Archive for the 'Local' Category

Rep. Putnam (R,FL) Responds

Thu,25 May, 2006

To my last post:
Dear Mr. S:
Thank you for your recent correspondence in opposition to the Putnam-Capps amendment to restore the Congressional moratorium on natural gas drilling off the coast of Florida. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
For the past several months, my colleagues in the Florida delegation and I have been working [...]

On “Immigration”.

Sat,20 May, 2006

Is anybody else tired of these Republicans fighting each other to look like a bigger liberal douchebag than Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi etc.?
To be honest, I'm sorry to say that Sen. Mel Martinez represents me. I had high hopes for Rep. Adam Putnam too until I saw that he led a Florida "delegation" to keep oil [...]

Ooops!

Wed,5 April, 2006

Homeland Security Official Arrested in Polk Case
By Gabrielle Finley
The Ledger
LAKELAND (Where I live)
– A deputy press secretary with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday night and charged with trying to “seduce'' a 14-year-old Polk County girl with graphic talk over the Internet. The “girl'' with whom Brian J. Doyle, 55, was corresponding [...]