Now that Leader Reid has gotten the 60 votes to start the lengthy health care debate in the Senate, it is imperative, in my opinion, that the Obama Administration reload and double up their leadership on the other major pending issues--war strength levels, jobs and the economy, financial reform and energy. I realize the [...]
Attending a fundraiser for his US Senate campaign at a law firm in downtown DC, Gov. Charlie Crist insisted his focus remains Florida and job creation -- as the state's unemployment rate edged up to 11.2 percent.
"I just think it's so important to stay focused on jobs, jobs, jobs," Crist said, suggesting [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist is in D.C. today raising money at Holland & Knight but insisted he is also focused on the dreadful state of the Florida economy, reinforced by a fresh report about 11.2 percent unemployment.
"I just think it's so important to stay focused on jobs, jobs, jobs," the [...]
From Newsweek:
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The White House's reporting on stimulus spending is under attack -- with its website -- Recovery.Gov -- citing spending in congressional districts that don't exist.
Brooksville Republican Ginny Brown-Waite says she checked the website to see that "Democrats have spent $3,582,587 to create 5 jobs in Florida’s 86th congressional district." [...]
An organization that bills itself as “a new Tallahassee-based news service with a commitment to reporting Florida politics in a fair and balanced manner” is looking for reporters and editors.
The organization, which doesn’t identify itself in its ads, posted recruiting notices on JournalismJobs.com last week seeking an… [...]
Okey-Dokey...We employ 290, but we saved 470 jobs!!!Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday renewed his call for a special legislative session next month to consider the SunRail commuter rail project in Central Florida, which he said would produce a lot of jobs.
But House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, still is not yet on board, and he's challenging Senate President Jeff Atwater [...]
Don Winstead, Gov. Charlie Crist's stimulus czar, briefed the Senate's budget committee Wednesday and said that, under federal formulas Florida can be credited for creating jobs or helping employ 47,069 directly, indirectly or by way of some complicated "induced" formula due to the federal stimulus package.
That doesn't mean, though, that 47,000 [...]
Don Winstead, Gov. Charlie Crist's stimulus czar, briefed the Senate's budget committee Wednesday and said that, under federal formulas Florida can be created for creating jobs or helping employ 47,069 directly, indirectly or by way of some complicated "induced" formula due to the federal stimulus package.
That doesn't mean, though, that 47,000' [...]
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Not a clue for the public....but the Obama team sets the rules for all jobs using stimulus money....Patterico details the shamwow of DEM/PrezBO politics!Depending on who's doing the counting, the massive infusion of federal stimulus into the state has saved or created from nearly 30,000 jobs to more than 64,000 since it was passed by Congress last February.
While a fierce political debate has been raging over the price and effectiveness of the stimulus, [...]
The White House said today its economic stimulus plan created or saved 250,000 education jobs -- with the president's domestic policy advisor Melody Barnes noting at today's press briefing that the numbers include "about 1,944" in Miami-Dade County.
There was no breakdown in the admin's report on how many were new jobs [...]
