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Florida Progressive Coalition 
Thu May 28, 2009 at 11:42:23 AM EDT
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Last week, 2008 congressional challenger Annette Taddeo suggested she might be interested in a possible run for CFO. This would be a very good idea. If you already know about Annette and agree, go sign the petition and encourage her to jump into the race. Taddeo ran a strong campaign against Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Florida's 18th District. Despite widespread support and much excitement generated by her candidacy, she was unable to overcome the popularity of the incubment, who had the vast resources of her office and long career in politics to hold off the newcomer. Taddeo did establish herself as a progressive politician to keep an eye on, though.
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Sun Sep 21, 2008 at 21:14:49 PM EDT
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From Bilerico Project Florida:
Florida's SayNo2 Campaign against the dangerous and deceptive Amendment 2 has just announced a contest to create your own commercial against Amendment 2! They will be picking the top user-generated commercials to blast out on all of their social networking sites like MySpace, Youtube, Facebook, and more! We will also be posting some of the videos here on Bileirco-Florida!
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Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 23:51:01 PM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
1. Alan Farago - Crimes against the state: the Florida Mortgage Crisis: "It is also perfect timing for the editorial boards to connect the dots between the failure of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and the dominant political ideology of the past decade that abjured regulation in favor of 'the free market'. This may be easier to do, now that real estate advertisement revenue from the Growth Machine has dried up."
2. Dan Gelber - Forecast: Darker skies ahead: "This Friday, Florida's Revenue Estimating Conference will convene to present their official budget forecast for the upcoming year and beyond. Prior to Friday they believed Florida's declining revenue might show a slight uptick. Prepare yourselves for more bad news as conditions have only worsened and their forecast is likely to reflect darker skies."
3. FLA Politics (FDP) - How Did We End Up With The Looming Space Flight Gap? Just Ask John McCain: "McCain's NASA stance went from 'downright schizophrenic' to outright delusional yesterday with his campaign boasting of his influence on space policy in his former role as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - without mentioning that, under McCain's watch, the impending five-year gap between the retirement of the Shuttle and the development of the next generation vehicle was created, putting thousands of Space Coast jobs at risk."
4. Progress Florida (Ray Seaman) - High Noon at the Florida Supreme Court: "The fate of 3 key right wing backed amendments to the Florida constitution will be decided by the Florida Supreme Court in the very near future."
5. Progress Florida (Ray Seaman) - Who Will Fill the Widening Press Gap?: "I can't say I've ever really been a fan of the press. There are some really great reporters and columnists which still operate in the traditional press, but I lament the sheer lack of coverage of state and local politics that has existed even before this latest round of layoffs. The traditional press has been largely complicit, and indeed an enabler, in a lot of the failed politics and policies of the last quarter century."
6. Eye on Miami (gimleteye) - Have courage, Governor Crist...: "We, the public, don't have the full story on 'who knew, what' about the US Sugar buyout offer that Governor Crist proposed. One thing is for certain: Governor Crist took an intractable problem-- an Everglades restoration plan that cannot work-- and proposed a big step in the one direction that has the chance, at some point in the future, of helping the Everglades."
7. Florida Politics - The elephant in the room: "It is worth recalling that Florida's current system of public finance is a house of cards built by pusillanimous pols owned and operated by the no-taxes under any circumstances crowd (a/k/a the Chamber of Commerce, the Associated Industries of Florida, and other such denizens of the Jeb!'s hole in the ground). Now, with no backstop, we Floridians get exactly what Jebbie's patrons bought and paid for..."
8. Southern District of Florida - Juror research: "Julie Kay examines the new trend of investigating jurors here..."
9. Incertus (Brian) - Evolution and the Classroom: "Olivia Judson makes (as usual) a compelling case for teaching evolution in the classroom. It bothers me greatly that this is even an issue, considering how poorly US students do on the world stage in math and science scores--deliberately handicapping them by allowing nonsense like ID and Creationism in the public schools is criminal in my mind."
