SEBRING — Nine-year-old Michael Stone's petition drive to reopen Lake Denton to the public, without any restrictions or $25-per-person weekend user's fees, is taking off. "We've gotten 10 phone calls on the petition," said Jessica Stone, the wife of Michael Stone the elder, who is the father of young Michael Stone the petitioner. "At least two of the people who called want copies of the petition so that they can circulate it and get signatures," Jessica Stone said Friday afternoon. "One of two callers who want a petition sent to them is John Huddleston, the owner of the barbershop next to Beef O' Brady's restaurant," Jessica Stone said. Jessica Stone said she expects Huddleston to be successful in getting signatures on the petition because it will be available for signing in his busy barbershop. ...more

January 12, 2008

Secretary of State Kurt Browning said Wednesday that he has ordered county election officials to submit signature validations for citizen initiatives on paper because of glitches in the state's electronic reporting system. ...more

January 10, 2008

SEBRING — Like other Americans, from George Washington and Patrick Henry to Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, fourth-grade student Michael Stone has a dream. Because he says his dream is being stepped on by government, Stone is doing what the Constitution says he can do: petition the government for redress of a grievance of the people. He's spearheading a petition asking that county government reopen Lake Denton to the public, and without the expensive user's fees and restricted hours and parking that will keep some people from using the public lake. And his petition is taking off not only with his fellow students but with adults, too. ...more

January 8, 2008

TAMPA - In just one hour Wednesday afternoon, 97 patrons of Danny Boy's Restaurant in Sun City Center signed a petition asking that Debra Lafave return to work. Lafave was forced to quit the restaurant last month while a probation officer investigated whether she had an inappropriate and private conversation with a minor female employee. ...more

December 9, 2007

In just one hour Wednesday afternoon, 97 patrons of Danny Boy's Restaurant in Sun City Center signed a petition asking that Debra Lafave return to work. ...more

December 7, 2007

A circuit judge has upheld a state law that allows voters to revoke their signatures on petitions for constitutional amendments. ...more

November 28, 2007

Make no mistake about it, the ballot proposal "Florida Hometown Democracy" is a bad idea that, if passed, would begin a nightmare of voting on every growth and planning issue at the local level. ...more

November 18, 2007

The fury over the massacre of dozens of seized dogs and cats in Puerto Rico has gone global. ...more

October 18, 2007