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Welcome to Space Coast Politics!
By Matthew D Nye This site is intended to be a forum to discuss local candidates, elections and happenings here in on the Space Coast. In case you haven’t been paying attention, this has turned out to be a very active election year with multiple candidates vying for both legislative and Constitutional offices.... [Read more...]
City
Palm Bay Road project on schedule
By George White Florida Today QUESTION: Is the project to widen Palm Bay Road on schedule, and when will it be completed? ANSWER: The project widening Palm Bay Road from four to six lanes for 4.5 miles between Minton Road and Robert J. Conlan Boulevard is on schedule for a fall 2010 completion date, said Stephanie... [Read more...]
County
Conspiracy Theory?
Glisch alleges non-existent ethics violation against Infantini; Florida Today moves from reporting on campaigns to working for them Not unexpectedly, the Florida Today calmly endorsed Mr. Geier and Mr. Fisher for the County Commission earlier this month (read Florida Today endorsements here). From this point... [Read more...]
State
Secretary of state continues to review fraud complaints
While Wakulla County election officials waited Wednesday to certify razor-thin victories, the state’s top elections chief continued to weigh fraud complaints. Secretary of State Kurt Browning is still considering a complaint filed last week by a Panacea resident against Wakulla County Elections Supervisor... [Read more...]
National
National Surveys Show Atlas Shrugged Is Widely Read
Washington, D.C. — For the second year in a row, a question included in a Zogby International omnibus telephone survey of American adults indicated that 8.1 percent of respondents have read Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. The surveys conducted in October 2007 and again in October 2008 indicated that more... [Read more...]
Quote of the day
Timeless witticisms from our forebears
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.”
-Ayn Rand
Thought of the day
Just ignore the man behind the curtain…
“It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.”
- Ayn Rand
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City
Palm Bay Road project on schedule
By George White
Florida Today
QUESTION: Is the project to widen Palm Bay Road on schedule, and when will it be completed?
ANSWER: The project widening Palm Bay Road from four to six lanes for 4.5 miles between Minton Road and Robert J. Conlan Boulevard is on schedule for a fall 2010 completion date, said Stephanie Evans, public involvement coordinator for the Florida Department of Transportation.
Read more at Florida Today…
County
Conspiracy Theory?
Glisch alleges non-existent ethics violation against Infantini; Florida Today moves from reporting on campaigns to working for them
Not unexpectedly, the Florida Today calmly endorsed Mr. Geier and Mr. Fisher for the County Commission earlier this month (read Florida Today endorsements here).
From this point there are three paths generally taken by the Florida Today: Slam the living tar out of the opponent, pat the opponent on the back while you dismiss them, or simply state briefly the opponent is unprepared and move on.
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15th Congressional District Race Heats up
Posey denies statement he made at dinner meeting earlier this year; Zilaitis calls him out on it
Once again, I find myself in the middle of a he said/he said political fight, this time between Congressional hopefuls Senator Bill Posey and Frank Zilaitis. This morning I asked a simple question regarding the candidates’ stances on the free market and business regulation.
As part of his answer, Zilaitis mentioned a statement Posey made regarding the insurance industry at a dinner meeting many months ago: “The state has been regulating the insurance industry since Christ was born”. Posey adamantly and repeatedly denied making the statement and said he wasn’t going to play Zilaitis’ “game”.
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State
Secretary of state continues to review fraud complaints
While Wakulla County election officials waited Wednesday to certify razor-thin victories, the state’s top elections chief continued to weigh fraud complaints.
Secretary of State Kurt Browning is still considering a complaint filed last week by a Panacea resident against Wakulla County Elections Supervisor Sherida Crum, alleging that voting rolls contained the names of people who listed vacant lots and nonexisting street addresses.
Read more…
National
National Surveys Show Atlas Shrugged Is Widely Read
Washington, D.C. — For the second year in a row, a question included in a Zogby International omnibus telephone survey of American adults indicated that 8.1 percent of respondents have read Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. The surveys conducted in October 2007 and again in October 2008 indicated that more than 17 percent of U.S. college graduates have read the novel. That is a remarkable number for a serious, intellectual novel of more than 1100 pages whose theme is the role of the mind in man’s existence.
World
EU, US Call For A Global Summit To Reshape Banking
By Aoife White, Associated Press
The Group of Eight major industrial nations announced Wednesday they will hold a global summit - perhaps as early as November in New York - to forge common action to prevent another economic meltdown.
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Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital shows how to practically apply Austrian economic theory
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