We watched with great anticipation last night's first prime time gubernatorial debate between the two people will hope to lead the Sunshine State out of its economic morass in the coming decade, and have a report on the blow-by-blow action between Rick Scott and Alex Sink.
Saying it echoes the Jim Norman debacle, supporters of House Democratic candidate in District 47 Michael Steinberg are now escalating their complaints against his GOP opponent, James Grant, and want to bring Grant before a court to fully explain how he received a $40,000 loan from a bank that he immediately put into his campaign coffers in August.
Late last night, NPR (no longer officially National Public Radio) drop kicked commentator Juan Williams from their payroll after controversial remarks he made on Fox News about traveling with Muslims on airplanes Monday night. Agree or disagree, the fact is that media organizations seem to freak out more than ever about such controversial comments made by their employees on platforms other than their own organization.
And a truly disturbing incident occurred yesterday morning during the public hearing portion of the Hillsborough County Commission's last meeting before this year's election. CL contributor Chris Ingram has the details.
the report here.
This article appears in Oct 21-27, 2010.