Sometimes things just come along in a made-to-order fashion. Take for example PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien’s column entitled Florida Looking For New Money. Mark references this story where, responding to Gov. Rick Scott’s appeal for ideas to raise revenue, Rep. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton introduced HB 313. A bill that would allow advertising space to … Continue reading Your Bank Unmasked
Now that the election is over, there still remains a solution that, whether implemented on the state level or the county level, can turn red ink into black. And it doesn’t come from taxing more or going further into debt. It is done by decreasing cost, with little effort and no sacrifice required. A novel … Continue reading Any County Can Do It, Even Escambia
Candidate for Governor of Florida Alex Sink, caught here breaking the very rules that the person sending the text message on her Blackberry had proposed. She promised an ethical administration, and promptly fired the guy on the other end of the Blackberry. To keep her promise, seems like there’s only one more person to fire. … Continue reading aSide Order
Especially when it comes to learning about who is running for governor in Florida in 2010. There is only one candidate that actually has a plan to reduce the state’s debt, recover the billions of dollars lost by the Sink-McCollum-Crist triumvirate, create the environment for permanent private-sector job creation in the state, and reduce the … Continue reading In Florida, What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Let Floridians save 30% while the state earns billions! Rick Scott’s proposal to privatize Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is simply a bad idea. It would guarantee increased rates. There is a much better way to fix Citizens. Citizens is a mess with potentially huge exposure. That can be remedied, with 30% savings for all Floridians … Continue reading Privatizing Citizens Is Wrong
It may be a difficult read, but if you really want to know who is responsible for losing billions of dollars of Florida’s pension funds, you must read this. Next thing is, don’t reward them with your vote. For governor of the State of Florida, stick with Dr. Farid Khavari. An economist who not only … Continue reading The Gamblers; Crist, Sink, And McCollum
Good call for the Lakeland Ledger to call for a debate among the four leading gubernatorial candidates. The Ledger quotes Alex Sink as asking for debates. Good for the Ledger to call her on it. “Let’s debate the issues in three statewide debates,” she said. “Let’s call out our differences instead of calling names.” A … Continue reading Three Four-Way Debates in Florida’s Gubernatorial Contest
McCollum has been bombarding the airwaves of the talk radio frequencies with his campaign ads. And I’ve been listening closely to hear what his ideas are for Florida, since he is running for governor of the State. Unfortunately for Floridians, we may never know what his platform is other than Rick Scott this and Rick … Continue reading McCollum’s Platform: Rick Scott
For 32 years, Dr. Thomas B. Manton has been in the oil spill control business. He has expertise that we could use out there in the Gulf. And he is on his way there right now to volunteer his expertise. Because he can, and because he loves the state he lives in, Florida. He has … Continue reading Help Is On The Way In Gulf Oil Leak
Florida governor candidates compared in black and white FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Miami, FL April 21 – Noted economist and Democratic Independent gubernatorial candidate Farid Khavari today challenged voters to think about their own futures and the future of Florida. “People should vote in their own interests, not for candidates who represent special interests,” said Khavari. … Continue reading Know Your Florida Gubernatorial Candidates