Gov. Charlie Crist often calls former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack his political mentor. But Crist’s veto of the teacher merit pay bill has lead Mack to resign as chairman of Crist’s U.S. Senate campaign, The Associated Press reported. “Your veto I believe undermines our education system in Florida and the principles for which I have always stood,” the AP quoted a letter from Mack to Crist as saying. “As you can understand, I can no longer serve as chairman for your campaign for the United States Senate.”
Ken Mazzie, a Democrat running for Florida State CFO, has an interesting plan to earn your support. He’s giving away $50 Publix gift certificates in a drawing open to everyone who signs up for his campaign mailing list.
Democrat Alex Sink has raised more than $6 million in her quest to become the next Governor of Florida. But before she makes it to the general election, she’ll have to get past fellow Democrat and “economist” Farid Khavari.
Khavari is the most serious (we’re using that term loosely) of the other Democrats who have filed to run for Governor. He’s raised and spent about $20,000 so far on his campaign, mostly out of his own pocket. And a part of it went to producing this snazzy MLM-style video that explains the unlimited income potential Florida could realize if only we created a magical state run bank.
Khavari’s Bank of the State of Florida would charge people lower than average interest rates on mortgages and (somehow) pay much higher than normal rates to anyone who stored their money in the bank. And by not buying any fancy buildings and corporate jets, the bank will “stay out of trouble” and create millions of new jobs. (I think he ought to throw in a free case of Noni Juice for everyone in the state, just to close the deal.)
Former Florida House Speaker and Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio raised $3.6 million in the first quarter of 2010, the most money he has brought in since declaring his candidacy. During the last part of 2009, Rubio raised $1.75 million. The Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek campaigns have not yet released their fundraising totals.
Another in our series of videos where we’ll be asking elected officials, community leaders and activists to define what they believe the “proper role” of government ought to be.
In this video, we sat down with JCCI’s Executive Director, Skip Cramer…
Jacksonville Community Council Inc. is organizing a series of workshops to encourage citizen participation in this year’s budgeting process. To read more about the process, check out Tom Patton’s recent columns on the subject: Part 1, Part 2
JCCI’s Executive Director, Skip Cramer, shared some background on the workshops when he was a guest on the Jacksonville Observer Radio Show on ABC 1320 WBOB…
Another in our series of videos where we’ll be asking elected officials, community leaders and activists to define what they believe the “proper role” of government ought to be.
In this video, we sat down with Jacksonville City Councilman Art Graham…
Another in our series of videos where we’ll be asking elected officials, community leaders and activists to define what they believe the “proper role” of government ought to be.
In this video, we sat down with Jeff Hunt, former Chairman of the Duval County Libertarian Party, to get his take on government. Hunt is also an elected member of the Duval Soil and Water Conservation Board.
Kevin Hyde is a lawyer and member of the Jacksonville City Council, having served as Council President. He is currently running for mayor of Jacksonville.
We asked Councilman Hyde to tell us a little about why he’s decided to run for mayor…
