The big “Loser of the Week” award goes to Alan Grayson, who seems to be able to dish it out much better than he takes it — and is now turning his own whines into (literally) a federal case.
The Sentinel’s breaking storyhas Grayson asking US Attorney General Eric Holder [...]
WASHINGTON — Not everyone thinks imitation is the best form of flattery.
In fact, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigate the Lake County activist who started the [...]
The more Attorney General Bill McCollum says as a gubernatorial candidate, the more a clash between him and Gov. Charlie Crist seems inevitable.
See his statement today on the 11.5 percent unemployment rate, which he called "a clear indication that President Barack Obama's risky and expensive economic policies aren't working for Florida."' [...]
TALLAHASSEE — With some uber-somber mood music playing in the background, the Florida Demcoratic Party has put out a video taking Attorney General Bill McCollum to task for arguing his support of deregulatory efforts in Congress aimed at investment banks didn’t set the stage for today’s financial collapse.
McCollum has gone [...]
Since he started running for governor, Attorney General Bill McCollum has pulled back a bit on his intense public focus on Internet sex predators and concentrated his publicity more on mortgage fraud and other consumer-friendly issues -- more campaign-like issues.
But just when the old McCollum seemed to be fading, [...]
Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, has the endorsement of former Gov. Buddy MacKay. Gelber is running against fellow Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres for the Democratic attorney general primary.
"Our state is at a crossroad and now more than ever we need a leader like Dan Gelber who will confront the challenges" [...]
Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, has the endorsement of former Gov. Buddy MacKay. Gelber is running against fellow Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres in the Democratic attorney general primary.
"Our state is at a crossroad and now more than ever we need a leader like Dan Gelber who will confront the challenges of [...]
As part of his investigation of a voting-machine company merger that would create a near-monopoly over voting machines, Attorney General Bill McCollum has sent the following letter to Dan McCrea of the Florida Voters Foundation: (For background check out Marc Caputo's story in today's paper)
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[...]As part of his investigation of a voting-machine company merger that would create a near-monopoly over voting machines, Attorney General Bill McCollum has sent the following letter to Dan McCrea of the Florida Voters Foundation: (For background check out Marc Caputo's story in today's paper)
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Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, a Republican candidate for state attorney general, appeared on Political Connections on Bay News 9 Sunday. The full interview can be seen on Ch. 342, Bay News 9 on Demand, but here's a snippet:
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[...]Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is conducting an anti-trust investigation of a voting-machine company merger that would create a near-monopoly over the levers of democracy in Florida and much of the United States.
McCollum's office has issued at least six subpoenas covering every major voting-machine company as part of a civil [...]
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is conducting an anti-trust investigation of a voting-machine company merger that would create a near-monopoly over the levers of democracy in Florida and much of the United States.
McCollum's office has issued at least six subpoenas covering every major voting-machine company as part of a civil [...]
From Rasmussen Reports: Florida's 2010 race for governor is looking a little more competitive. A new Rasmussen reports telephone survey in the state shows state Attorney General Bill McCollum, a Republican, ahead of Democrat Alex Sink 44% to 39%. In October, McCollum had a 46% to 35% lead. Five [...]
Rasmussen Reports, which in October had Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum leading Democratic CFO Alex Sink by 11 points for governor, now shows him ahead by 5: McCollum leads by nine points among male voters and breaks roughly even with Sink among female voters. The Republican carries voters not [...]
Don't be fooled by the $50 pancake breakfasts Attorney General Bill McCollum has been hosting lately for his gubernatorial campaign. He's hanging with high rollers too -- namely casino man Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on Jan. 31.
' [...]The fallout from the 2007 meltdown of Florida’s Local Government Investment Pool is leaching into the political campaigns of two of the fund’s trustees.
Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum and Democratic Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, gubernatorial rivals, are quietly slugging it out in Tallahassee over who should have control over [...]
Not so long ago, the Republican Party of Florida was fielding an all-white, all-male slate of statewide candidates in 2010.
But three credible female contenders have recently emerged: state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland is taking on Attorney General Bill McCollum for governor and former state Rep. [...]
Attorney General Bill McCollum said he is making progress in helping people in troubled mortgages, but acknowledges the state can't force the national banks to lower the rates because it has no regulatory authority.
He met with Bank of America executives Wednesday who assured him that they would put staff in Florida in January to meet' [...]
Attorney General Bill McCollum said he is making progress in helping people in troubled mortgages, but acknowledges the state can't force the national banks to lower the rates because it has no regulatory authority.
He met with Bank of America executives Wednesday who assured him that they would put staff in [...]
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the only Democrat on the Cabinet, lost to her two fellow Republicans Tuesday in her continuing drive to broaden the oversight of Florida's $120-billion pension fund. A career banker who's running for governor, Sink sought to remove the governor and attorney general as pension fund [...]
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the only Democrat on the Cabinet, lost to her two fellow Republicans Tuesday in her continuing drive to broaden the oversight of Florida's $120-billion pension fund. A career banker who's running for governor, Sink sought to remove the governor and attorney general as pension fund [...]
The Democratic race for attorney general's getting a little more intriguing now that Sen. Dave Aronberg skipped the Regulated Industries Committee meeting yesterday because "I will be detained by events in my district that I need to attend," according to his please-excuse-my-absence note.
One of those "events:" A fundraiser [...]
The Democratic race for attorney general's getting a little more intriguing now that Sen. Dave Aronberg skipped the Regulated Industries Committee meeting yesterday because "I will be detained by events in my district that I need to attend," according to his please-excuse-my-absence note.
One of those "events:" A fundraiser for the' [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery, while verbally flogging SunRail during her noon press conference with anti-tax activists, had some choice words for top officials at the state Department of Transportation as well.
Dockery, who is challenging Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor, denounced FDOT’s $44 million in… [...]
Jamie Miller, who consulted for Bill McCollum's successful 2006 race for attorney general, is now the campaign manager for McCollum's Republican opponent for governor, Paula Dockery.
But Miller probably isn't the biggest boost to Dockery's campaign. That distinction belongs to Senate President Jeff Atwater who called a special session on SunRail [...]
Senator Paula Dockery (R., Lakeland) is wowing the legislature with her knowledge of the "high speed" rail issue, and her political acumen in outmanuvering Senate President Jeff Atwater (R. North Palm Beach). In an earlier diary, I predicted something very similar to happen in her upcoming race against Attorney General Bill McCullom [...]
Two campaign videos Pam Bondi posted on the internet Wednesday just after she filed to run for attorney general are drawing fire from her Republican primary opponents.
The issue: Florida law prohibits a candidate from spending any money or authorizing any campaign expenses before filing, but the videos were produced… [...]
The Florida Commission on Ethics has tossed out complaints against Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum today.
All three statewide officials faced ethics complaints relating to their use of state aircraft and other resources for personal travel. The commission met in… [...]
Fundraisers for Democratic attorney general candidates Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber have been scheduled for this month.
Aronberg's event is Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the home of Janet Rifkin. Co-hosts include some prominent Hillsborough Democrats, including Cathy Bartolotti, Alan Clendenin, Clerk of the Circuit Court Pat Frank, former mayor [...]
The Florida Commission on Ethics has tossed out complaints against Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink today.
Kottkamp, Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum all faced ethics complaints relating to their use of state aircraft. The commission met in closed session today to determine if… [...]
