1. Best National Blog: Blogs written by Floridians that covers primarily national politics.
Winner: Blast Off!, http://flprogressive.blogspot.com/
2. Best State Blog: Blogs about statewide politics in Florida.
Winner: Progress Florida, http://progressflorida.org/page/community/members
3. Best Local Blog: Blogs about city/county/regional politics in the state of Florida.
Winner: Opinion Matters, http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/opinion/
4. Best Media Blog: Blogs written by professional journalists at Florida publications.
Winner: The Buzz, http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/
5. Best Professional Blog: Blogs written by state or local political parties, candidates or party operatives in Florida.
Winner: Kendrick Meek, http://www.kendrickmeek.com/weblog/
6. Best Party Website: Best Florida-wide website associated with a political party or political party unit (such as a caucus or coalition).
Winner: Florida Young Democrats, http://www.flyoungdems.org/
7. Best Candidate Website: Anyone running for statewide or local office in Florida can win this one.
Winner: Kendrick Meek, http://www.kendrickmeek.com
8. Best Local Party Website: This one is for Florida DECs, clubs or local chapters of statewide caucuses or coalitions.
Winner: Hillsborough County GLBTA Caucus, http://www.hcglbtadc.org/
9. Best Interest Group Website: Any Florida-based nonparty activist, charitable or grassroots group. Last year there were two separate categories here — a professional and an amateur one. There wasn’t enough competition to fill both categories, so we combined them.
Winner: Fair Districts Florida, http://www.fairdistrictsflorida.org
10. Best Writer: Anyone whose writings is published at any of the above websites is eligible for this one. Winners should have one or more of the following qualities: good grammar and presentation, provides original reporting, has a good sense of humor, shows creativity, has a strong personal touch, or has an effect on the real world because of their writing
Winner: Dan Gelber, http://www.dangelber.com/news/blog.php
11. Netroots Candidate of the Year: The Florida candidate at any level who has best incorporated the Netroots into her/his campaign and done the best job of treating Netroots activists as valid constituents and not just another group of people to exploit.
Winner: Kendrick Meek, http://www.kendrickmeek.com
12. Netroots Activist of the Year: The individual who has done the most to advance the goals and activities of the progressive Netroots in the state of Florida.
Winner: Susan Smith, http://flaprogressives.org
13. Netroots Organization of the Year: The organization that has done the most to advance the goals and activities of the progressive Netroots in the state of Florida.
Winner: Progress Florida, http://progressflorida.org/
14. Best New Blogger: This one should go to the best blogger who has been blogging about Florida politics for no more than a year and a half.
Winner: Vicki Impoco, http://www.floridatoday.com/content/blogs/opinion/
15. Best Online Campaign: This is an award for the best use of the web and related technologies to achieve some kind of goal, such as fundraising, fighting legislation or other activism.
Winner: Fair Districts Florida, http://www.fairdistrictsflorida.org
16. Best Use of Twitter: Any Floridian who uses Twitter and whose posts incorporate the following qualities: good use of the language, original reporting, a good sense of humor, creativity, a strong personal touch and an effect on the real world because of their writing.
Winner: Kendrick Meek, http://twitter.com/KendrickMeek
17. Best Overall Use of Social Media: The best use of the various social media sites (Twitter, Facebook and other similar sites) in accomplishing political goals.
Winner: Kendrick Meek, http://www.kendrickmeek.com
18. Best Post: The best-written post since last year’s awards.
Winner: Travis Is Getting Married, Dan Gelber, http://www.dangelber.com/blog/view_blog.php?ID=170
19. Best Ongoing Series: The best regular feature that incorporates at least five posts since last year’s awards.
Winner: Susan Smith vs. Ray Sansom, Florida Progressive Coalition, http://flaprogressives.org
20. Best Online Radio Show: The best progressive/liberal/Democratic radio show that is aired solely online and does not air on traditional radio.
