their pals in the mainstream media. Nobody touches these guys for sheer hypocrisy.

TAGS: Allen West, Barack Obama, CD 18, Gayle Harrell, Gertrude Walker, Karl Rove, News, Patrick Murphy, St. Lucie County, Tampa Bay Times, Columns

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Romney, Nelson, Yes on Retention Top Once-Powerful Newspaper Endorsements

By: Jim Turner | Posted: October 30, 2012 3:55 AM

TAGS: Adam Hasner, Al Lawson, Alcee Hastings, Bill Nelson, Bill Posey, Bonita Daily News, Bradenton Herald, C.W. Bill Young, Citrus County Chronicle, Corrine Brown, Dan Webster, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Ellyn Bogdanoff, Florida Constitutional Amendments, Florida Supreme Court Justices, Florida Times-Union, Florida Today, Gus Bilirakis, Hernando Today, John Mica, Kathy Castor, Lakeland Ledger, Mario Diaz-Balart, Miami Herald, Mitt Romney, Naples Daily News, News, Northwest Florida Daily News, Orlando Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Panama City News Herald, Patrick Murphy, Pensacola News Journal, Port St. Lucie News, president Obama, retention, Rich Nugent, Rickard Gilmore, Ron DeSantis, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, St. Augustine Record, Stuart News, Tallahassee Democrat, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Tribune, Ted Duetch, Ted Yoho, Tom Rooney, Trey Radel, Venice Gondolier Sun, Vern Buchanan, Vero Beach Press Journal, Politics

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Democrats, Don't Go Counting Your Chickens in 2014 Just Yet

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: October 10, 2012 3:55 AM

Woe is the Democrat who thinks Rick Scott is chopped liver in 2014.

TAGS: Cato Institute, CIT exemption, Corporate Income Tax, Medicaid, Miami Herald, News, News 9, Rick Scott, Tampa Bay Times, Wall Street Journal, Columns

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Charlie Crist: He'll Be Coming Round the Mountain When He Comes

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: September 22, 2012 3:55 AM

If I were smart, I'd stop speculating what Charlie Crist is going to do. He's going to do what Charlie Crist always does -- wait to see which way the wind blows, then let us know.

TAGS: Alex Sink, Barack Obama, Carole Crist, Charlie Crist, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party, Eli Lehrer, John Morgan, Mason Dixon, Miami Herald, Morgan and Morgan, News, Public Policy Polling, Ronald Casey, St. Pete Polls, Tampa Bay Times, Columns

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Popularity Takes a Nosedive

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: September 14, 2012 3:55 AM

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Charlie Crist's Latest Obama Hug Is Gonna Get Him Into the Club

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: August 27, 2012 3:55 AM

In the house where Florida Democrats live, the candidate cupboard is bare. Let's see how long it takes the party of desperation to snatch up Charlie Crist like he's water in a desert.

TAGS: Alex Sink, Barack Obama, Bob Graham, Charlie Crist, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Lenny Curry, Morgan and Morgan, Nan Rich, News, Peter Schorsch, Republican National Convention, Rick Scott, Rod Smith, Saint Petersblog, Tampa Bay Times, Politics

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Historic Preservation for the Miami Herald? It's a Politically Perfect Anti-Casino Strategy

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: July 27, 2012 3:55 AM

The Biscayne Bayfront Miami Herald building could go down in history as Florida's most lavishly-funded historic preservation project. And some would argue -- myself among them -- its most unworthy and possibly its most shameful.

TAGS: Becky Roper Matkov, Biscayne Bay, Christian Goode, Dade Heritage Trust, Disney, Don Miguel Sanchez, Fabiola Santiago, Gambling, Genting Group, Historic Preservation, Miami Herald, News, No Casinos, Resorts World Miami, Sigurd Naess, Tampa Bay Times, Columns

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Obama’s Schizophrenic Everglades Election Strategy

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: July 17, 2012 3:55 AM

Obama surrogates swooped into Florida Friday to drop $80 million in federal subsidies for conservation easements north of Lake Okeechobee. That’s fancy talk for paying landowners to hold water.

TAGS: Adam Putnam, Alan Farago, Alan Gold, Barack Obama, Craig Pittman, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, EPA, Everglades, Everglades Foundation, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Friends of the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Marco Rubio, News, numeric nutrient criteria, River of Grass, Tampa Bay Times, University of Florida, Columns

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Florida Democrats: Nothing to Work With, Nowhere to Go

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: July 16, 2012 3:55 AM

How desperate are the Democrats in Florida?

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Me-First Media Blow a Really Big One This Time

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: June 29, 2012 3:55 AM

In the race to be first, CNN, FOX, NPR, TIME, HuffPo -- and some newspapers in Florida -- all got the Obamacare decision story wrong before they got it right.

TAGS: CBS, Chicago Tribune, CNN, Fox, Gabrielle Giffords, HuffPo, Joe Paterno, Michael Clemente, National Public Radio, News, NPR, Obamacare, Palm Beach Post, Penn State, Tampa Bay Times, TIME, United States Supreme Court, Columns

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Ethics Question: More Evidence of the Treacherous Terrain in Tally for Rick Scott

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: June 25, 2012 3:55 AM

Daniel Ruth is a funny guy. I like colorful writing, so I'm a big fan. But mostly I like his columns' style, not so much their content.

TAGS: Daniel Ruth, ethics, Florida Commission on Ethics, Florida Power & Light, Genting, Let's Get to Work PAC, News, Republican National Convention, Rick Scott, Sheldon Adelson, Tampa Bay Times, Tampa International Airport, Columns

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I Didn't Think the Tampa Bay Times Could Stoop This Low

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: June 8, 2012 3:55 AM

The Tampa Bay Times has a political statement to make, OK, I get it. But their editors used a reckless comparison to make it, and I can't let that go without comment.

TAGS: Alabama National Guard, Civil Rights, George Wallace, James Hood, John F. Kennedy, News, Nicholas Katzenbach, Rick Scott, Tampa Bay Times, University of Alabama, Vivian Malone, Columns

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