For all of you who felt totally deflated over the lated decision by the courts on Obamacare, Ms. Galen of the Galen Institute has read the decisions and apparently others have as well and one of the judges through out the gauntlet to the Supreme Court when he said the commerce clause was now being used for pretty much everything and it might be time for the court to revisit some cases that made it thus.  As we all know the commerce clause was meant to have very limited impact and was mostly…

Grace-Marie Turner, 06.29.11, 05:00 PM EDT

The first principle in health care and economics should be: ''First, do no harm.''

Part of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan is to allow Medicare to "negotiate" prescription drug prices. This sounds…

SunRail:Pet Project of Rep John Mica

NOW is the time to contact Governor Scott and ask him to SAY NO to SunRail, a project that will indebt all Floridians to the costs of a transit system that is not going to be utilized. This is a pet project of Representative John Mica…

Michelle Obama: "Fortunately, We Have Help From The Media"

Obviously, everything about any candidate should be verified, but some of these reasons look pretty bad!

Supporters of Texas Governor Rick Perry are not going to like this article at all. Right now, Republicans all over the United States are…

SIGN OUR PETITION TO TELL CONGRESS NOT TO INCREASE THE DEBT LIMIT!

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Does anyone know enough about the Sunshine Law to understand why these meetings are exempt from the Sunshine Law requirement of open meetings?  They are using 286 which is the Sunshine Law but have not stated what exemption they fall under that allows them to have closed meeting. 

Northeast Florida Regional Council

Katie Pavlich

DREAM Act Implemented Through Executive ICE Memo

According to our friends over at HotAir.com, the DREAM Act has…

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I am posting this as a repository of information about Enterprise and Brownfield Zones as I find it, and I will add as I find new information.  Interesting actually and since the city has both and gets tax breaks for those who move into these areas and the companies are also entitled to all sorts of perks, some of you might be interested!  I will try to highlight any area I think someone might find of interest that is related to us here in Florida............but this will be a…

“Why Aren’t You Speaking English?”

A Texas senator is receiving praise and criticism.

By KTRH STAFF

I AM TAKING THE LIBERTY OF PULLING THIS FROM THE EVER BANK BLOG, BECAUSE IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT IS GOING ON CURRENTLY AND THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME INVOLVED.  THREE OR FOUR OF US CAN NOT STOP THIS FREIGHT TRAIN AND A COUNCIL MEMBER HAS LET US KNOW WE NEED TO SHOW UP IN REAL NUMBERS AND SPEAK (NOT JUST SPEAK BUT SAY THINGS THAT LET THEM KNOW WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON).  THE CURRENT CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT IDEA OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING.  PEYTON WILL…

In case anyone is under the delusion the city council can appoint and micro manage the ethics commission, you need to read this opinion piece written by an attorney who served on the Jacksonville Ethics Commission for 3 years and what he encountered.  I have also included an opinion piece supported by all the heirachy at the Times Union in support of a strong independent ethics commission and could not agree with them more.

Attorney article: …

You have to be on your toes at all times with this city council and city government.   Here is yet another bill that should never have passed making it through the finance committee and probably headed to the full council for a vote (more letters and phone calls required), but it made it through the finance committee as another of those public-private partnerships which is isn't.  John Cresimbeni was the only vote against it (we need to thank him for remembering the taxpayers and his…