Winner: Blast Off! Radio, http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fpc
21. Florida Progressive Coalition Progressive Hall of Fame: FPC is sponsoring a virtual “Progressive Hall of Fame” that should be awarded as sort of a lifetime achievement award to a person or organization (amateur or professional) that has made a significant contribution towards making Florida a bluer, more progressive state. This award may have more than one recipient.
Winner: Dave Aronberg, http://www.davearonberg.com/
Winner: Mitch Kates, http://www.fladems.com/content/w/rising_democratic_star_is_a_force
Winner: Dan Gelber, http://www.dangelber.com/news/blog.php
Winner: Kenneth Quinnell, http://flaprogressives.org
22. Progressive Courage Award
Winner: Alan Grayson
UPDATE by Sinfonian: Over a fine pizza dinner this evening, I told Kenny that I would be glad to draft the list of winners to cross-post between my sucky blog and this one since he was so busy. He readily assented, figuring he would not have time to do so himself.
Obviously, he was wrong.
But if you want a list that is fully hyperlinked for your convenience, well, click here and behold the linky goodness.
(I kid because I love. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Okay, I will bite my lip on most of these awards. I will only say this …..
CONGRATULATIONS to Blast Off! Radio from The Mark Weaver Show!
2009 Netroots Awards: The Good, the Bad and the Undeserved. http://bit.ly/4CrYjw
As a contributor on the Opinion Matters blog, I want to thank everyone who voted us as Best Local Blog! We’re relatively new to the blogging scene, but the FLORIDA TODAY’s vision in having a citizen-ran editorial blog has paid off! Thanks again!
CONGRATULATIONS to Blast Off! Radio from The Mark Weaver Show!
Thanks, Mark.
Let’s leave Dan Gelber’s “award winning blog”out of the picture for half a second.
I’m wondering how Senator Gelber wins the adoration of the progressive crowd as he continues to Karl Rove the Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender camp, flaunting the Fear Card like the best of any Bush and then the next moment, getting all misty-eyed over the indignity of it all, likely keeping one eye open for a Miami New Times reporter.
When are others in the FPC planning to call this guy out…or I am the only one who catches him in his blatant distortions?
Not to mention he hangs out with the GOP lobbyist and Chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Ron Book that helped put these people under the causeway to live in the first place. Do we actually want this guy at the ear of Gelber, should he successfully win the AG seat?
For crying out loud…
Wake. Up.
Are progressives about human rights or just some humans rights?
We can work together for better child protection laws…but to stand by as a group and give this guy a Hall of Fame award for driving people underground?
It’s sickening.
Obviously, he didn’t get an award for “driving people underground.” I know that this is an important issue to you, but that type of claim can’t possibly convince others that you are correct. I think most people don’t understand this issue very well and give it very low priority in the overall panoply of issues we face and way down the list of injustices we have to deal with. Now, all the people that think that may be wrong, but they have to be convinced of that and this type of comment isn’t going to do it.
I imagine it’s a low priority until it effects someone close to you, yet how extremely effective when running for the state’s top cop…the Julia Tuttle will prove to be a huge issue in the campaign for AG and I would predict, in the Senate race as well. Guess that’s about the time people will begin to deal with it and bump it up on the List of Injustices. (At the very minimum, these people are homeless because they’ve been exiled from housing within the community).
Aronberg is at least consistent in his commentary regarding his ideas to better protect children from those who do present a danger. That’s a progressive–someone working from within to address issues with real life solutions, not someone who sticks up a finger to test which way the wind is blowing, as so witnessed by comments made by Gelber during the weekend debate with his Democratic opponent and comments made by Gelber post-camp visit this past summer.
Nothing will become of this issue until we hold politicians responsible and accountable for researched-based solutions. We let them off way too easy with issues that prove distasteful.
I’ll retract my statement about receiving an award for “driving people underground”. But sadly, DG understands this issue and judging by his recent flip-flop, full well realizes its effect on people’s worst fears…
Congratulations to Susan Smith, Netroots Activist of the Year. Thanks you for inspiring us with the courage to stand and speak for what is right!