Monday, May 3, 2010

Vetos Coming?

The Governor has 14 days to take action on the state budget and 61 bills.

There is some speculation that Crist will use the veto to score political points with voters in his bid for election to the US Senate as an Independent.

Undoubtedly, this is Governor Crist's strongest political position...but whether he will or won't - we'll have to wait and see.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Oil Spill - To Affect Florida Beaches?

The oil platform accident on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20 continues to create environmental concerns. The rig continues to spew oil, and BP seems to have failed to anticipate a disaster of this type nor create appropriate contingencies. State and local governments have declared disaster areas. In Florida, the area covered include teh coast from the Alabama state line to Sarasota.