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Peel Back Tallahassee's Covers: It's Still a Gambling Year

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 18, 2013 3:55 AM

Billed as an off-gambling year in Florida politics, 2013 is anything but. Too much gambling-interest money is circulating, too much strategizing is going on.

TAGS: Big Gambling, Brian Ballard, casinos, destination resorts, Florida Gaming Congress, Gambling, Gaming, Genting, Internet gaming, Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre, Las Vegas, Marc Dunbar, News, racetrack gaming, Seminole, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Spectrum Gaming, Walt Disney World, Columns

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Mushrooming Tax Identity Fraud in Florida Leads the Nation

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 17, 2013 9:00 PM

TAGS: Business, Chicago Tribune, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, News, Reuters, Social Security, Steven Miller, tax identity fraud, U.S. Treasury Department, Wifredo Ferrer

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Carole Crist Doesn't Fight for Her Teenage Daughters

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 15, 2013 1:00 PM

TAGS: Blue Star Jets, Carole Crist, Hamptons, Mark Heller, New Times, News, Todd Rome, 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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Marco Rubio Firms Up His Presidential Creds, Slams Obama's 'Big Government' Message

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 13, 2013 1:00 AM

TAGS: Evan Feinberg, FoxNews.com, FreedomWorks, Generation Opportunity, GOP, Hispanic vote, Lenny Curry, Marco Rubio, Matt Kibbe, News, Obama, Sean Hannity, SOTU, State of the Union, Tom Rooney, 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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Just When You Think You've Heard It All, Bill Nelson Gets Named One of America's '10 Toughest Politicians'

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 4, 2013 3:55 AM

Even folks who voted for Bill Nelson have to wonder how Senator Disappear-Down-the-Back-Stairway can make a "10 Toughest Politicians in Washington Today" list.

TAGS: Bill Nelson, Blogpost, Dianne Feinstein, Elizabeth Flock, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Kyrsten Sinema, Mary Jo White, News, Rahm Emanuel, Tammy Duckworth, Tim Huelskamp, Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post, Washington Whispers, Columns

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What Sets Don Gaetz and Will Weatherford Apart

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 31, 2013 3:55 AM

TAGS: Campaign Finance Reform, corruption, Dean Cannon, Don Gaetz, elections supervisors, ethics reform, fiscal accountability, higher education, Jeff Henderson, Mike Haridopolos, News, pension plans, transparency, Will Weatherford, Work Plan Florida, Politics

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Full-Time Legislature? Please, God, No!

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 30, 2013 3:55 AM

Sen. Jeff Clemens is a smart guy, but with this "full-time Legislature" constitutional amendment he proposed Tuesday, he's going the wrong way down a one-way street.

TAGS: California, CalNews.com, Florida Constitution, full-time legislature, Geoff Metcalf, Jeff Clemens, Michigan, New York, News, part-time legislature, Pennsylvania, Columns

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Unveiling Today: Rubio Key in Bipartisan Senators' Blueprint for Immigration

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 28, 2013 3:55 AM

TAGS: border patrol agents, Charles Schumer, Department of Homeland Security, Dick Durbin, drones, farmworkers, Florida Watchdog, GOP, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Jeff Flake, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Michael Bennet, News, president Obama, Robert Menendez, Politics

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Case of the Missing Everglades Restoration Coverage

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 28, 2013 3:55 AM

One of the oddest mysteries of last week is what happened to media coverage of the progress on Everglades restoration. Long Senate and House committee meetings Thursday were devoted to it.

TAGS: Best Management Practices, BMPs, environmentalists, Ernie Barnett, Everglades Agricultural Area, Everglades Foundation, Everglades restoration, Florida Sugar Cane League, News, Philip Parsons, phosphorus, River of Grass, South Florida Water Management District, sugar industry, water quality, Columns

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Why Not Casinos?

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

It's time for Florida to re-examine its fear of gambling and put it where it can do the state some good -- in smart, high-class state-of-the-art casinos.

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American Inauguration, Always a Bargain

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 19, 2013 3:55 AM

This is the time I should be grousing about the cost of a second-term liberal president's inauguration. Have at those hypocritical Democrats, right? Wrong. I'm not going to do it.

