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Bill Nelson

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Poll Shows Floridians Like Connie Mack, Stand Your Ground Law, and Rick Scott

    Quinnipiac University has been ringing Florida phones off their hooks the past week or two -- a poll yesterday showed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Barack Obama in the state, and there's a poll about Florida baseball that came out this morning that's of pretty much n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Dave Weldon Announces Run for Senate; Vote for Him Because Obama Stinks or Something

    All across Florida... people are running. For Senate.The latest entry into the hunt for Sen. Bill Nelson's seat is former Florida Rep. Dave Weldon, who served seven terms in the House before retiring in 2008 to spend more time with his family. Apparently he got tired of them.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Failed Presidential Candidates Weighing in on Florida Senate Race

    The Florida Senate race has gotten some national attention the past few days -- two of the Republican challengers to incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson got endorsements from people who used to be running for president.Republican George Lemieux received an endorsement from Herman Cain over the wee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Connie Mack's Dad Chastises Reporters for Pointing Out His Son Is Way, Way Behind

    Republican Rep. Connie Mack IV's Senate campaign has hit a bump in the road -- a bump shaped like an electorate that doesn't want to vote for him. He's come up short in poll after poll, and papers in Florida and elsewhere have pointed it out. Well, one person is not having it -- Mack's dad.Former Fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Connie Mack Says Bill Nelson Voted for Getting Monkeys High on Coke (VIDEO)

    We're a little more than six months away from Election Day, and you know what that means -- it's time to brace yourself for attack-ad season.Florida Republican Rep. Cornelius "Connie Mack" McGillicuddy sent one out on the airwaves yesterday that didn't have very much content in its 30 seconds, but w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Herman Cain Makes a Comeback! (In Ad for Steak Salesman/Senate Candidate Craig Miller)

    Herman Cain is trying to work his magic again, this time by being featured in the new advertisement for U.S. Senate Republican hopeful and former Ruth's Chris steak house CEO Craig Miller.

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Prisonville, Florida: Low Taxes and Big Yards, All for the Price of a Box Full of Immigrants

    Herman Cain is trying to work his magic again, this time by being featured in the new advertisement for U.S. Senate Republican hopeful and former Ruth's Chris steak house CEO Craig Miller.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Marco Rubio Dropping His Support of the PROTECT IP Act

    Sen. Marco Rubio​That was quick. Less than an hour ago, Sen. Marco Rubio announced he no longer supports the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) -- the Senate version of the Stop Online Privacy (SOPA) -- which he was previously a cosponsor of.As we noted this morning, two South Florida congressional representat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Frederica Wilson Had Worst Attendance Out of Florida's Congressional Delegation

    ​No member of Florida's congressional delegation missed more votes this year than South Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson.In fact, South Florida Democrats -- excluding Rep. Alcee Hastings -- had some of the worst attendance records in the state, as Wilson, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Florida's Congressional Delegation Worth More Than $170 Million

    ​The 27 members of Florida's congressional delegation are collectively worth more than $170 million, according to recently released figures from the Center for Responsive Politics.Much of the delegation's collective $172,193,290 estimated net worth comes from Rep. Vern Buchanan, whose $136,152,641 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Ranches Activists Plan Holiday Party at Debbie's Office; LeMieux Against ICE Jail

    LeMieux and his highly American family say "no bueno" to the ICE jail...​It's been an eventful few months for the Southwest Ranches and Pines residents who decided they didn't want a prison going up in their neighborhood. An immigration-centered protest in September led to an angry town hall meeti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Kim Jong Il: Marco Rubio Calls Him an "Evil Tyrant"; Bill Nelson Talks About Space

    tammybruce.comDead.​Florida's senators had quite different reactions to Kim Jong Il's death, with one calling the North Korean dictator an "evil tyrant," while the other wanted to talk about what stuff looks like from space.Off course, it was Florida's Democrat space-man Sen. Bill Nelson who t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Selling a Private Prison to Lawmakers: A Primer in Three Acts, by Southwest Ranches and CCA

    ​Oh, what fun it must be to be a congressional representative, traveling your home territory in search of causes to support, being bombarded at every turn by lobbyists and carefully crafted P.R. Balancing pork-barrel people-pleasers with national security interests (and those of your campaign dono ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Connie Mack Enters U.S. Senate Race With 23-Point Lead Over Other GOP Hopefuls

    FlickrConnie Mack​Whereas "someone else/not sure" was the overwhelming leader in previous polls for the Republican nomination in next year's U.S. Senate race, Rep. Connie Mack's entrance into the race changes things a bit.Mack enters with the support of 32 percent of Republican voters, according t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Mike Haridopolos Quits U.S. Senate Race, Leaves Boring YouTube Video

