http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fl-news/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:14:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286734/posts Dear Mrs. Bbbbbb, Thank you for contacting me regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to take this opportunity to respond to your concerns. On May 15, 2009, Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) introduced the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454). This bill would create an absolute cap on total emissions from all covered entities including the electric power, transportation, oil and gas industry, and other commercial sectors with the goal of reducing greenhouse gases. This cap would be lowered over time through 2050, and a government-created market... Office of Senator Mel Martinez http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286734/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286558/posts EPA fugitive who shot at officers expected to change plea A Utah fugitive critically injured March 10 during a shoot-out with law enforcement officers in a Marathon trailer park is expected to avoid a trial by pleading guilty today.Larkin Baggett, 54, formerly of Salt Lake City, was shot in the neck and buttocks after he allegedly pointed an assault rifle at a Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy and three U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agents.Baggett was the first man shot by EPA officers in that organization's history.A change of plea hearing is scheduled today in the courtroom of U.S. Judge Michael... Key West Citizen and Bait Wrapper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286558/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:26:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286476/posts ...But trouble may be brewing for Republicans in Florida, where the Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group, is seriously considering running ads in the Republican primary race against Gov. Charlie Crist for supporting higher state taxes and President Obama's $800 billion economic stimulus spending plan. Mr. Crist's opponent for the Republican Senate nomination next year is former state Speaker of the House Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a young, up-and-coming party leader running on cutting government spending and taxes. This is where Mr. Crist may be especially vulnerable... "There are stark differences between the candidates on... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286476/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:20:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286286/posts Three Republicans on the House panel that oversees the Census Bureau have asked fellow GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota to end her plans to boycott next year’s count. Reps. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia and John Mica of Florida issued a statement saying every elected representative has a “responsibility” to encourage participation in the 2010 Census. “Boycotting the constitutionally mandated census is illogical, illegal and not in the best interest of our country,” they stated. . . . . . McHenry, Westmoreland and Mica – no fans of Acorn – pointed out an “unfortunate irony”... The Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286286/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:13:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286222/posts Great profile of the July 4th Tea Party, featuring Colonel Allen West, Everett of South Florida Tea Party and all the fiscally conservatively minded citizens of South Florida! WPTV 5 - West Palm Beach NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286222/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:40:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285753/posts Hubby and I attended today's Tea Party in Ft. Lauderdale where over a thousand other Patriots came to take back our country. Pics at: Ft. Lauderdale Tea Party Happy 4th of July! Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285753/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 04:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285683/posts KEY WEST, Fla. – A sea turtle named after President Barack Obama that was rescued just before Inauguration Day has been set free on Independence Day. Obama the loggerhead sea turtle was found ailing off a Key West beach on Jan. 19, the eve of the inauguration. Suffering from an intestinal impaction, the 200-pound female was nursed back to health with a diet of squid and mineral oil at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon. Turtle Hospital administrator Ryan Butts said the turtle was set free Saturday on a Key West beach as about 100 people watched. He says it was... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285683/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:21:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285615/posts I attended the tea party in Port St Lucie this morning. It was combined with a PSL 4th of July parade here are a couple of photos: me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285615/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:08:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285553/posts TALLAHASSEE - It is hardly the path to the top of the ticket many envisioned for Marco Rubio just a few years ago. The West Miami lawyer, now 38, had a national profile even before he took the gavel as Florida House speaker in 2006. He held "100 Ideas" forums with the likes of the late Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich. A Senate president predicted his charisma would ultimately lead him to the Governor's Mansion and White House. Outgoing Gov. Jeb Bush even christened him his ideological heir by presenting him with a sword on the House floor. But today,... The Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285553/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285502/posts Good turnout for Clearwater Florida Tea Party at the Perkins Restaurant corner of US19 and Gulf-to-Bay. Estimate at 300+ (unofficial) and good spirits for all participants on a hot day. I know that there are/were other Tea Parties in the Tampa Bay area so 300+ is probably a good turnout. Lots of horn honking and thumbs-up signs. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285502/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:09:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285428/posts The Miami-Dade schools chief has promised he'll continue to provide educational programs to migrant children, but the head of the housing authority says his agency can do better. A day after two schools for migrant children were padlocked, Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho vowed to do everything in his power to reopen them. ''I have decided that it is not our intention to leave,'' Carvalho said outside The Redland Education Center, surrounded by 100 parents, educators and members of the Florida Farmworkers Association. Turning to the farmworkers who bring their children to The Redland and the South Dade Education Centers after... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285428/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:51:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285060/posts Orlando, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A Florida appeals court has upheld the suspension of the license of late-term abortion practitioner James Pendergraft. He was fined $10,000 and has his licensed revoked for one year over an illegal late-term abortion he did in 2005. The Florida Board of Medicine handed down the decision in December 2007.The board also placed Pendergraft's license on a three year probationary period following the suspension.Pendergraft runs five abortion facilities and his abortion centers in Ocala, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale were shut down for a brief time during an investigation into alleged illegal activities.The illegal abortions occurred... