Duval Republicans Already Campaigning for 2010
On Saturday, June 13th, about 60 local Republican volunteers (including numerous elected officials, party leaders, and Chairman Lenny Curry) kicked off the 2010 campaign by walking in neighborhoods all over the city. The walks were organized as part of a coordinated campaign being run by the Duval County Republican Executive Committee under the direction of Rick Hartley, the county’s Republican [...]
Air Force to Train More on Drones
The Air Force will train more drone operators than fighter and bomber pilots combined for the first time this year, signaling a fundamental shift for the 61-year-old service, records and interviews with top officials show. The growing ranks of drone operators mark a turning point for the Air Force as it looks to a future [...]
Rocco Mediate is a Runner-up with Legs
About 10 days after nearly engineering the upset of a lifetime against Tiger Woods in last year’s U.S. Open, Rocco Mediate plopped down against a wall in an airport to get some shuteye. When he awoke, he says, he couldn’t believe his eyes. “There were about 10 people around me. It was like they were [...]
Governor Crist Signs Bill to Streamline Port Security Requirements
Legislation aimed at reducing some of the cumbersome security requirements at ports as a way to spur international trade was signed Monday by Gov. Charlie Crist. The governor, signing the bill at Port Everglades, said the measure wouldn’t mean the ports would be any less secure. “This legislation strengthens Florida’s proud reputation as a world [...]
Student Trying to Pass Bar Exam, Held Back by Mom
DEAR ABBY: I am starting to prepare for one of the most difficult hurdles of my career, the bar exam. Please tell me what I should do about my mother — who just does not seem to get it. She interrupts me constantly about things that have nothing to do with me. She calls during [...]
Summer Brings a Bumper Crop of Cable Series
Original series are having a dramatic effect on cable this summer. TNT and USA alone are airing a dozen dramas: TNT’s “Saving Grace” and new nurse drama “HawthoRNe” (tonight), top-rated “The Closer” and “Raising the Bar”, and “Leverage” and cop series “Dark Blue”, both due July 15. USA’s “In Plain Sight” and “Law & Order: [...]
NASA Sets Wednesday for Shuttle Launch
NASA on Tuesday plans to complete repairs to some launch pad equipment and resume a countdown to the launch of space shuttle Endeavour, now set for 5:40 a.m. Wednesday. Mission managers are confident that a replaced valve and seals will prevent another hydrogen gas leak while the shuttle’s external tank is loaded with fuel, a [...]
Tough Time for Immigrants in Down Economy
Raudel Sanchez’s American dream was so strong that he tied a few possessions around his waist in 1967 and swam across the Rio Grande into Texas. “I wanted to make a better life in America,” says Sanchez, 63. “My dream was bringing my family here and working together.” Sanchez, now a U.S. citizen, joined a [...]
Our Next Mayor: Holland? Hogan? Curry?
Last week the Jacksonville Observer conducted an unscientific poll that asked readers to pick their favorite candidate to be Jacksonville’s next mayor. The choices we put on the ballot included: State Representative Mike Weinstein, Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland, Tax Collector Mike Hogan, Former Ambassador John Rood, Former Jaguar Tony Boselli, Newspaper Publisher Jim Bailey, [...]
Miss Affirmative Action, 2009
Having lost the Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008, Republicans are looking to redefine themselves for a nation that still leans conservative but is less Republican that it has been in decades. The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court presents just such an opportunity. For, even if the [...]
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