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  • Associated Industries of Florida's political action committee,  announced its endorsement in the Republican Primary for governor today: Attorney General Bill McCollum and challenger Rick Scott.“Wait,” you say, “can't only one get the GOP nomination?”Yep. But there's nothing like taking a bold, middle ground stand.Barney Bishop III, the president and CEO of Associated Industries said in [...] Uh, Can We Vote For Both?
  • Recent headlines on press releases for candidate Jason Sager's campaign for Congress have been something like this: “Tea Party Candidate Jason Sager Invited on Glenn Beck.”Sager is a Republican, not a candidate for the Florida Tea Party, but reading the tops of many of his releases it is hard to tell, although he claims the recognized [...] What Party Did He Say?
  •  The latest campaign finance reports finally made it in last night and for a so-far-quiet race in the campaign for Florida commissioner of agriculture, there certainly has been some activity behind the scenes. The Republican candidate, U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam of Bartow has amassed a warchest almost four times as large as his Democratic opponent, former Tallahassee [...] Putnam Winning The Money Race
  • State Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland,  told The Ledger today that she plans to ride on the campaign bus of gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott on Friday.She had told Politico.Com that she has not endorsed a candidate in the governor's race, but she hasn't riden on Bill McCollum's bus. And she hasn't derided Scott in an ad the way her [...] Dockery Just Along For The Ride?
  • Both chambers of the Florida Legislature, which are controlled by huge Republican majorities, ended and went home almost immediately after today's noon start of the session called by Gov. Charlie Crist to consider a constitutional ban on near-shore oil drilling.The House was in session less than an hour; the Senate about two. But the House appointed work [...] GOP Can Have Its Snub and Beat It, Too

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  • The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Dave Aronberg says Broward pain clinics outnumber McDonald's sites

    The proliferation of pain clinics in Florida has been a growing problem -- particularly in Broward County. Dave Aronberg, a state senator from Palm Beach County running in the Democratic primary for attorney general, has now quantified that problem by comparing it to the availability of Big Macs. "There are more pain clinics in Broward County than there are McDonald's in Broward County," he told the St. Petersburg Times editorial board July 26. We at PolitiFact Florida wondered, are there really more spots to buy happy meds than Happy Meals in Broward County?
    >> More Dave Aronberg: "There are more pain clinics in Broward County than there are McDonald's in Broward County."

  • The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Jeff Greene ran as a Republican -- 28 years ago

    Congressman Kendrick Meek attacked his Democratic opponent Jeff Greene in a new political ad set to a disco beat. The ad, called "He's the Man," is Meek's first TV attack on Greene in their U.S. Senate race. The narration goes like this: "Meet the real Jeff Greene: Ran for Congress as a California Republican. Moved to Florida two years ago. Became a billionaire on Wall Street betting middle-class families would lose their homes. Helped fuel the economic meltdown. Warren Buffet called Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.'" The ad then shows footage of Greene ...

    >> More         Kendrick Meek: Democratic candidate Jeff Greene "ran for Congress as a California Republican."
  • The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Dan Gelber continues 'junior lawyer' attack against Dave Aronberg

    Time for another installment of Dan & Dave. No, not the decathletes featured in all those Reebok ads prior to the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics. We're talking about the two Democratic state senators running for attorney general, Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg. In this story, Aronberg is accusing Gelber of distorting his legal experience. Gelber, Aronberg says, is distributing a flier that sums up Aronberg's legal experience this way: "Less than two years as Asst. AG/private attorney." "It's one thing to talk about ...

    >> More         Dan Gelber: Dave Aronberg's career legal experience is "less than two years as Asst. AG/private attorney."
  • The Truth-o-Meter says: Barely True | Jeff Greene attacks Kendrick Meek for cigar ties

    Congressman Kendrick Meek relishes a good cigar -- Padrons are his favorite, he told Cigar Aficionado magazine in a 2008 profile. He hosts an annual cigar party and is known to hand out cigars to members of Congress and their staff, and the cigar industry has helped fund his recent campaigns, the magazine reported. Padron Cigars, a longtime family business, is headquartered in Little Havana in Miami. Meek's U.S. Senate Democratic primary opponent, Jeff Greene, attacks Meek for his ties to the tobacco industry in a campaign ...

    >> More         Jeff Greene: Kendrick Meek was "#1 in Florida in taking tobacco cash and then opposed a tax on cigars that would have helped pay for children's health care."
  • The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Rick Scott touts "7-7-7" plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years

    Rick Scott, a Republican running for governor, is scurrying across Florida touting a new economic plan to create 700,000 jobs in seven years. The plan relies heavily on cutting government spending, eliminating state regulation, reducing property taxes for homeowners and phasing out the state's business income tax. (See it here.) "I am the only candidate in this race with a comprehensive plan that will get our fiscal house in order, balance the budget and create long-term, good-paying jobs," Scott says introducing the plan, which is sometimes called the "7-7-7" plan. "My 7-step ...

    >> More         Rick Scott: "My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.

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