10. spacecoastweb - FDP promotes Kosmas with push poll in FL-24: "Could this be a subtle way for the FDP to prompt Democratic voters into supporting the establishment’s chosen candidate? It might as well have been. There was no mistaking the intent behind this call. I wasn’t being asked whom I supported; Instead, I was being led to accept the FDP’s suggestion."
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Tue Aug 12, 2008 at 23:10:00 PM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Mon Aug 11, 2008 at 13:46:39 PM EDT
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Okay, now we're in the homestretch. With less than two weeks to go until we leave for Denver, we need you to really commit to helping us get to Denver. Even if you can only toss us a few bucks, please do it as soon as you can. We want to get things taken care of before prices rise on travel costs and the like. The sooner you donate to us, the less money we have to raise. Pay day is tomorrow or the next day for many people. Please set aside a little bit to help us get to Denver, be it $10, $25, $50 or more.
And we've just set up a deal where we're going to be able to bring you videoblogging from Denver as well. Look for multiple video updates from us each day in addition to our blog and radio coverage.
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 00:27:50 AM EDT
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Winner: Annette Taddeo - She's all over the blogs getting great support in Florida and beyond.
Winner: Florida science students - Florida Citizens for Science is on the case, our students should be better off.
Winner: Kevin Beckner - Getting big endorsements from the St. Pete Times and Equality Florida.
Loser: Floridians - You should've listened to us and voted against Amendment 1. There may not be an end to state/local budget problems in the near future.
Loser: Charlie Crist - He's clueless, he doesn't show up for work, he's pursuing a quixotic campaign for VP and he's selling out himself and Floridians.
Loser: Darryl Rouson - Hate is hate, even if you don't remember it (or pretend not to).
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Sat Aug 09, 2008 at 00:19:31 AM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 16:54:30 PM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 13:32:24 PM EDT
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Okay, now we're in the homestretch. With less than four weeks to go until we leave for Denver, we need you to really commit to helping us get to Denver. Even if you can only toss us a few bucks, please do it as soon as you can. We want to get things taken care of before prices rise on travel costs and the like. The sooner you donate to us, the less money we have to raise. Pay day is tomorrow or the next day for many people. Please set aside a little bit to help us get to Denver, be it $10, $25, $50 or more.
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Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 01:11:41 AM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Mon Jul 21, 2008 at 23:23:46 PM EDT
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Here is a complete round-up of our coverage of Netroots Nation and the coverage done by other Floridians (or about topics relevant to Floridians)...
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 at 02:15:58 AM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 15:23:45 PM EDT
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For most Americans (and Floridians), members of Congress are these distant things that aren't human and don't connect to regular human beings. They don't have lives and they don't have emotions. Sometimes these feelings are true.
And then you have the Robert Wexler's of the world.
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 09:40:09 AM EDT
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In our fundraising efforts to attend the Democratic Convention in August, we've decided to focus on a small donor campaign. We figured out that it'll take us 240 people contributing $25 each for us to reach what we need to go to Denver and provide you with the best convention coverage in America. So far, we have two, leaving us 238 to go. Anyone reading this should be able to donate $25 to help us get there.
Go to PayPal and donate through our Florida Progressive Coalition account (quinnelk@gmail.com), or you can write a check to Florida Progressive Coalition and send it to me:
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 09:26:17 AM EDT
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Winner - Robert Wexler: His new book is a great look inside Washington.
Winner - Brian from Incertus: We need a lot more of this type of media criticism in Florida.
Winner - Barack Obama: His support of the Medicare bill helps millions of Floridians.
Loser - Everyone: If the coral reefs go, we're all in trouble.
Loser - Florida: Time magazine says we're toasted.
Loser - Sherrif Jack Parker: Dealing with sex offenders is one thing, but feeding public hysteria and going outside the law are different things altogether.
