DNC CHair in “Heated Argument” with Police and Mayor Outside Polling Place

from the SharkTank:

A group of sign-waving campaign ralliers comprised of both Democrat and Republican supporters outside an Aventura, Florida polling location witnessed Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz get involved in a heated altercation with an Aventura policeman after she apparently took issue with his request to not engage in campaign activities in the street which would hold up oncoming traffic.

She listened to the police officer’s respectful and reasonable request, but Wasserman Schultz continued to argue with the police officer, according to several people who witnessed the incident.

Wasserman Schultz was greeting voters and waiving her campaign signs on a street that leading into the polling site and was obstructing traffic by stopping cars before they could even enter the parking area.

The police officer respectfully asked Wasserman Schultz to move onto the sidewalk as everyone else was required to do, but the  Congresswoman was unhappy with not being able to campaign how she saw it fit.  Unnerved by the simple request from a police officer, Wasserman Schultz made a “well placed” phone call to some unknown individual in a position of authority.  Five minutes later, the Aventura City Mayor came to the scene and was confronted by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and proceeded to get an earful from her as well.

http://shark-tank.net/2012/10/30/wasserman-schultz-involved-in-police-altercation-outside-during-early-voting/

Obscure Florida Law Requires “TaxPayer Funded” Sports Stadiums to be Used as Homless Shelter

Could the new Marlins ballpark or the Tampa Bay Rays‘ Tropicana Field serve as a homeless shelter for the 270 or so nights a year that they’re not used for baseball?

 

If two Florida lawmakers have their way, they might. As reported by the Miami Herald, state legislators have unearthed an obscure law that has not been enforced since it was adopted in 1988. It states that any ballpark or stadium that receives taxpayer money shall serve as a homeless shelter on the dates that it is not in use.

Now, a new bill would punish owners of teams who play in publicly funded stadiums if they don’t provide a haven for the homeless. Affected ballparks would include the Miami Marlins‘ new ballpark in Miami’s Little Havana, the Tampa Bay Rays’ Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg and several spring training facilities. It also includes the homes of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Miami Heat, Jacksonville Jaguars and Florida Panthers.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/florida-law-turn-ballparks-homeless-shelters-151458504.html

Fla. Teacher Questions New High School Exam, Calling it Propaganda

See the exit exam questions for yourself on the state Department of Education website.

Kalahar wrote:

“The new Florida exit exam standards are a shocking move toward what one can only equate to soviet style propaganda to create a monolithic citizenry. In the case of high school American history, a look into the specifics of the exit exam is all that is needed as proof to an agenda directed in a planned process by groups that have no problem using whatever means necessary to acquire power and promote a twisted vision of America. Florida exit exams in the social sciences need to be stopped immediately and there needs to be a serious reconsideration of the entire process before moving ahead.”

Among the questions Kalahar exposes are:

• Analyze the major factors that drove United States imperialism.
• Examine the controversy surrounding the proliferation of nuclear technology in the United States.
• Assess key figures and organizations in shaping the Black Power Movement.
• Analyze significant Supreme Court decisions relating to reproductive rights.
• Describe efforts by the United States and other world powers to avoid future wars.
• Examine the failure of the United States to support the League of Nations.

For article: http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2011/05/18/conservative-public-school-teacher-calls-florida-exam-soviet-style-propaganda-2/

Florida’s Governor Presents New Budget; Calls for “Drug Testing” of Entitlement Checks

“Gov. Rick Scott, who will release his budget proposal today in the Central Florida town of Eustis, is expected to offer a jobless-benefits plan that is more drastic than the legislature’s. Among the changes Scott’s transition team recommended are requiring drug testing for applicants and requiring them to perform community service or other jobs to receive benefits.”

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/gop-urges-strict-rules-for-jobless-get-real-1237168.html

Rep. Lt. Col. Allen West Is Asked His Thoughts on Olbermann’s Departure

This guy is the real deal!

Fla. Sen.-Elect Marco Rubio Tagged to Give GOP Weekly Response to President’s Weekly Message

Just 4 days after defeating the sitting Governor and the Democrat challenger, Marco Rubio was tagged by the GOP to give the weekly response to Obama’s weekly address. Rubio, a Tea Party favorite and the focus of national attention for months, is poised to be a strong leader so long as he remains on message.

Sen. Elect Marco Rubio Victory Speech

Where the $$$ is Moving: States without State Income Taxes

Topping the list: Collier County, Fla., which includes the city of Naples. Tax returns accounting for 15,150 people showed moves to Collier County from other parts of the country in 2008, the latest year for which IRS data is available. Their average reported income: $76,161 per person–equivalent to $304,644 for a family of four. Although slightly more taxpayers moved out of Collier County than into it, the departing residents’ average income came out to just $26,128 per person.

Households that moved to Collier County principally came from other parts of Florida, with Lee, Miami Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Orange counties leading the list. Big northern cities also sent lots of migrants: Cook County, Ill. (home to Chicago); Oakland County, Mich. (near Detroit); and Suffolk County, N.Y. (on Long Island) each sent more than 100 people to Collier County during 2008.

In second place is Greene County, Ga., with a population of just 15,743 at the Census Bureau’s last estimate. The IRS data show that in 2008, 788 people moved to the county, about 75 miles east of Atlanta.

Rounding out the top five: Nassau County, Fla., near Jacksonville; Llano County, Texas, 70 miles northwest of Austin; and Walton County, Fla., 80 miles east of Pensacola.

The dominance of the list by Florida and Texas–the former has eight of the top 20 counties, the latter four– makes sense to Robert Shrum, manager of state affairs at the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C., since neither state has an income tax. “If you’re a high-income earner, then that, from a tax perspective, is going to be a driving decider if you’re going to move to one of those two states,” Shrum says.

for full article: http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/where-americas-money-is-moving

Marco Rubio: What this Campaign is About

Marco said it best last night on the trail – he believes America is at a pivotal moment in history, in which “our country is run by people who do not believe in the free enterprise system and also don’t believe in the concept of individual liberty.”

 That’s what this campaign is about.

Tea Party: A Force to be Reckoned With

Tea Party Activists Gaining Steam Across the Country

From Florida to California, Conservatives Are Challenging Moderate Republicans

By KATE SNOW and KRISTINA WONG

 

A political movement is sweeping the country, and taking politicians down.

The group behind heated town hall meetings is becoming a real political force.

 

The most recent victim of “tea party” activists was Florida Republican Jim Greer, who resigned from as state party chairman this week, in part because of the activists’ objections to his alliance with Florida’s Republican governor, Charlie Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate. The activists are vocally supporting Crist’s opponent — a young, outspoken conservative, Marco Rubio — and some believe the tea party group may bring down Crist, too.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/senate-conservatives-challenge-moderates-tea-party-activists-gop/story?id=9490887

NOTE: TIME Magazine chose Ben Bernanke as the Man of the Year, as the person having the most impact on 2009. Perhaps they should have chosen the TEA PARTY Patriots as the most influential and as having had the most impact on the political landscape of 2009, and set to forcefully impact 2010.