"I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler." – Jon Stewart
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2006
Rising Insurance Rates Push Florida Homeowners to Brink – New York Times I got a 75% increase last year. No claims have ever been filed against my policy in 6 years. I guess that’s life in the sub-tropics.
Posted in Blog Post on Jun 16th, 2006
“No Knock” Meet “Castle Doctrine” | TPMCafe Nathan asks what happens when “No Knock” searches by police meet the “Castle Doctrine?” Here in Florida Jeb! signed the “Stand Your Ground Law” that allows Floridians to “bust a cap in dat ass” if someone “forcibly or illegally” enters your home, place of work or threatens you [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2006
House Tables Gun Proposal “We’re done negotiating” with the NRA, said Mark Wilson, of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, speaking of a bill that would guarantee workers the right to keep guns in their cars – even in company parking lots. At issue is an unusual showdown between the right to bear arms and the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2006
They Have More Pressing Fish To Fry: From The Tampa Tribune Daniel Ruth’s column gets to the heart of the whole adult use ordinance dust up in Hillsborough: Let’s face it, G-strings are infinitely more interesting than a land use rezoning issue. So it’s understandable why the Hillsborough County Commission took time out from burning [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2006
Columns: ‘Decency’ vote can’t cover naked politics Howard Troxler lays it down on Rhonda “Church Lady” Storms and her idea of using public funds to assist her state Senatorial ambitions: Not to be cynical, but maybe putting a nudity crackdown on the November ballot is a way to whip up the vote among the “decency” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2006
Tampabay: Senator changes mind on Schiavo Sen. Mel Martinez, nearly a year after leading the charge for federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, now says he may have been off-base. “Perhaps this was not in the realm of federal concern. It may have been better left to state courts to deal with it,” Martinez [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2006
baynews9.com – News : Explosive issue Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a felony to ban guns in private cars on company premises. The National Rifle Association said gun owners lose their 2nd amendment rights when that’s prohibited, but many business owners say they should have the right to ban guns [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2006
Hillsborough: Commissioners propose stricter nudity laws Commissioners also voted to ask voter approval of the measure in a straw-ballot referendum in November. The vote wouldn’t be binding. But commissioners hope for overwhelming support to pressure city of Tampa officials to join them since most adult businesses are located within city limits. Rhonda “Church Lady” Storms’ [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2006
State: Gun measure bogs down in committee This was idiotic and deserved to die a grusome death in committee.
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2006
Inmate health care costs you millions This is a testimony to the ass back wards way we do things in this country, we are law abiding citizens who make maybe 14,000 dollars a year, and these guys get better medical care than most of the indigent and elderly, if they are eligible. Best medications no [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 2nd, 2006
State: Bush: Death warrants on hold Jeb! express disappointment in how long it takes to get death warrants to his desk. I guess he would like it to happen faster so the state can more quickly execute people regardless of annoyances like the judicial process or innocence. Update: Matt has a through review of the [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 1st, 2006
Worldandnation: T-shirt earns exit from House gallery Jeez, I knew they were allergic to displays of dissent, but this is a bit much. Hats off to Mrs. Young, she’s a feisty one, and is a real supporter of the troops. Cindy Sheehan was ejected as well, but that’s more or less to be expected. Update: [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2006
The Perfect Storms Case For Mayor Dan Ruth nails the best possible reason for a county wide mayor: “adult supervision” of commissioners like Hillsborough county’s very own “Church Lady” Rhonda Storms. Ruth goes on to point out the obvious stupidity of Storms’ criticism of the mayoral ballot initiative: Storms argued that residents should vote for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2006
Hillsborough: Storms takes her campaign to radio First the good news, Rhonda will have to resign from the Hillsborough County Commission. Now the bad new, she’ll be taking her fight against SATAN statewide. God, save us from your followers.
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 18th, 2006
Protesting Soon: The Church Of The Pathetic: From The Tampa Tribune The Westboro Baptist Hate Group of Topeka, KS is planning a protest in the Tampa area again. This time they plan to protest at Christ the King Catholic Church, Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church, Without Walls International Church, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Newsome High School [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2006
Jeb Bush scrambles to save vouchers – OrlandoSentinel.com: State News Bush has been the living symbol of Florida’s first-in-the-nation statewide voucher program since he drove it through the Legislature during his first four months in office. Until the high court’s ruling, Bush appeared poised to use his final year in office for the already difficult [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2006
‘Death Wish’ Law Working Like A Charm This was more inevitable than the odds of Jon Gruden throwing a Yosemite Samesque temper tantrum. Once you pass a yahoo law making it easier for people to start shooting each other, you don’t need to be Dirty Harry to figure out that people are going to start [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 6th, 2006
From Matt’s Blog: Abstract Appeal — by Matt Conigliaro You can read the decision here. While in the last several years the case has focused on whether the program violates the “no aid” provision of article I, section 3 of the Florida Constitution, the court based its ruling entirely on article IX, section 1, which [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 1st, 2006
To borrow a line from a song, “It’s been a long December and there’s reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last.”
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2005
Opinion: Storms needs to explain The Crusadin’ Commissioner has been at it again. Someone in county government needs to show ol’ Rhonda that despite her pretensions at being the protector morality for the county, that she is still as bound by the charter.
Date: 12/03/2005