Special Election is Giving Voters a Peek at Next Year
The hard-fought Jacksonville-area Senate race to be all-but-decided by Tuesday’s Republican primary may send echoes well into next year’s election season. The race has featured leading candidates John Thrasher and Dan Quiggle alternately seizing anti-trial lawyer and smaller government themes, well-tested Republican motifs certain to resurface during the 2010 campaigns. But the District 8 special [...]
Wilson Refuses to Apologize on House Floor
WASHINGTON – Rep. Joe Wilson apologized again Sunday on national television for heckling President Obama but said he won’t do so from the House floor, triggering a likely showdown that could be awkward for both parties. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Wilson reiterated his regrets for shouting “You lie!” in the middle of Obama’s health [...]
Budget, Avis Ban Smoking in Cars
Smoking bans are spreading from planes, trains and buses to another mode of transit: rental cars. Beginning Oct. 1, Avis and Budget will become the first major rental-car companies to ban smoking in their entire North American fleets and to impose a cleaning fee of up to $250 on customers who smoke in the cars. [...]
Immigration Raids Yield Jobs for Legal Workers
When federal agents descended on six meatpacking plants owned by Swift&Co. in December 2006, they rounded up nearly 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants that made up about 10% of the labor force at the plants. But the raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents did not cripple the company or the plants. In fact, they [...]
Favre Gets Off to a Winning Start
CLEVELAND – On a Sunday he could have spent at home in Mississippi watching on TV from an easy chair, Brett Favre instead got a field-level view of the Adrian Peterson show. In his first regular-season start as quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings, his fourth NFL team, Favre was not Favre-like on the stats sheet: [...]
Jacksons Take the VMA Stage
NEW YORK – Members of the Jackson family reunited at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night. Jermaine and father Joe Jackson looked on as Madonna walked out to introduce the opening number: Janet Jackson’s tribute to her brother Michael, whose death at age 50 on June 25 rocked [...]
Condos Forced Into Creative Action
CHICAGO – Condo associations, developers and lenders across the nation are trying innovative tactics to save themselves from financial disaster amid the foreclosure crisis. The growing number of foreclosures deprive associations of the assessments they need to cover insurance, maintenance and other costs and can undermine property values. The association at Shoreline Towers, a 378-unit [...]
Jaguars Fall to Colts in Dramatic Season Opener
The Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1) lost 12-14 to the Indianapolis Colts (1-0) Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Jacksonville had a difficult time generating any offensive firepower against the Colts’ pass rush. Even without Marvin Harrison, Peyton Manning still looked brilliant. Jacksonville had multiple chances to push the ball downfield, but the Colts’ secondary covered every Jaguar [...]
Our Q&A With Senate Candidate Dan Quiggle
OBSERVER: Tell us a little about your background. What first made you decide to get into politics? QUIGGLE: I grew up during the Reagan years. I was taught the principles of limited gov’t, lower taxes and an undying optimism that America’s best days are ahead of us. This inspired me to start my own businesses [...]
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