Monday, March 11, 2013
Former Gov. Charlie Crist will be at a Lakewood Ranch restaurant. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will be at a private gathering in downtown Sarasota 12 miles away.
Two titans of Florida politics will be attending fundraisers 12 miles apart Friday, according to the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will be at the Polo Grill in Lakewood Ranch, raising money for the Manatee County Democratic Party, according to political reporter Jeremy Wallace writing for HT Politics. There is speculation that Crist will run for governor again. Tickets start at $75. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, will speak at the downtown penthouse home of entrepreneur Jesse Biter. Rubio, who is seen as a potential presidential candidate, is raising money for his PAC, Reclaim America, according to Wallace, writing for HT Politics. Tickets start at $500. The two men ran against each other in 2012 …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
As Florida Gov. Rick Scott calls on state legislators to increase funding for school by $1.2 billion some are skeptical about his intentions. We’d like to get your take on the governor’s proposals, Tampa Bay.
Florida school districts that have struggled with multi-million-dollar budget cuts and teachers who’ve gone years sans raises are being offered some hope courtesy of Florida’s Republican governor. Rick Scott is calling on the state’s legislature to approve a budget that includes an extra $1.2 billion in funding for public schools. Some of that money would help fund across-the-board raises of $2,500 for the state’s teachers. The overall plan would also boost per-student funding by about 6.5 percent, according to TBO.com. "Investing in our teachers and in our education system is the key to our state's continued economic growth," Scott said in the TBO piece. "We made the hard choices to recover and get back on track — now we must make the …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The former governor of Florida has announced he’s joined the Democrat Party. Could another run for the governor’s office be far behind?
First he was a Republican. Then he became an Independent. Now, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has officially joined the ranks of the Democrats. Crist made the announcement of his recent switch to the Democratic Party on his Twitter feed. “Proud and honored to join the Democratic Party in the home of President @Barack Obama,” he tweeted. Crist, a vocal supporter of Obama, is said to have signed the papers to become a Democrat while visiting the White House. The former Republican dropped his affiliation with that party during his 2010 Senate bid against now Sen. Marco Rubio. Crist’s announcement has many wondering if he’s positioning himself for a 2014 run against Gov. Rick Scott. Or, perhaps he has another seat in mind? We’d like to hear…
Monday, November 12, 2012
Former Gov. Charlie Crist increasingly is blasting Gov. Rick Scott over how he is running the state of Florida.
The 2012 election is barely in the books and already Florida politicos are turning their eyes to 2014, especially Democrats hungry to take back the Governor's mansion from the Republicans. Increasingly, Democrats appear ready to embrace former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist as their best chance at winning in 2014. At the same time, Crist is taking a more vocal role in criticizing Gov. Rick Scott, even taking to Twitter to blast Scott's controversial decision not to extend early voting during the presidential election. Crist certainly is a topic of news and speculation across Florida. Here is a sampling: AS DEMOCRATS TURN TO 2014, CHARLIE CRIST EMERGES AS MOST VOCAL OPPONENT OF RICK SCOTT by Mary Ellen Klas of the Miami Herald The populist…
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Charges of witness tampering and allegations of gay affairs involving former Gov. Charlie Crist are surfacing as money laundering trial of former GOP Party Chair Jim Greer nears.
With the July 30 trial date of former Florida Republican Party Chair Jim Greer approaching, witness-tampering allegations are flying between lawyers representing Greer, who is charged with fraud and money laundering, and former Gov. Charlie Crist of St. Petersburg, a critical prosecution witness. According to a WTSP TV news report released Friday, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investgation of the case contains information about Crist engaging in gay affairs. The TV report, later picked up by the stations' newspaper partner, the Fort Myers News-Press, says that Greer's attorney, Damon Chase of Lake Mary, claimed that if he was forced to depose Crist, embarassing allegations could come out. In an updated report, WTSP's Mike Deeson …
-Ed Harris-
11:41 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Michael D, you could not of stated it better! I think when people are elected they should drop the politics and be moderate considering all sides. Elected offices are voted on by all the people even if you voted against something. No one will ever be perfect but why did we and them sell out and stop at trying. more ›