TAGS: Bill Clinton, Emancipation Proclamation, George W. Bush, Inauguration, Martin Luther King Jr., Medicare, News, Obamacare, Statue of Freedom, Columns

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Other Conservative States Look to Follow No-State-Income-Tax Florida

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

TAGS: Americans for Tax Reform, Bobby Jindal, corporate taxes, Grover Norquist, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, ITEP, News, Rick Scott, Sarah Parkington, state income tax, Politics

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You Were Right, Rick Scott: Florida Can't Hide from Abysmal STEM Rankings

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 14, 2013 3:55 AM

Sorry, anthropology defenders, but Gov. Rick Scott was right 15 months ago about the college degrees needed in the 21st century marketplace. And he's so right today.

TAGS: Algenol, anthropology, Ben Cameron, engineering schools, Florida Center for Research in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, NASA, News, Paul Woods, Rick Scott, Silicon Valley, STEM, U.S. News and World Report, Columns

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Grover Norquist: Fiscal-Cliff Compromise a Honey of a Win for Republicans, Taxpayers

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 11, 2013 3:55 AM

TAGS: Bush tax cuts, Center Right Coalition, Fiscal Cliff, Grover Norquist, Marco Rubio, News, Obama, Peter Orzsag, Robert Reich, Politics

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Gun-Control Firebomb

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 7, 2013 3:55 AM

If any subject can overtake the fiscal-cliff aftermath on the D.C. Richter scale, it's a gun-control bill.

TAGS: assault weapon ban, Boston Herald, Dianne Feinstein, firearms, Fordham University, gun-control bill, Joe Biden, large ammunition magazine ban, Library of Law and Liberty, National Firearms Act, News, Newtown, Nicholas J. Johnson, NRA-ILA, Obama Administration, Second Amendment, Thomas M. Menino, Columns

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Fiscal Cliff Deadline Missed, but Senate Approves 'Imperfect' Compromise Package

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: January 1, 2013 3:45 AM

TAGS: CLASS Act, Fiscal Cliff, Fox News, Joe Biden, Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell, News, Obamacare, president Obama, spending cuts, tax increases, Politics

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Thank you for Jon Hammar, Congresswoman Illeana Ros-Lehtinen

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

After Newtown, America needed a Christmas story with a happy ending, and thanks largely to South Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, it's getting a beauty.

TAGS: Bill Nelson, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jon Hammar, Jon Hammar Sr, Marco Rubio, News, Columns

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Fur's Still Flying in Scott Rothstein Ponzi Scheme Case

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: December 21, 2012 3:55 AM

TAGS: Broward County Circuit Court, Charlie Crist, friend, Gayla Sue Levin, George Levin, Marcia Cooke, News, ponzi scheme, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Scott Rothstein, Securities and Exchange Commission, South Florida Business Journal, TD Bank, William Scherer, Politics

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Gun Ban Won't Stop Another Sandy Hook Massacre: Let's Have the Hard Conversation

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: December 20, 2012 3:55 AM

Why is the Sandy Hook aftermath conversation only about gun control?

TAGS: Adam Lanza, Anders Breivik, Connecticut, Gun Control, Los Angeles Times, Nancy Lanza, National Review, News, Newtown, Norway, Rasmussen Reports, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandy Hook, Utoya, Columns

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Environmentalists Don't Get It: State Land Purchase Isn't a High Priority in 2013

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

Liberals would have you believe Florida Forever has been left gasping its last on the governor's floor. Pay no attention. It's not true.

TAGS: Audubon of Florida, Congressional Research Service, environmentalists, Eric Draper, Federal Land Ownership, Florida Cabinet, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Forever, land buys, land preservation, Liberals, News, Orlando Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Rick Scott, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, The Tampa Bay Times, Columns

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Charlie Crist and John Morgan: Let the Mutual Back-Scratching Begin

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

TAGS: Alex Sink, Barack Obama, Bill Nelson, bundler, Charlie Crist, Elizabeth Warren, John Morgan, Morgan & Morgan, News, Phillip A. Harris, Scott Randolph, Vince Carter, Politics

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Oh, Susan Bucher, What Have You Done Now?

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

Something (else) is rotten in the Palm Beach County supervisor of elections office.

TAGS: Ashley Walker, Ken Detzner, News, Obama, Obama for America, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Palm Beach Post, Public Concepts, Randy Nielsen, Rick Scott, Susan Bucher, West Boca Library, West Boynton Library, Columns

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The Florida Supreme Court and E-Filing: What, Me Hurry?

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: December 3, 2012 3:55 AM

Somebody please tell me why the Florida Supreme Court hasn't made e-filing happen by now.

TAGS: court records, DCA, district courts, DOAH, e-filing, First Amendment Foundation, Florida Bar, Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Supreme Court, Friend of the First Amendment award, Google, Microsoft, News, Sharyn Smith, workers comp, 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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