POLK COUNTY COMMISSION – DISTRICT 2 This district covers the southern half of the county including the cities/towns of Bartow, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Highland Park, Hillcrest Heights, Lake Wales, and Mulberry, as well as areas of southern Lakeland. The winner will replace Republican incumbant Randy Wilkinson, who is term-limited. — DEMOCRAT — Jacquelyn Smith: (Lakeland [...]
GOVERNOR The winner will replace Republican incumbant Charlie Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate — DEMOCRAT — Joe Lancelot Allen: (Key West / Retired Teacher) - Campaign Web Site - Michael E. Arth: (DeLand / Landscape & Urban Designer, Author) - Campaign Web Site – Facebook Page - Phillip J. Kennedy: (Crestview) - This [...]
Thursday was a rough afternoon/overnight, but one that I can say I was proud to be a part of. I was one of a number of individuals answering calls from people seeking to find neighbours and family members in Haiti days after the tragic earthquake, or with questions on how they can help. That came [...]
For those of you who are interested in what to look for weather-wise to make plans or are doing any travelling, here is the Lakeland forecast for Christmas Eve/Day, from the National Weather Service Tampa Bay Web Site: Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Thursday Night: A [...]
UNITED STATES SENATE The winner will replace Republican incumbant George LeMieux, who was appointed to serve following the resignation of his predecessor Mel Martinez. — DEMOCRAT — Tyrone K. Brown, Sr.: (Daytona Beach / Pastor) – Campaign Web Site Kevin A. Burns: (North Miami / Realtor – Broker) – Campaign Web Site – Facebook Site [...]
Tampa Tribune – Top Priority Must Be Jobs: “Unemployment is high and getting higher. A forthright assessment is overdue, along with practical solutions. “A jobs summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House next month would be a good forum for such an address. Obama is right when he says, “It’s [...]
Lakeland Ledger – Secrecy and Revelation: “Suppose Major League Baseball devised a new way to handle steroid use in the sport: Any report or positive test would be referred to a committee of players, who would investigate in secret and have complete authority to decide whether the player is punished. Would that give fans confidence [...]
The contest as to who will replace Adam Putnam as the 12th District’s representative in Congress has gotten crowded. With Putnam and his significant campaign bank account stepping aside for a run to become Florida’s next Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, six candidates have filed as of today. The latest to join the fray [...]
ABC News – This Week with George Stephanopoulos: This week, a health care roundtable will review President Obama‘s address Wednesday night. The participants: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Senators John D. “Jay” Rockefeller, IV (D – WV) and Mary Landrieu (D – LA), and Governor Tim Pawlenty (R – MN). Then, followed by the regular [...]
This press release was released Friday by the Polk County Public School District and addresses the controveresy surrounding President Barack Obama’s scheduled address to students which will be aired on Tuesday. The press release was not posted on the school district’s Web site, so I have copied it from the Lakeland Ledger‘s story. Polk School District Protocol For [...]
Lots to talk about this weekend, as President Obama prepares for a speech before a joint session of Congress and America on the push for health care reform, plus a planned address to school students and the controveresy surrounding that. All that and the H1N1 flu, too. ABC News – This Week with George Stephanopoulos: A [...]
Orlando Sentinel: A Reputation At Risk – “That faint sound you hear is the truth about Ereck Plancher’s death. It’s finally trickling out almost a year and a half after the 19-year-old University of Central Florida freshman collapsed following an intense off-season workout supervised by Coach George O’Leary and his staff… UCF had six months [...]
First, my apologies for anyone who missed the preview for last week. I took the weekend off. As one might imagine, many of the national chat shows will likely focus on the life and legacy of the late Senator Ted Kennedy, who lost his battle with cancer late Tuesday. But a bit of the conversation will [...]
We knew the announcement would come, but hopefully later rather than sooner. At approximately 1:45 this morning, my son was up watching Last Call with Carson Daly when the picture suddenly changed and the familiar opening strains of John Williams’ NBC News theme The Mission came up. Then the word that many had dreaded, that [...]
Happy Monday! The first strike of the 2009 Atlantic/Carribean hurricane season occured last evening with Tropical Storm Claudette made landfall near Panana City. As this is being written just before 6:00 AM ET, Claudette is weakening as she moves inland over South Alabama and should be downgraded within a few hours to a depression. The [...]
Bio: Robert is a former radio personality, which ended with five years at Winter Haven station WHNR where he eventually rose to become Assistant Operations Manager. For the past decade he has continued to make a living running his mouth, working in the call center industry. Currently he is working as a Customer Services Professional at a local facility representing one of North America's major heating & air conditioning sales and repair companies.