Jun
26
Special Election Results
June 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
Most people know that today is the Special Election to fill three legislative offices in North-Central Florida: Senate District 3, which was vacated by former Senator Nancy Argenziano when she resigned to take her post on the Public Service Commission, House District 42, which was vacated by Representative Charlie Dean, and House District 24, which […]
Jun
26
Governor Crist to Sign Students’ Bill in Tampa Friday
June 26, 2007 | 2 Comments
The State of Sunshine has written about this on several occasions, and the program really is “One of the best Ideas I’ve Ever Seen.”
House of Representatives
Kevin C. Ambler
District 47
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: JENNA LABADIE, LEGISLATIVE AIDE
June 26, 2007 PHONE: (813) 558-1333
Governor Charlie Crist to Sign “Ought to be a Law” Student […]
Jun
25
A quick review of citizen iniatives
June 25, 2007 | 4 Comments
Florida, as we all know, allows the citizens to collect signatures on a petition to place a proposed amendment on the ballot.
The requirement is to obtain signatures from equaling 8% of the total votes cast in the last presidential election. To ensure broad support, the petitions must be from at least half of the […]
Jun
21
Attention BellSouth / AT&T Customers: $10 DSL
June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment
An interesting discussion is floating around the Internet this week. It seems that the new Ma Bell has a secret: DSL for only $10 per month.
You see, the FCC required AT&T to offer this discounted DSL service to its customers, along with “naked DSL” service which doesn’t require telephone service, as part of the […]
Jun
20
State of Sunshine “Blogiversary”
June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment
Just over a year ago, June 18, 2006, the State of Sunshine was started.
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading as much as I’ve enjoyed writing… and it would not have been the same without my friend who took over for me during the 2006 campaign, as well as my new contributors Bruce Cotton and Darren Shields.
It’s […]
Jun
20
Florida Legislative Session Review - Part VII: Transportation & Economic Development
June 20, 2007 | 1 Comment
Economic Development
SB 1974 creates the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology within the Executive Office of Governor. Passed 39-0 and 119-0.
HB 83 the “Florida Capital Formation Act” - requires Enterprise Florida to facilitate the creation of the Florida Opportunity Fund to increase availability of seed capital and early stage venture equity capital for emerging companies […]
Jun
19
Florida Legislative Session Review - Part VI: Elections
June 19, 2007 | 1 Comment
There was one major elections bill that passed this year, and it contained a lot of provisions. A few, less extensive bills passed dealing with citizen initiatives.
HB 573 is the major election package. It’s provisions include:
requiring voter registration organizations, including political parties, to submit voter registrations in a timely manner;
setring the presidential preference primary […]
Jun
18
The number of bills affecting active military service members and veterans has dwindled over the years, as the Legislature runs out of ways to support the military. Heck, we do a GREAT job of that now.
Here are the bills that passed this year:
HB 981 among state park provisions, this bill provides free admission to […]
Jun
18
Sorry for the delay.
June 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment
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Jun
11
The Tribune’s False Tax Analysis
June 11, 2007 | 5 Comments
I read with interest Jerome Stockfisch’s article about a state income tax in yesterday’s Tampa Tribune.
The article starts with a box on page one essentially saying that a homeowner who pays $3000 annually for property taxes could instead pay only $2870 if we reduced property taxes and imposed a minor income tax. Sounds great, […]