Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott has joined the likes of Michael Bloomberg and Meg Whitman in spending millions to become competitive this year, in his case the Florida governors race. But Scott has now gone to court claiming his free speech rights are being denied because if he begins spending more than $25 million in his race, opponent Bill McCollum begins to enjoy state matching funds. So Scott wants to change the rules in the middle of the game, and a judge will decide tomorrow on his claim.
Over the years we’ve enjoyed covering both Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg, two South Florida Democrats who have always harbored state wide ambitions. Something’s gonna give in their battle to become the state’s nominee for Attorney General, and it’s starting to break now.
The penny sales tax referendum for transit that Hillsborough voters will on this November should be a close vote. Now a coalition of local tea party groups are coming together to be one unified group opposing the measure.
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This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.
