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1,000+ expected for WPB ‘Tea Party’
Inspired by the tea-dumping Bostonians of 1773 and the February rant of CNBC’s Rick Santelli, organizers say they will draw at least 1,000 people to a Wednesday “Tea Party” protest of federal spending...
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Inspired by the tax-protesting colonists who dumped tea in Boston Harbor in 1773 and by CNBC editor Rick Santelli’s famous February rant against Obama administration policies, hundreds of “tea party”...
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Aaronson: No apology to Tea Party crowd at commission meeting
About 50 members of the anti-tax Tea Party movement showed up for this morning’s Palm Beach County Commission meeting after taking umbrage at dismissive remarks by Commissioner Burt Aaronson at a...
View ArticleGrand jury sought on DOT ‘Wafflegate’
Tea Partiers have asked Leon County State Attorney Willie Meggs to convene a grand jury to investigate state transportation officials’ use of code words in e-mails. Tea Party Chairman Fred O’Neal filed...
View ArticleDockery Tea Party battle brewing
State senator and GOP governor hopeful Paula Dockery blasted Republican operative Michael Caputo for linking her with Orlando politico Doug Guetzloe, the center of a Tea Party turf battle playing out...
View ArticleMore Tea Party brew-ha-ha
The flame war between GOP operative Michael Caputo and Sen. Paula Dockery (and her campaign for governor) over a Tea Party schism got hotter last night. Caputo, who’s involved in a federal lawsuit a...
View ArticleTea Partiers file ethics complaint against Dem state Rep. Saunders
A South Florida Tea Party activist has filed ethics complaints against state Rep. Ron Saunders accusing the Key West Democrat of double-dipping on travel expenses and violating state campaign finance...
View ArticleHouse dismisses complaint against Saunders
House Rules Committee Chairman Bill Galvano dismissed a Tea Partier’s complaint against Democrat Ron Saunders on Wednesday. James K. Barnes of Coral Springs alleged that Saunders, a veteran lawmaker...
View ArticleCrist: A vote for Meek is a vote for Rubio
Gov. Charlie Crist believes he’s the only candidate who can “stop the Tea Party mess” and defeat Marco Rubio in the three-way U.S. Senate race and that a vote for the Democrat – U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek...
View ArticleTea partiers to lawmakers: We have our eyes on you.
More than 100 members of the tea party movement, many of them county leaders, showed up on the day of the special session to learn more about the state legislature and to remind lawmakers that they’re...
View ArticleFla tea partiers push VA-style anti-health insurance law
The Florida Liberty Alliance – a coalition of tea party activists – is pushing Senate President Mike Haridopolos to pass a law similar to Virginia’s that would exempt Floridians from the federal health...
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Tampa tea party activists tell Scott ‘no’ on hi-speed rail, say he didn’t cut...
Tampa tea party activists Karen Jaroch, left, and Sharon CalvertTampa tea party activists Sharon Calvert and Karen Jaroch got a 30-minute meeting with Gov. Rick Scott today to tell him about their...
View ArticleScott says no thanks to feds’ $2.4 billion for hi-speed rail
Gov. Rick Scott announced this morning he’s rejecting $2.4 billion in federal stimulus money from President Obama’s administration for a high-speed rail project from Orlando to Tampa. Scott made the...
View ArticleSenate prez joins Scott in rejecting feds’$2.4 billion for rail
The day after a bipartisan coalition of his members pleaded with the federal government for more time to work an end-run around Gov. Rick Scott’s rejection of $2.4 billion for high-speed rail, Senate...
View ArticleMica crafts rail run around Scott
U.S. Rep. John Mica has come up with a plan to thwart Gov. Rick Scott’s refusal of $2.4 billion for a high-speed rail project connecting Tampa and Orlando. Mica, GOP chairman of the House...
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Bondi’s move on rights continues to draw pushback
Sen. Arthenia Joyner of Tampa and Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Weston on Friday renewed Democratic call for Attorney General Pam Bondi to drop her push to tighten Florida’s standards for...
View ArticleScott and GOP’s plans fire Dems for ’12 campaigns
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature’s ruling Republicans have kicked over a political hornet’s nest by promoting budget cuts, pension overhauls and civil justice changes, which are now emerging...
View ArticleSupremes fast-track oral arguments on high-speed rail lawsuit
The Florida Supreme Court ordered oral arguments tomorrow at 3 p.m. on a lawsuit filed by two senators against Gov. Rick Scott over his nixing of a high-speed rail project. The suit, filed by Sens....
View ArticleSenate prez on protests: ‘Welcome to America’
Protests planned on tomorrow’s opening day of the 2011 legislative session by unions and tea party activists are “exciting,” Senate President Mike Haridopolos told reporters this morning. “This is...
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Romney no-show in Capitol
RomneyGov. Rick Scott was scheduled to meet for half an hour this morning with ormer Massachusetts governor – and almost certain 2012 presidential candidate – Mitt Romney. But the meeting between GOP...
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