In the race for Florida Senate it’s crunch time, and the latest polls show our candidate Kendrick Meek surging as Dems come home and No Party Charlie Crist slips to an inevitable third place finish. Crist’s support has now dropped 10-points since May, while Rubio and Meek have each made gains. In essence, Crist is [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Marco Rubio: From Poor Boy Cuban Hero to Grinder?
September 23, 2010
Marco Rubio, son of working class immigrants, Republican US Senate candidate and, of course, a hero, is facing questions stemming from spending decisions made during his reign as Speaker of the Florida House. In 2007 while courageously leading the Florida House of Representatives, Rubio somehow found the time to become a true hero to a [...]
Politifact Bends Backwards to Bash Union Mailer
September 22, 2010
The AFL-CIO is sending mailers to union members in Florida touting Kendrick Meek and pointing out that Marco Rubio is not exactly worker friendly. The mailer makes three assertions: Rubio opposes extending unemployment benefits Rubio is anti-union rights Rubio is pro-outsourcing These assertions are pretty easy to back up with real life examples of Marco [...]
Fair Districts: Balart Bros. Show Redistricting Matters
September 8, 2010
In 1992, a Freshman Republican was elected to represent the Miami area in the US House. The GOP majority in the Florida legislature district had just designed his district as a safe Republican South Florida “Hispanic access seat.” His name: Lincoln Diaz-Balart. In 2002, a Freshman Republican was elected to represent the Miami area in [...]
Editing the Constitution: Amendments 5, 6 are a BFD
September 7, 2010
This November, Florida voters will have a chance to enact meaningful changes to a redistricting process that has historically been a gerrymandering free for all. Amendments 5 and 6 are citizen initiatives that will enshrine fair redistricting rules into the state constitution, forcing an end to the practice of lawmakers custom designing their own voter [...]
Labor Day Links
September 6, 2010
Links mentioned during my guest host stint on the Labor Day Sonic Detour on WMNF. Support Motts workers A Successful Company Mott’s parent company, Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS), paid CEO Larry Young $6.5 million in 2009. The company is profitable and successful with its stock rocketing 35% since their most recent earnings announcement in February [...]
Unions 101 – Happy Labor Day
September 6, 2010
The Unions 101 series will take to the airwaves in celebration of Labor Day today – 2 hours of music of, by, and in solidarity with the working class. After our West Central Florida Central Labor Council’s picninc for 5,000 union members and their families, tune in to WMNF 88.5 FM from 4-6 pm in [...]
Dog And Pony Show Trial Bites Bondi
September 4, 2010
(Sorry for the shaggy dog story, but in this case I really couldn’t just let sleeping dogs lie.) As the dog days of summer wind down, Florida’s Republican AG candidate Pam Bondi, recently rewarded with a Sarah Palin endorsement treat for learning right wing talking points, must be dog tired of the renewed interest in [...]