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• AZ immigration law becoming talking point in FL

  

  Passed in a capitol 1,600 miles away from Tallahassee, a new immigration law in Arizona is nevertheless emerging as a campaign issue in the non-border state of Florida as candidates jockey for the conservative voters who dominate Republican primaries. Story here.

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• Does Jeremy Ring heart Meek or not?

  On Wednesday Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Ring told us he hadn't yet decided who to support in the U.S. Senate race.

  "I don't know,'' he said, when asked if he would support Democratic Congressman Kendrick Meek or independent Gov. Charlie Crist.

  Ring said he wanted to take the pulse of his district [...]

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• Crist signs bill legalizing red light cameras

  Gov. Charlie Crist signed (HB 325) which authorizes cities to use cameras to crack down on drivers who run red lights. The measure, which takes effect July 1, also imposes standards to allow for uniform enforcement and of the controversial cameras now in use in dozens of communities around the state.

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• Crist names his big sis to be his interim campaign manager

  

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  Gov. Charlie Crist name his big sister, Margaret Crist Wood, to be his campaign manager. (In the background of this photo by St. Pete Times photag Scott Keeler.) She officially is called interim campaign manager, the governor said, but only to give her an opportunity to step down [...]

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• McCollum's Cuban supporters ok with his stand on Arizona's law

  Attorney General Bill McCollum drew mixed reactions today from the Miami Dade members of his leadership team when he announced he would support an Arizona-style immigration law in Florida. Some members, such as Rep. Juan Zapata, a Miami Republican of Columbian descent, staunchly opposed McCollum's position while some supporters of Cuban [...]

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• Bill Nelson: Thumbs down on climate change bill

  Bill Nelson said today he's not going to back the new climate change bill if it includes provisions that would allow drilling off Florida’s Atlantic coast.

  In letters to President Obama and the bill’s sponsors, Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, Nelson notes that under the proposal it would be up to states, like Florida, "whether to [...]

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• Bill Nelson and Democrats say "sympathy" for the oil industry sunk efforts to raise liability cap to $10 billion

  Bill Nelson and "the Jersey boys," -- Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez -- lost a bid Thursday to require oil companies to fork over as much as $10 billion in damages when Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski raised objections.

  Murkowski said she supports lifting the cap from its current $75 million (which [...]

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• Willl support for AZ immigration law hurt McCollum, Rubio with Hispanics?

  Some Hispanic supporters of the Republican frontrunner for governor, Bill McCollum, are reeling over his new support for a tough new immigration law in Arizona.

  "I am reconsidering my endorsement,'' said state Rep. Juan Zapata, a member of McCollum's leadership team in Miami-Dade who chairs the education fund for the National Association of [...]

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• S.C. Gov. Sanford's Fla. security detail, detailed

  As we noted yesterday, FDLE provided (at Florida taxpayer expense) security detail for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who took a trip to the Keys to get re-acquainted with his Argentinian mistress. Here's what we paid for: $1,206.12, which works out to 34 hours over a four-day period, as [...]

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• Flip-flop alert: McCollum says FL should copy AZ immigration law

  Following in the footsteps of U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, Attorney General Bill McCollum has had a dramatic change of heart on Arizona's new immigration law. Here's what he said on April 27: "I think Arizona has its own unique problems. I don't think Florida should enact laws like this -- [...]

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