    Mike Haridopolos, Florida Senate President and quitter.​Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos announced this morning he's dropping out of the race to take on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.Haridopolos was competing in an overly crowded field of GOP candidates to take on Nelson, and despite lead ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Crist Has Risen -- Above Both Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, According to Poll

    Charlie Crist​Former Gov. Charlie Crist is still in the good graces of Florida voters, according to what we swear is the last Sunshine State News poll we're publishing this week.Crist was the only one -- between himself and Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson -- to receive a favorable rating above 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Ruth's Chris Ex-CEO Plans Senate Run

    ​Though his political aspirations have so far remained unsuccessful, Craig Miller is still vying for a Florida Senate seat next year.Before taking the top slot at Ruth's Chris, he served as CEO for Uno Restaurant Holdings. He was pushed out of his Ruth's Chris position in 2008 after

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Former Overpriced-Steak Salesman Craig Miller Enters Senate Race

    Craig Miller​Craig Miller, the former Ruth's Chris Steak House CEO, announced he's running for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Bill Nelson.Miller, running as a Republican, has decided to enter quite a busy field of candidates wishing to overtake Nelson, including Adam Hasner, Georg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Bill Nelson Warns Rick Scott to Veto Election Bill or Face a Federal Investigation

    State lawmakers want to keep people from having sex with animals. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson wants to keep lawmakers from screwing voters.​Although it seems like Gov. Rick Scott will make the bold and progressive move of banning bestiality, he still plans to screw voters. The election overhaul bill, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Voter Suppression Back in Style; Let's Party Like It's 1869

    Screw the 15th Amendment. This is Florida.​Florida's legislative attack on voter rights easily passed the House last week and looks like it will surely sail through the Senate to become law. We're not alone, though. Our state's attempt to disenfranchise a massive amount of its citizens is actuall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2011

    Florida Prisoners Lead The Nation in Tax Fraud

    ​Florida is number one again. The state that holds the championship belt in oxycodone consumption now leads the U.S. in fraudulent tax returns filed from prison. Perhaps our prisoners are trying to emulate the leadership traits of Captain Medicaid Fraud, aka Gov. Rick Scott. Florida inmates filed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos Slammed for Using Taxpayer Money to Write Useless Book

    ​It was fodder for Florida columnists all week. By Saturday, the hypocrisy and intellectual ineptitude of Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos was on national display via the New York Times' op-ed page. Last week, the AP reported that Haridopolos, a so-called fiscally conservative Republican, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Judge Bounces Berger Singerman From Rothstein Bankruptcy Suit

    In a blow to the lead counsel in the Rothstein bankruptcy case, Judge Raymond Ray disqualified the Berger Singerman law firm from representing the trustee in a clawback suit against Qtask, a California company in which Scott Rothstein invested millions of dollars i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Numerous KFC Stores Shutting Down Across Broward

    Finger lickin' gone? Information is sketchy right now, but reports are coming in that Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants at more than 20 locations in Broward County are being shut down as I type this. The only confirmed shutdown so far is at the KFC at 815 Hallandale Beach Boulevard. I called the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Don't They Look Happy Together?

    ​ During Obama's State of the Union speech last night, Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson sat together to show unity in light of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting.  But enough about our dysfunctional Congress, let's move onto our dysfunctional Florid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    The Show Must Go On

    Working on a Tea Party story but in the meantime wanted to share a photo that has been spreading across the internets lately. Here it is:                   What the hell is this, you ask, and why is it on the Pulp? Well, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    A Breeder's View on the Proposed Python Ban

    Courtesy of Greg Bryant​Greg Bryant raises reticulated pythons, the longest snakes in the world. From the Retic Ranch in Delray Beach, he breeds animals that can grow to 20 feet and top 100 pounds and sells them around the world. His livelihood is now threatened by federal legislation, proposed la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Morning Juice: Ryan LeVin Surrenders to Police; Gallagher to Plead to Bribery Charge

    ​While you enjoy your Irish coffee, a few local headlines:Accused hit-and-run driver Ryan LeVin was arrested last night by Fort Lauderdale police. He's been charged with vehicular homicide in the February 13, 2009, deaths of Kenneth Watkinson and Craig Elford, two British tourists. [Sun-Sentinel]A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Morning Juice: Pats Sent Packing; Palm Beach Commissioner's Daughter Gets County Business

    ​News from over the weekend:These Fins have some fight in 'em! Yesterday in Land Shark Stadium, they knocked off the Patriots, 22-21, thanks to New England's two turnovers in the red zone. Now the Dolphins have playoff hopes and the Pats have a losing streak. [NFL.com]Former Palm Beach prosecutor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Mo' Mustache Countdown: No. 4

    myfwc.comRon Bergeron's mustache: because the 10-gallon hat alone isn't manly enough.​Developer Ron Bergeron is arguably the most powerful man in West Broward. Politicians, lobbyists, journalists: Mere crumbs in a single mighty mustache. Among Bergeron's many manly acts this year. This summer he d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    The LeMieux-Crist Master Plan Revealed: Senate Dominance by 2012

    Yes, you heard right. In the closing moments of that Capital News Service video, the reporter says that Broward County trailblazer George LeMieux "is leaving open the possibility that he'll run for U.S. Senate in 2012," when that darned Democrat Bill Nelson is up for reelection. Which means if his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Florida's U.S. Senators: Which One's Tweedle Dee?

