A special December session of the Legislature is being pushed by Gov. Charlie Crist and Senate President Jeff Atwater to show the Obama administration that Florida is serious about supporting rail transit. ...more

October 21, 2009

Please sign into law HB 1171 and allow insurance companies to compete for casualty insurance business in this state. Taxpayers should not have to subsidize Citizens Property Insurance Corp. losses. ...more

June 25, 2009

Although anti-tax sentiment remains strong in Tallahassee, Gov. Charlie Crist is showing leadership by proposing the state begin charging a fee to bottle water companies that each day siphon millions of gallons of Florida's water for free. ...more

March 7, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist will be among Florida public officials headed to the nation's capital to attend Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20. ...more

January 10, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist will be among Florida public officials headed to the nation's Capital to attend Barack Obama's inauguration Jan. 20. Who will pay for the travel, lodging and other costs rung up by Republican Crist and state staffers accompanying him? ...more

January 9, 2009

Once at odds over groundwater pumping, officials from Pasco and Pinellas counties are rallying around the chance to preserve the 12,500-acre Cross Bar/Al Bar Ranch in north-central Pasco, which includes a public drinking water wellfield. ...more

January 12, 2008

Time To Think Of Rail It has been mentioned for many years the inevitable would happen on Interstate 4 because it is too heavily traveled and, with weather anomalies, the accidents will occur. ...more

January 10, 2008

The head of the Florida Department of Transportation found herself at the center of a skeptical, assertive crowd that gathered Friday to question why state taxpayers are doling out $491 million for a rail plan that could wind up tearing this city in two. ...more

December 7, 2007