From the Times--Marc Caputo
$1.7 million to help Marissa Amora who was horridly abused. This is a priority of Senate President Jeff Atwater, who successfully carried her claims bill last year.
$760,00 to help Kimberly Godwin, who was also horridly abused. This is a priority of former Senate President Ken Pruitt.
$13.4 million to build an ammunition storage facility, "ambush live fire" and machine-gun range at Camp Blanding in Starke. As if the prison and execution chamber in town didn't make Starke scary enough.
-- Marc Caputo
I just read about the two girls' cases and they are indeed horrid. Marissa was awarded $26MM, but due to the economy, there is a reduction and hopefully an annuity set up for future payments. On Kimberly, the State claimed sovereign immunity - does that even hold up any longer when you have human beings making such egregious infractions? That case had tons of wrongful activity.
Ammo storage? $13.4MM........interesting times!
Keeping in mind that the Florida Board of Realtors gives hundreds of thousands to the RPOF every year, then maybe you can understand why enforcement and education is a top priority in Florida.
I wonder if anyone would notice if I switched to Independent. I am getting so tired of these guys.
Economic rebound won't be enough to save Florida's budget in 2010 - Florida - MiamiHerald.com
It appears that they may just be putting off until next year the tough decisions.
So that's why you want to keep Charlie around?