Quick Hits

Written by Kenneth Quinnell on 16 June 2009 — Leave a Comment

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Kudos, updates and the latest news on Florida politicians, bloggers and activists.

Don’t forget to vote for the SFDB post of the month

Natch Greyes has a new site, update your URLs

Blast Off! is going on hiatus. Understandable, but the DFH will be missed.

Announcing the Queerosphere OUT Loud party, and you are invited!

Thanks to Re/Creating Tampa for adding two of our blogs to the blogroll

Ted Deutch is not running for CFO

Sen. Bill Nelson, mounting a major public relations offensive against the latest move to open areas near Florida shores to oil and gas exploration, held a news conference at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa this morning and vowed to “grind the Senate to a halt” if necessary to stop the drilling move.

Another heavyweight Republican endorsement for Wellington Councilwoman Lizbeth Benacquisto in her state Senate bid: U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, is backing her in the 2010 race for the seat of Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, who’s running for attorney general.

It appears that progressives are holding a hard line on the public option in the House. Speaker Pelosi has now stated, on consecutive days, that there are not enough votes in the House to pass a health care reform bill without a public option…

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