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Mon Jul 14, 2008 at 02:43:23 AM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 02:40:59 AM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
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Thu Jul 10, 2008 at 02:05:27 AM EDT
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The most talked about story on the Florida blogs yesterday was the passage of the FISA bill. Here's what people said...
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 01:08:01 AM EDT
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This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 10 blog posts that I think people should read from the previous day. Posts are included here and ranked based on a combination of originality, focus on Florida, length (longer, more thorough analysis is better), quality of writing and impact of the story.
1. Bark Bark Woof Woof - Gay Pride Day: "And that's the whole point. Just having the simple pleasure of being with people we like and love and not being afraid to be who we are, to share our lives with the person of our choice, and not feel as if I have to have the permission of other people to be treated as a citizen of this country with all the rights and responsibilities that come with it. Nothing more, but nothing less."
2. Why Now? - Florida’s Busy Ballot: "So far there are going to be 9 Ballot Initiatives on the Florida general election ballot..."
3. Progress Florida - Good enough?: "These results come on the heels of a steady stream of press coverage ever since Bush has misused the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission to force his failed and unconstitutional voucher schemes on Florida."
4. becoming change - to infinity and beyond!: "the world will be dramatically different in 6 months. no, not a sarcastic 'really dumb ass?' but seriously. i believe that we are going through a complete reconstruction of america that will dramatically change the world in which we know."
5. FLA Politics (Progressive Florida) - FL Sen: Three Key Races: "With the candidate filing deadline behind us now, we can start to look at how the key races are shaping up for the fall. Today I'm taking a look at three Senate races that I think Democrats have excellent shots at winning. Two of them are tough races against ethically challenged Republicans in swing districts and another is an open seat contest in an area where Democrats have started taking over in a matter of a couple years."
6. Conniption Fit - Bad dog Charlie: "Trembling and terrified, our little Charlie cowered in the corner while our frat boy legislature had its sweaty, fumbling way with the people of Florida. Now faced with a starvation budget, he keeps saying kind things about the bullies who abused him, yipping and yapping at the filthy bars in his crate, hoping they'll come back to Tallahassee and be a little nicer to him next time."
7. Blast Off! - Robert Wexler: Fire-Breathing Liberal: "This was the best-attended luncheon in the history of the Palm Beach County Democratic Professionals Council, with the attendance of some 300 easily outdistancing the number who saw Howard Dean speak to the group some time ago. Following the introduction of Rep. Wexler by Florida House District 83 candidate Bryan Miller, the entire audience rose to their feet to welcome the congressman, who undoubtedly is one of the few who would garner such a tribute before uttering a word..."
8. FLA Politics (Kimw) - Thoughts on Freedom and Independence: "As we prepare to celebrate our freedom, this upcoming July 4th, our thoughts are also with the soldiers and their families who are unable to be together and enjoy the day too. Even though the Iraq War does not enter most people's minds, on a daily basis, you should think about the many ways it does affect your life.... It seems that everyday there is more and more bad news about the economy.... John Mica helped put us on that negative course. We need Faye Armitage to take control of the wheel now, to help turn the economy around in a way that benefits the middle class."
9. Joe Garcia - Because of You Hotlist: "I wanted to say thank you. When I got into this race, I knew it wouldn't be an easy one. There were a number of obstacles in our way and a number of naysayers who didn't think we had a chance. But, over the past few months, we've built a grassroots campaign powered by thousands of individuals who have stepped up to say "enough is enough - it's time for a change". That grassroots support has caused people in South Florida, and up in Washington, DC, to stand up and take notice."
10. Talk to Me - Crack that Whip!: "July roars in like a lawmaking lion, kicking in new rules and regulations for Floridians. Here's a few of my favorites, effective July 1st."
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Thu Jun 26, 2008 at 00:43:33 AM EDT
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Obviously, nobody is perfect. But if I were going to design a perfect candidate, he or she would be a whole lot like Joe Garcia.
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