Poll: Do You Support a Property Tax Increase?
Jacksonville political circles are buzzing today about a new plan to balance the city’s budget that involves raising the property tax rate. Mayor John Peyton will reveal the details of his proposal on Thursday, but the Florida Times-Union is reporting that the mayor will call for a 14% hike in the property tax rate. That [...]
J.D. Power: Toyota Tops in Quality
New vehicles sold by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors’ domestic brands have improved in initial quality by an average of 10 percent compared with 2008, but Toyota Motor Corp. was the star of this year’s study on initial quality from J.D. Power and Associates. The study was released Monday at an Automotive Press Association luncheon [...]
TSA’s Express Security is Grounded
More than 250,000 frequent flyers who pay $200 a year to speed through airport security lines lost that privilege Monday when a company that runs the expedited lines went out of business. Verified Identity Pass, which operates its Clear program in 18 airports, said Monday that it would shut operations at every airport by 2 [...]
‘Tonight Show’ Sidekick Ed McMahon Dead at 86
Ed McMahon, the top banana of second bananas, died peacefully early Tuesday morning at Los Angeles’ Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, publicist Howard Bragman said. He did not give a specific cause of death but did cite a “multitude of health problems the last few months.” McMahon, 86, was a household name for 30 years [...]
Backers Hope Drilling Pumps Interest in Florida
Supporters of allowing drilling off Florida’s Gulf Coast are hoping pushes to drill near the coast of two islands just beyond the state’s southern shores will make waves in the debate about oil production here. As Congress debates authorizing drilling as close as 10 miles off the Florida Gulf coastline and supporters push for a [...]
Ten Days That Shook Tehran
Given its monopoly of guns, bet on the Iranian regime. But, in the long run, the ayatollahs have to see the handwriting on the wall. Let us assume what they insist upon — that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the June 12 election; that, even if fraud occurred, it did not decide the outcome. As Ayatollah Khamenei [...]
Advisors Say Golisano Won’t Run for Senate
Yesterday we reported about a rumor circulating on some political blogs that New York billionaire and new Florida resident Tom Golisano was considering making a bid for U.S. Senate. The talk of a Golisano bid, which seems to have originated from the well respected Politics1.com, has spread around the Internet and into some “mainstream” media [...]
Candidates Race for Cash Ahead of Deadline
The already-started 2010 election has a fast-approaching milepost, the June 30 deadline for second quarter campaign finance reports. Both gubernatorial candidates, Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Alex Sink, are heading to Orlando this week for cash calls ahead of the marker. Sink is headed to McCollum’s home region for a Wednesday evening fund-raiser at Winter [...]
Naval Academy Admissions Easier on Minorities?
The Naval Academy’s emphasis on creating a more diverse brigade of midshipmen has led to an admissions process that unofficially but effectively sets up separate tracks for white and nonwhite applicants in violation of federal law, one of the school’s professors has charged. Academy English professor Bruce Fleming, who served on the school’s admissions board [...]
The Sleeper Hits of E3
E3 is such a massive show that it’s incredibly easy to spend the entire three days just immersed in the biggest, most buzzworthy games on display. But those who took the time to trawl the hidden corners of the emptier booths could stumble upon some unexpected gems. These are the games that demand to be [...]
Entries(RSS)