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Newsmax.com Sure Seems to Love Bill McCollum

But recently I’ve been getting lots of emails from Newsmax. It seems like two or three times a week they pop up in my inbox, and it’s gotten even more frequent during the last few days. I’ve deleted a good number of them without reading, but suddenly it struck me that all of the messages have one theme suspiciously in common. Looking at the emails I haven’t…

It’s All About Me Space

These days, you’re crazy lucky if you have a job. If you want to have a job and an office, you’re just crazy. It’s true! According to an article by Sarah E. Needleman in The Wall Street Journal, employers…

Off To The Races: Tom Patton for City Council

I have decided, after a great deal of thought and reflection, to enter the race for a seat on the Jacksonville City Council, running in the At-Large, Group 2 race. And the question I’ve most often been asked as I’ve gone through this process is “why in the world would you want to do that?” It’s a valid question, and one that I’m sure I’ll be answering in greater detail…

Scott, McCollum Continue to Sling Mud in Final Weeks

GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Rick Scott lashed out at rival Bill McCollum Tuesday accusing the attorney general of harassing employees at one of Scott’s companies and trying to “rig the race so he can hang on to his power.” Scott, whose campaign has largely avoided the state capital in keeping with his outsider image, changed his campaign schedule Tuesday…

New Court Building in Tallahassee Draws Political Fire

A brand new $48 million home for the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee has become a target of criticism from judges in other cash-strapped courts and of political candidates who say it is an example of back room deals and a masked budget process. “This building is a perfect example of everything that [...]

Meek and Green Blame Each Other for Negative Campaign

Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene blamed each other for the tone of their sharply negative primary Tuesday during a testy debate in Orlando. Greene, a multi-millionaire who is largely self-financing his campaign and has pulled nearly even with Meek in most polls, said Meek started the negative campaigning on Greene’s first [...]