A couple of holiday events …
* One is tonight in Winter Park – ”Politicians on Ice.” (The name of which makes me think of what happens to elected officials who cross the mob.) Fear not, though, this is an event meant to highlight Park Avenue’s temporary ice-skating rink (which seems pretty [...]
U.S. Rep. John Mica's office just released word that Florida's most famous "Maitland housewife" will have a final farewell in the town for which she was known.
Following her services Thursday morning, U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins' processional is slated to come to Maitland City Hall at around 1 p.m., when Mica is [...]
I was scanning the papers and my email for something profound to post when someone sent me a link to the following video that was so disturbing and unsettling that I decided I'd share it with some of the most disturbing and unsettling people i know … you guys.
Apparently, JibJab now [...]
U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, the mavericky self-proclaimed "Maitland housewife" who took on the establishment in Tallahassee and then went on to become Florida's first female U.S. Senator, died last night.
Family friends just called to share the news. She was 82.
Hawkins, a loyal Republican whose campaign [...]
As I noted in today's column, the Community Foundation of Central Florida has started providing a true service to residents in this community who want to donate time or money to local nonprofits — or really, just see how they operate.
Already, 300 local nonprofits have asked to be reviewed [...]
Rich Crotty announced today that Orange County has landed the annual Star Wars convention for next year.
Actually, he did more than just announce it, he proclaimed: “The Force must be with us.This could be the largest Star Wars fan event ever, with a positive economic impact of $36 million.”
Crotty even [...]
I'm not sure Southern Strategy will ever be able to top their Larry Craig-inspired holiday card from a couple years back. (See it here if you missed it.)
But the firm with offices from Orlando to Tallahassee to D.C. managed to turn another one of Washington's more controversial moments from [...]
Someone asked me at the gym today if I thought SunRail would be approved during the special session — and I said yes.
Not because Buddy Dyer or any of our local homers said so. (They've been repeatedly wrong in predicting victory in the past.) But because I have a tough [...]
One of the most intriguing political items I read over the holiday weekend was actually buried deep within one of the many (many, many, many) sports pieces fawning over Tim Tebow.
A glowing piece in the Palm Beach Post quoted our very own governor, Charlie Crist, saying [...]
Looks like they're serious this time.
House Speaker Larry Cretul just sent out official word that a special session will convene Thursday (three days from now). The sole purpose — rail … with a final vote by the senate next week.
The idea seems to be to roll all things rail-related into [...]
Comedian/talk-show host Bill Maher seems to have thing for Alan Grayson — or at least his spine.
In a recent interview with Watermark about Maher's upcoming visit to Tampa, interviewer Kirk Kartlage asked Maher about Grayson — to which the pundit responded:
Love him! He’s great. We’ve actually been communicating on MySpace [...]
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