No, I won’t complain about it either because it will be the same result in this aspect with either of the candidates.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1NV_vgZiUFRUFRxbnBOX3B1Ums

She posted:

“Now we could talk about the criminal history of an NPA candidate that Hugh evidently supports?”

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“I would also love to discuss the voting record of an NPA candidate who left the county on the hook for millions with the federal government. Thank goodness the current board had the vision and leadership skills to address the issue so that the county was not bankrupt.”

Since no names were attached to the statements made (see attachment) and since there are Five NPA candidates in Wakulla County, the statement of criminal history covers all five candidates. I personally know of no candidate with a criminal record. Why were these accusations made by the Chair of the Wakulla Democratic Committee on a public page?

A similar concern applies to the second statement.

Making statements and implying past criminality of an NPA candidate (which one of the 5 candidates is being referred to?) is serious business.

I hope that there can be some clarification of these statements and a possibly the establishment of a policy that would keep political comments limited to the business of the county, the candidate’s track record and avoid smear, personal attacks and misinformation.

Why did you not speak of this or research this?

When I looked at Floridians for Accountability, they haven’t claimed any expenditures yet paid for the Wakulla Area Digest ad for August that we know of, according to the disclaimer in its own ad.

Again, why haven’t you looked at this?

Here’s a link to the campaign finance activity for Floridians for Accountability – http://election.dos.state.fl.us/committees/ComDetail.asp?account=54592

You point out one but not the other. That’s not the progressive way. Unless you’re being paid to use your position as Democrat Party Chair to support a Republican.

I’ve always thought the world of you and as part of the FPC from the early days, I feel it’s okay for me to ask why you felt the need to make this decision on your own without reaching out to other members of the FPC as well as the Florida blogosphere?

“Coalition” would imply a membership of some sort and with all due respect, I count many “I’s in your post.

Myself, I’ve had concerns regarding the FPC these last several years, but chose to keep up the good fight and not air my grievances in public; however, I would have been happy to kick around the can in group discussion.

Finally, your observation “The overwhelming majority of bloggers from the 50 states that were invited to a state-level blogger summit in 2007 are no longer blogging about state politics” is truly sad commentary. Floridians–specifically state employees working for the current governor and this hideous Legislature–likely don’t have the time or inclination to blog, basically because they have been beat down every single day since Scott took office. There is not BETTER time than these days to blog about state politics.

Florida may not be a hotbed of liberal thinking, but Florida does have a hotbed of liberals/progressives putting themselves out on the line every single day because they believe in the state of Florida, of bringing the state back to the Paradise many of us remember as children.

I wish you well and many thanks for your efforts over the years. My hopes are the FPC continues on in some format.

Keep in mind, those who work on behalf of the greater good often go unpaid and unrecognized.

Sheree

Also glad you’ll keep up the Netroots awards … it seems one of the few ways progressive Floridians can cohere and get recognized. It’s a shame FL can’t be as Netroots-oriented as other states; then again, we’ve never been a hotbed of liberal thinking.

Again, thanks for administrating the awards.

Despite it’s shortcomings, the FPC led Florida’s political blogosphere in many ways, most notably when we were granted media credentials to cover the 2008 Democratic National Convention. No other Florida political blog attempted or accomplished what the FPC did. We created and managed a political wiki of Florida politics and pioneered in the use of internet radio shows on the subject of Florida politics. We were the first Florida political site to attempt social microblogging and among the first to utilize social media sites like facebook and twitter. Some of those who worked alongside us became key players in statewide and national political movements. We have much to be proud of.

Though I parted with the FPC a couple of years ago, I remain proud of what we were able to do with no money and so few who were committed so deeply.

Kenneth, I thank you for your vision and leadership and I cherish the time I worked alongside you and our other worthy members. Thank you for bringing together such a great team and for what we were able to achieve under your leadership. My deepest appreciation also goes out to all those whose efforts made the FPC something unique and special. All the best in your future endeavors.

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That’s just silly, Kenneth.

And, there is no way I can be the loser of the day on the day Kriseman announces he isn’t running again.

Kill at Will laws do exactly that, they allow people to shoot first and ask questions later, which is not how civilization works. Since a fetus, before quickening, is not alive, an abortion doesn’t kill anything.

“Most” people who carry a firearm (I can’t here in California) are not looking for trouble. It’s more like wearing a seat belt. You can go an entire lifetime and not need one, but if that fateful day comes, you will be glad it’s there.

If liberals can try to rename Stand Your Ground laws to Kill At Will laws (which they are not), can I do the same to Pro-Choice laws?

“The only tricky part of this argument is that the smoke seems to come before the gunshot. It’s most apparent in the most recent warming period, which began about 19,000 years ago: the temperature seems to begin rising before CO2 concentrations increase. Climate skeptics have argued that since effects don’t come before causes, the whole theory falls apart.

In fact, it’s not much of an argument, since even little bit of warming would release extra carbon dioxide into the air, leading to a feedback loop, causing even more warming. But whatever feeble merit the skeptic argument might have had, a new study just published in Nature — one of two climate studies from that prestigious journal that we’re reporting on — pretty much demolishes it. It’s the most comprehensive analysis ever done of carbon dioxide and temperature at the end of the last ice age, and it shows quite clearly that in most of the world, the thermometer began to shoot up only after the atmosphere was spiked with carbon dioxide.