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Post in depth: Voting rights Florida No. 1 in barring ex-prisoners from voting   Updated: 11:14 a.m. Monday, May 20, 2013  |  Posted: 8:07 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013              Robert Calzada             A look at civil rights of former inmates in the U.S. ________________________________________________________________________ Felons who voted won’t face charges in Palm Beach County Felons, dead people […]

Pam Bondi Names 2012 Law Enforcement Officers of the Year By: Eric Giunta | Posted: February 6, 2013 11:29 AM | SunshineStateNews.Com ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has named St. Petersburg Police Department Sergeant Karl Lounge and St. Petersburg Police Department Officer Douglas Weaver her 2012 Law Enforcement Officers of the Year. “Each nominee […]

Posted: Tue 10:46 AM, Nov 13, 2012 Reporter: FL CAN; Lanetra Bennett  Email | WCTV.Tv Updated: Tue 6:26 PM, Nov 13, 2012 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Florida Cannabis Network to Hold Press Conference on Pot Legalization Please Click Here To Watch Video From WCTV Updated November 13, 2012 – 6:17 pm – Tallahassee, FL – . One organization says […]

Dale Landry: Bondi creates conflict Dale R. Landry  Written by Dale R. Landry |  My View On Oct. 26, the Tallahassee Democrat published its endorsement of Judge Josefina Tamayo for the 2nd Judicial Circuit judge’s race. We the NAACP do not endorse in any individual races; however, we will speak out on issues that we […]

Tamayo hasn’t kept politics out of campaign Having met the very pleasant Judge Josefina Tamayo, I can see why 13 percent of the 3,267 lawyers to whom a poll was sent voted in favor of her. What is important in selecting a judge is that the person not only be an experienced practitioner of law, but […]

Rebuttal: Barbara Hobbs 6:35 PM, Oct 30, 2012   |  The Tallahassee Democrat Barbara Hobbs  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I thank you for the opportunity to allow me to put forth the reasons why I should be the choice of the voters in the Second Judicial Circuit election. I agree with the Democrat’s analogy that “one could look at the […]

Posted: Mon 7:13 PM, Jul 16, 2012 Reporter: Associated Press Release     Email | WCTV.Tv Florida Spending Millions on Security for Government Officials TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is spending millions to provide security to Gov. Rick Scott, as well as for governors from other states who visit. An annual report released Monday shows that the state […]

Update: Florida Commission on Ethics not giving up on collecting thousands in fines 10:27 AM, May. 4, 2012  |  By Jeff Burlew Senior government editor Of The Tallahassee Democrat The Florida Commission on Ethics opts not to write off thousands of dollars in fines owed by state and local workers and officials.  /  Jeff Burlew/Democrat […]

Judge threatens to hold Meggs, other prosecutors in contempt 1:47 PM, May. 1, 2012  |  By Jeff Burlew Senior government editor Of The Tallahassee Democrat A dispute between Circuit Judge Charles Dodson and State Attorney Willie Meggs is before the 1st District Court of Appeal. A Leon circuit judge threatened to throw prosecutors in jail […]

Bondi has front-row seat as historic case is heard 12:55 AM, Mar. 27, 2012  |  By Ledyard King Democrat Washington Bureau Fla. Attorney General Pam Bondi surrounded by attorneys general from other states who have joined in the challenge to President Obama’s health care law.  To her immediate right is South Carolina AG Alan Wilson […]