This is our regular feature where every day I do a quick post with the top posts/stories that I think people should read from the previous day.
1. Florida Congressional Races: Miami-Dade Dems – South Florida in the next U.S. House of Representatives, FLORIDA POLITICS by floridademocrat – Businesswoman Annette Taddeo to run for Congress, Ray Seaman – Joe Garcia Running For Congress, Draft Joe Garcia – Joe Garcia and Annette Taddeo to Announce Runs for Congress, Eye On Miami – Miami Herald Article on Raul Martinez vs. Lincoln Diaz Balart: Cuba “14″, United States “0,” Samm Simpson – The Rest of my Letter to the St. Petersburg Times, and Daily Kos – FL-21: Raul Martinez to run.
2. Bill Nelson’s FISA Vote: Pensacola Beach Blog – Nelson Mounts Fence on FISA, Blast Off! – Bill Nelson hates the Constitution, Discourse.net – Bill Nelson Sells Out America, and Ybor City Stogie – Bill Nelson, Florida’s Lieberman.
3. Pensito Review – Miami Might Get Super-Secret Bill of Rights Tuesday: “I just found out from the Miami Herald that come Jan. 29, I will have the opportunity to vote for a ‘citizens’ bill of rights.’ Apparently, the thing will promote religious freedom, clean air and scenic beauty, as well as ban discrimination on the basis of domestic relationship status, sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. ‘It would bring a modern approach to people’s rights in the city of Miami, including sexual preference and gender identification.’ — Marc Sarnoff. That’s pretty unusual in a city where one’s rights are only guaranteed to the extent that one aggressively exerts them. And I wasn’t the only one who didn’t know about it…”
4. Florida Science Standards: Florida Citizens for Science – Nassau County meeting Thursday, Florida Citizens for Science – 11th editorial, other tidbits, and Florida Citizens for Science – Washington County: school board #9 on the anti-evolution train.
5. Eye On Miami – Were the good times a mirage?: “‘Were the good times a mirage?’ is the front page, above the fold headline in today’s New York Times. The article summarizes the point of view we buff to a shine in our blog: that economic growth based on overdevelopment in Florida was grounded in greed and fraud stretching all the way from local zoning councils to the state legislature and Wall Street.”
6. Eye On Miami – Miami: burning down the house: “All layers of the housing market, not just poor people who own a home they cannot afford, are being swept up in the worst market since the Great Depression. Here is one, on a favorite historic street in Miami, Espanola Drive where smaller homes built in the 1920’s mix with larger, beautiful estates.”
7. Bloggy Bayou – Elections: “So I’ve been working at the early voting sites for the last few days and I’ve got a few observations. 1. A lot of Republicans, with absolutely no encouragement from me (as it is verboten) have commented on how they wish there was a ‘none of the above’ option in their Republican primary race. 2. There seems to be a fairly heavy turnout by Democrats, despite the fact that supposedly we won’t have a say at the convention. Our county is very heavily Republican weighted so when we see a lot of Dems it’s usually a surprise….”
8. Eye On Miami – Chaos at Miami Dade Elections: “And you thought they were busy with the Chads. I went to the elections department in Doral to vote. Wow! Are they busy. They have to validate thousands upon thousands of signatures for four citizen petitions: The cutoff date is February 1.”
9. Pushing Rope – Compassionate Conservatism: Hillsborough County Commission Edition: “Ronda Storms and Brian Blair convinced fellow Hillsborough County Commissioners to vote against funding for the Family Justice Center. The mission of the FJC is ‘to provide comprehensive services to Hillsborough County domestic violence victims and their families in a centralized location, or ‘one-stop-shop.” The FJC is now endanger of closing down.”
10. The Presidential Election: Pushing Rope – DNC To Florida Democrats: Piss Off, Talk To Me – Political Chat, Pushing Rope – Boycott May End, meowmissy – Dems to Campaign in Florida?, Ray Seaman – Push Polling For Huckabee, AP – Democrat Kucinich quits White House race, MyDD – Ten arguments for sticking with John Edwards, Daily Kos – FL Primary: The Guy they Don’t Like Or The Guy They Don’t Trust?, MyDD – Maybe There Won’t Be Such a Close Race in Florida…, MyDD – Is Romney poised to win Florida?, and Shakesville – Giuliani Stakes Campaign on Florida; Has “Virtually No Chance” of Winning Florida, MyDD – Very Good Early Signs Out of Florida.
11. Endorsements: Florida Progressive Coalition – John Edwards, Pushing Rope – Alan Keyes, and Pensito Review (Trish) – John Edwards.
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13. For more, as always, go to the FLA Politics daily round-up and Political Newsclippings from The Spencerian.