    Flickr: Meeko_Your health care is in their hands. Feeling queasy yet?​At tonight's joint session of Congress, Florida will have two senators in the audience in a position to make good on a policy -- health-care reform -- that is the subject of tonight's speech and that was a major part of Barack O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Pretty Speech, Barack, But What Will You Do About the Robots Who Will Eat Our Pills?

    Seriously, that classic SNL sketch above is only slightly more absurd than the kind that are being circulated by Boca Raton's state legislator and House Leader Adam Hasner. In tonight's speech, Obama took on the "death panel" myth and the socialism myth and remembered to shave the Hitler mustache th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Tea Party Team Fights Obama, MoveOn on Health Care

    RBerteigIf the website NoGovernmentHealthcare.com is any indication, the group of conservative folks who organized the local version of the nationwide "tea parties" have become emboldened by the turnouts they've drawn. Now they are fighting Obama's plan to move toward nationalized health care. If th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    List of U.S. Attorney Applicants Is Out

    Sixteen lawyers have applied for the job of being the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, responsible for prosecuting all federal crimes from Palm Beach County south. Here's the list, which was released this morning by the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission:David M. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Nelson Helps Get Nord Nixed

    billnelson.senate.govSen. Bill NelsonIf you've noticed that Sen. Bill Nelson has an extra spring in his step lately, it's because this week his friends in the Obama administration flushed the agency chief who has long held the top spot on Nelson's List of People to Fire. That would be Nancy Nord, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    For Coral Springs Family, Stakes Are High for This Year's Election of the Century

    Robert LevinsonThat election is this June in Iran, pitting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Religious Neanderthal Republic of Iran, against Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a "reformist" who would moderate some of the nation's hard-line policies on human rights and in international diplomacy. That is, he'd ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    R. Allen Stanford's story tells how one eccentric billionaire can help bring the global economy to its knees

    Robert LevinsonThat election is this June in Iran, pitting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Religious Neanderthal Republic of Iran, against Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a "reformist" who would moderate some of the nation's hard-line policies on human rights and in international diplomacy. That is, he'd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Who Is Nancy Nord?

    cpsc.govNancy NordSen. Bill Nelson of Florida wants Obama to fire Nancy Nord, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. agency that he says ought to have been monitoring the quality of drywall being shipped here from China, the same drywall presently destroying the value of a slew of ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    War Between Obama Mamas and Palin Pretties in Lake Worth

    cpsc.govNancy NordSen. Bill Nelson of Florida wants Obama to fire Nancy Nord, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. agency that he says ought to have been monitoring the quality of drywall being shipped here from China, the same drywall presently destroying the value of a slew of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Dire Emergency for Internet Radio!!

    cpsc.govNancy NordSen. Bill Nelson of Florida wants Obama to fire Nancy Nord, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. agency that he says ought to have been monitoring the quality of drywall being shipped here from China, the same drywall presently destroying the value of a slew of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2006

    Engle's Angle

    cpsc.govNancy NordSen. Bill Nelson of Florida wants Obama to fire Nancy Nord, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. agency that he says ought to have been monitoring the quality of drywall being shipped here from China, the same drywall presently destroying the value of a slew of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2006

    The Weekend Rundown

    cpsc.govNancy NordSen. Bill Nelson of Florida wants Obama to fire Nancy Nord, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. agency that he says ought to have been monitoring the quality of drywall being shipped here from China, the same drywall presently destroying the value of a slew of ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    The Hospital on the Hill

    A mean-spirited VA medical center director has patient care playing distant second to the bottom line

  • Subtropical Life

    May 13, 2004

    Best Place to Volunteer

    West Palm 100

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    The Dogs of War

    The people don't want to attack Saddam, but our elected representatives sure do

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Lapsed Ethics

    The governor's new man on the state ethics board done us wrong

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Undercurrents

    Conservative coverage in the Senate and in the bar

  • Music

    January 6, 2000

    Short Cuts

    Magnolia Soundtrack, Central Avenue Sounds, Sheila Nicholls

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Politics as Blood Sport

    Need to oust a school superintendent or get your favorite Democratic candidate elected? Just call Andre Fladell. But don't ever cross him.

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