Tea party groups hold ‘Derail SunRail’ protest

Derail SunRail protest

Orlando, FL — Tea Party groups met at the Orlando City Hall on Tuesday to protest SunRail, the commuter train that would travel through the city of Orlando in addition to Orange, Seminole, Volusia and Osceola counties.

Florida governor signs welfare drug-screen measure

Rick Scott

(CNN) — Saying it is “unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction,” Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday signed legislation requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening.

Florida Tea Party leaders celebrate a session with limited victories

Florida Tea Party

TALLAHASSEE — Tea party leaders are cheering one of the most conservative legislative sessions in recent history, even if it was only a fraction of what they wanted.

Gov Scott’s Budget Displays Tea Party Courage

Rick Scott

By Lloyd Marcus, American Thinker In Eustis Florida, I had the great pleasure of warming up the crowd, speaking, entertaining and singing at a Tea Party rally in which Florida Governor Rick Scott debuted his 2011 Budget. It was a historic event solidifying the power and influence of the Tea Party Movement. It felt like [...]

Rick Scott to unveil state budget at tea party in rural Florida

Rick Scott

BY MARC CAPUTO, Miami Herald Rick Scott wants to throw himself a tea party over the Florida budget. The new Republican governor reached out to tea-party organizers to host a budget-roll out event next week in Eustis, a rural town about 190 miles from the state Capitol, where governors traditionally unveil their spending proposals. The [...]

Likely 2012 GOP hopefuls hit the Florida circuit

Sarah Palin

By Virginia Chamlee, Florida Independent In recent months, nearly every likely Republican 2012 presidential candidate has made his or her voice heard in Florida, courting potential campaign donors at big-ticket speaking engagements and invitation-only dinners. With its high number of votes in the electoral college, Florida has long been one of the nation’s most important [...]

Florida Governor Hits Road to Sell His Budget Overhaul

Rick Scott

By ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES, The Wall Street Journal LEESBURG, Fla.—Gov. Rick Scott is crisscrossing Florida this week, offering glimpses of what he says will be one of the nation’s most fiscally conservative budget proposals this year. In his push to close a $3.6 billion budget deficit and make good on his promise to create 700,000 private-sector [...]

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