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285060/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284929/posts Late term abortionist James Pendergraft has lost his appeal to the 5th District Court of Appeals (Florida). In 2001, he was convicted of Federal extortion and spent 7 months in jail before winning an appeal releasing because of "lack of evidence" per Operation Rescue. He has served jail time for being convicted of Federal extortion, but one cannot call him a convicted felon since the conviction was overturned on appeal. Information about his Federal extortion conviction (and subsequent reversal on appeal) from from Operation Rescue. Link to Operation Rescue article about this: Florida Closes Two Orlando Abortion Mills, Suspends Abortionist... Jill Stanek.com, Operation Rescue, vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284929/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284824/posts MIAMI, July 2 (UPI) -- Muslims at a Miami mosque say they fear they're being targeted because of their religion following the latest vandalism at their worship center and school. Nidal Hussain, of the Islamic School of Miami, said two of its windows, designed to withstand hurricanes, were broken late Friday or early Saturday, The Miami Herald reported. "The community is pretty upset," Hussain told the newspaper. UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284824/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:09:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284581/posts MANATEE — A resident of the Palmetto Point neighborhood came home Tuesday morning to find an intruder making off with his shotgun, but before the burglar could get away, the resident opened fire on him with another gun, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Whether the intruder was hit was unknown, but deputies said the burglar got away with nothing. The incident started about 9:45 a.m. when a 61-year-old man came home to his residence in the 5200 block of Palmetto Point Drive, Palmetto. He entered through the front door and found an intruder wearing only black shorts and... Bradenton Hearld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284581/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284514/posts Politics: The former Stuart Smalley becomes the 60th Democrat in the U.S. Senate, thanks to the community organizers at Acorn and the little-known Secretary of State Project. Is the system being rigged?Politics: The former Stuart Smalley becomes the 60th Democrat in the U.S. Senate, thanks to the community organizers at Acorn and the little-known Secretary of State Project. Is the system being rigged? Incumbent Republican Norm Coleman conceded defeat in the mother of all recounts in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race after the state's Supreme Court unanimously rejected his lawsuit. Arguably, his seat may have been lost the day in 2006... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284514/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:26:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284532/posts Time: July 4, 2009 from 10am to 2pm Location: Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse Organized By: Karen Moore/Lauren O'Brien Event Description: Tea Party to Protest spending and taxes. Join us on Broward Blvd. and Third to make your stand against wasteful spending and taxation without representation. We will be there from 10 am until 2 pm. Bring the kids and bring signs to show your support for this effort. Should you wish to contribbute or help out with time or spreading the word, please feel free to contact me. See you all there! email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284532/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:55:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284494/posts Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, and Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Miami Regional Office, announced that defendants Jose Luis Perez, of Golden Beach, FL, and Reinaldo Guerra, of Miami, FL, were indicted on June 30, 2009 on charges of conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud, Medicare fraud, and aggravated identity theft. According to the Indictment unsealed today, the fraud involved durable medical equipment (DME), which is... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284494/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284469/posts WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd voted in favor of a sweeping climate change bill approved Friday by the House, 219-212. "There is no silver bullet for our energy problems, but by taking a balanced, common-sense approach to our national energy policy, we are heading in the right direction." Tallahassee Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284469/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284138/posts Citing a backlash from customers who complained that they were finding Indian accents hard to understand, Delta Air Lines has dropped the use of Indian call centers to handle sales and reservations. Delta is retaining its call centers in Jamaica and South Africa, which generate far fewer complaints. Under criticism from angry Florida lawmakers, JP Morgan has also announced that it will no longer route food stamp recipient calls to Indian call centers. The company services Florida’s Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The company directed overflow calls from EBT card holders to two Indian call centers. Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, said,... LittleIndia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284138/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283885/posts Man Fatally Shot Inside Gun Range Posted: 10:31 pm EDT July 1, 2009Updated: 11:32 pm EDT July 1, 2009 ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- For the fourth time in four months, there has been a shooting inside a Central Florida gun range. A man was killed Wednesday night at Rieg's Gun Range on Orange Blossom Trail. But since people are used to hearing gunshots no one noticed right away until they found him lying on the ground. Emergency crews swarmed Reig's Gun Range after employees found the man on the ground bleeding from a gun shot wound. "He did rent a... WFTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283885/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283874/posts Today, Florida State Represenatives Workman and Plakon, along with co-sponsors Dorworth, Eisnaugle, Kelly, Precourt, and Tobia introduced House Memorial 19 (HM19), which “Urges Congress to honor provisions of U. S. Constitution & U. S. Supreme Court case law which limit scope & exercise of federal power.” (h/t David Reid) The goal of the memorial is to serve “as a notice and a demand to the Federal Government…to cease and desist, effective immediately, from issuing mandates that are beyond the scope of [their] constitutionally delegated powers.” Florida is now the 37th state where such a resolution has been introduced. So far,... Tenth Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283874/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283827/posts A Florida toddler was strangled on Wednesday by a 12-foot (3.6-meter) albino Burmese python that escaped from a holding tank in the girl's home, authorities said. The pet's owner, a boyfriend of the child's mother, found the python on top of the 2-year-old girl in the rural community of Oxford, about 50 miles northwest of Orlando. The python apparently broke free in the night, entered the girl's bedroom and attacked her. "This is very rare," Patricia Behnke of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission told reporters. The owner stabbed the snake when he found it on the child but she... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283827/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:29:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283703/posts A full out protest happened, all because people don’t approve of the way Congressman Allen Boyd is voting, especially for the American Clean Energy and Security Act. When asked if the congressman had read the bill, he said he has not personally read the entire thing, but that his staff has. WMBB News 13 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283703/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:03:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283627/posts A 12-foot pet Burmese python has broken out of its aquarium and strangled to death a two-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. Police said Shaunia Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at her home in Oxford, 50 miles northwest of Orlando. The albino snake had been owned by Charles Darnell, the boyfriend of Shaunia’s mother, who found it in the toddler's bedroom, wrapped around her. Mr Darnell, 32, stabbed the snake until he was able to pry her away, but was too late to save her. Mr Darnell did not have a permit for the snake, the Florida Fish... Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283627/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:24:58 GMT