1. Legislative Watch: Aikane Leo - Webster lashes out at opponents for meddling in 'a local issue', Aikane Leo - Florida's CSX rail plan: Do it right or not at all, Aikane Leo - Florida's 'leaders' wade deeper into the swamp, Why Now? - Oh, No..., Bark Bark Woof Woof - The Florida Legislature Doesn't "Believe," Bark Bark Woof Woof - Sense Comes to the Florida Senate, Incertus (Brian) - Sen. Ronda Storms--Epic Fail, Florida Progressive Coalition - Legislative Roundup, Pushing Rope - Bad Bills, Florida Progressive Coalition - Republicans Hate Floridians, Pushing Rope - Ultrasound Bill Dead, Pushing Rope - CSX Deal Dead, Change in Tallahassee - Bill Requiring Ultrasounds Before Abortions Fails, Incertus (Brian) - Backing away from the Le(d)ge, Blast Off! - It's official: two down, one to go, Pensito Review (Buck) - Florida Budget Cuts — More Prisons, Fewer Schools, and Pam's House Blend - Florida: school anti-bullying law passes.
2. Pushing Rope - Hate Crimes Awareness Day in Tallahassee: "Equality Florida and Gay American Heroes went to Tallahassee, Florida on April 28, 2008 to stop bullying against LGBT people. The date was picked for the memory of Ryan Keith Skipper Skipper was an openly gay man that was brutally murdered. Skipper would have been 27."
3. Blast Off! - Someone give Gov. Crist a fiddle ...: "because he might as well fiddle while Florida -- at least its economy -- burns down around him."
4. The Hate Amendment: The Hate Amendment - Anti-Gay Logic, and The Hate Amendment - Differences,.
5. Daily Kos (Bill White) - Why NASA matters -- even if it doesn't: "A few thoughts on why NASA policy should matter to progressives even if they otherwise oppose human spaceflight. Once the space shuttle is retired in 2010, NASA will be at a cross-roads and many thousands of jobs shall hang in the balance. Very recently, Senator Bill Nelson tackled this issue head on..."
6. Congressional Races: Discourse.net - Report From the Annette Taddeo Campaign Office Opening Party, Ybor City Stogie - Joe Garcia - AIDS Walk, Samm Simpson - The Darkness at Hand, Florida Progressive Coalition - Interesting Poll Numbers, and Florida Progressive Coalition - Ileana’s In Trouble.
7. The Creationism Bill: Florida Citizens for Science - Ball in the House’s court now, Florida Citizens for Science - Two days, and Florida Citizens for Science - Asking for prayers … but it’s not about religion.
8. Eye on Miami (Genius of Despair) - Redland Resident: Alyssa Mulhern: "The daughter of long-time environmentalist and South Dade activist Paul Mulhern was killed early Tuesday morning in a tragic car accident."
9. FLA Politics - Rules for thee, but not me: "The Orlando Sentinel editorial board this morning: 'It's not surprising that recent changes in the state's election law reflected the disaster that was the 2000 election.'"
10. Blast Off! - Florida GOP Police Blotter update: scratch #8 off the list: "We here at Blast Off! World Headquarters always want to be the first to admit when we've been wrong. Unlike, say, the mainstream corporate media ... but you knew that already. Anyway, about six months (or, if you prefer, one Friedman Unit) ago, we learned about Jeff Krull, mayor of the tiny central Florida town of Mascotte, who had been charged with sexually molesting children. Well, earlier this month Krull was cleared of the charges."
11. FPC (Ray Seaman) - Democrats Improving Against McCain in Florida: "So remember how this prolonged primary is supposed to destroy the Democratic Party and give us another 4 years of awful conservative governance? Also recall that because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been going at it for the last couple of months, the electorate was supposed to turn away and just automatically vote Republican? And remember how the January 29th primary issue was supposed to sink Florida into deep red territory from all those disenfranchised Democrats? Well it turns out the traditional media and other bearers of the conventional wisdom are being proved wrong...again..."
12. Here are the sites in our Candidate Watch Network that have been updated: The Jeff Miller Chronicle, Eye on Ileana, Kick Out Keller, Florida Senate Watch, The Mel Martinez Bulletin and Florida House Watch.
13. Also check out CG Radio and The Free World Radio Network radio.
14. For more, as always, go to the FLA Politics daily round-up, Political Newsclippings from The Spencerian and The Sift from South Florida Daily Blog.
15. Finally, check out our national coverage at our new blog, Florida Speaks. |
