Florida Agenda

FORT LAUDERDALE – On Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Allen West conceded to Democrat Patrick Murphy, ending one of the most expensive races for the U.S. House. “While there are certainly still inaccuracies in the results, and the actions of the St. Lucie County and Palm Beach County Supervisors of Elections rightly raise questions in my [...]

In terms of dissecting the things that went wrong last week for Mitt Romney (and the more sweeping conservative agenda), we have to sift through—like the man said—an embarrassment of riches. Not only is the political and social right dealing with Romney’s defeat, it is also faced with an overwhelming rejection of its agenda, including [...]

REJECTED: Amendment 1 (HEALTH CARE SERVICES) Proposed to preserve the freedom of Florida residents to provide for their own health care by: 1) ensuring that any person, employer, or health care provider is not compelled to participate in any health care system; 2) authorizing a person or employer to pay directly, without using a third [...]

FORT LAUDERDALE – On Tuesday, Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti was defeated in his bid for a second full term, losing to challenger and former North Bay Village (Miami-Dade County) Police Chief Scott Israel. Israel had earlier lost in a 2008 bid against Lamberti, Broward’s single-and-now-former sole Republican election official. In that contest, Lamberti, a [...]

Minnesota and Washington State Initiatives Also Look Promising Voters in Maine and Maryland have approved measures in support of marriage equality. In Maine, voters changed course for a second time concerning same-sex marriage, but made history with their countrymen in Maryland by becoming the first states to approve gay marriage at the ballot box. A [...]

TALLAHASSEE — Three justices of the Florida Supreme Court won their retention ballots during Tuesday’s election. With approximately two-thirds of precincts reporting, Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis, and Justices Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince each led approximately 67 percent to 33 percent. The move to retain the justices was a rejection to efforts by the [...]

Know Your Amendments, Florida It is important to understand the language as well as the intent of each of the 11 amendments on the Florida ballot. You should note that there is NO Amendment 7 on the Florida ballot. Each of the Amendments was placed on the ballot by the State of Florida Legislature, and [...]

By JOE HARRIS ObamaCare   On Tuesday, four states—including Florida—will take up the conservative fight against ObamaCare with ballot measures that ask voters to block the law requiring Americans to have health insurance. In addition to the Sunshine State, Alabama, Montana, and Wyoming could join the 16 states that have already passed similar statutes that [...]

Obama: “Florida, you can trust what I say.” By JOE HARRIS FORT LAUDERDALE — On Monday and Tuesday, the faces of President Obama, Mitt Romney, and their running mates were as familiar to South Floridians as the senior citizen actors in the Seminole Casino commercials. All four ticket headliners were in and around Greater Fort [...]

Tonight’s presidential debate features the first African- American chief executive defending his seat against— arguably—the most “Establishment”- type candidate that the GOP Eastern Establishment could bring to bear. (Point of Trivia: The Republican Party included on its presidential ticket— either at the top or as running mate— someone named “Bush” or “Dole” in every election [...]