Florida's Corporate Welfare Not Working

In 2014, the state gave out

$5.7 billion 
in Corporate Welfare

The state's ability to attract high-wage manufacturing jobs has not increased alongside a sharp rise in taxpayer-funded economic incentives (Corporate Welfare), which are often designed to attract those jobs, according to the Legislature's top economist. here

Marco Rubio's Secret-Money Commercials

Every pro-Rubio television commercial so far in the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina has been paid for not by his campaign or even by a super PAC that identifies its donors, but instead by a nonprofit called Conservative Solutions Project. The secret-money group is giving him at least an $8 million assist, according to advertising tracker Kantar Media's CMAG. here

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The candidate has presented himself as being opposed to such unaccountable money.

Rally for Rasmea Odeh's Appeal In Tampa

10.15.2015 - 7pm

Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse

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The Merchants Of Ybor: The Mojitos House

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Marco Rubio Weighs In On Missing Votes

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Caldo Gallego

With Cuban

At Cuban Sandwich Shop in Tampa

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Bernie Sanders Debate Viewing Party In Ybor City

10.13.2015 - 8pm

Buffalo Wild Wings 

Downtown Ybor City

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You Might Be Able To Get Paid $200,000 For Shooting Someone In Florida

Brian Blair's Kind Words For Jim Norman

"Congratulations Jim, you were always an efficient and effective leader on the BOCC. I also appreciate the fact that you respected those who did not always see "eye to eye" with you. Your a very gracious and kind person and I wish you success in all your endeavors!"  

Brian Blair on Jim Norman
@ SPB here

We wonder if he is also thinking of a comeback. Will we have new stuff for

The Blair Watch Project

You Big Dummy!

A new analysis conducted by Grammarly, a proofreading app, analyzed the spelling and grammar of comments on each presidential candidate’s Facebook page. Guess which political party’s supporters made mistakes at nearly twice the rate of the other?

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Rick Scott's Pipeline

There are three major energy companies in Florida, which have formed a partnership to build a 474 mile underground natural gas pipeline, from Alabama and Georgia to a hub south of Orlando. The underground pipeline will be a joint venture owned by Spectra Energy (59.5 percent), Florida Power & Light parent NextEra Energy (33 percent), and Duke Energy (7.5 percent). here

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During Scott’s first term, the governor acquired substantial investments in the natural gas industry. His holdings included stock in Spectra Energy, and more than two-dozen companies that produce and transport natural gas in different Florida counties. It appears that Scott owns a percentage in all the major natural gas pipelines in the state of Florida.

Mass Firing Of Teachers In Broward County

How would you feel as a parent if a little more than one month into the school year the principal of your new charter school fired the bulk of teachers and forced others to take huge pay cuts, lose benefits to remain? That's what happened at Paramount Charter School in Broward county where stunned parents discovered their kids were sitting around and drawing all day because there were 
no teachers left: here

Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare State

Rick Scott wants legislators to keep in place a tax break for manufacturing companies.

Two years ago, the Florida Legislature agreed to waive the state’s 6 percent sales tax for equipment purchased by manufacturing businesses. But the
$137 million a year tax break 

is scheduled to end in 2017. here

Local Hero Richard Gonzmart

 "To be a great city, to attract corporations to move in, you have to have some kind of mass transit and rail's the way to go,” 

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Richard Gonzmart,  4th generation President and co-owner of the Columbia Restaurant Group, says he's not only a light rail supporter, he's willing to pay for part of it. here

Florida Inc: Rick Scott

 Florida GOP State Sen. Jack Latvala said Wednesday that Gov. Rick Scott’s lengthy veto list last June was driven by politics and individual lobbyists and members who supported specific projects, not public policy. He said he saw few differences when comparing things like estimated return on investment from projects that were vetoed and those that made the final budget. “Mainly, the differences were in who supported those projects and who lobbied for those projects,” he said. here

Florida GOP Matt Gaetz: A Right Granted By God

A move to allow citizens to openly carry firearms is moving in the Florida Legislature. Rep. Matt Gaetz, introduced the proposal Tuesday to the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee. He told lawmakers the measure restores a right, “granted not by 

government but by God. here