More from that Associated Industries/Zogby poll of Dec. 7-11 poll of likely voters (5.7% MoE for GOP primary): Charlie Crist 45%, Marco Rubio 36.4%, 16.4% not sure.
The Republican primary for governor is particularly interesting. Bill McCollum overwhelmingly leads Paula Dockery, 38.2% to 7.2%, but a whopping 48.9% said they were not sure.
-- Adam C. Smith
[...]TALLAHASSEE — This Wafflegate update just came in from the officeof state Sen. Paula Dockery:
“Governor Crist’s call for an investigation of the Florida Department of Transportation’s secret negotiations with CSX Railroad is most welcome. For three years, the agency has been stonewalling citizens trying to examine this back-room deal. Given the [...]
Breakfast is served.
Sen. Paula Dockery now wants Gov. Charlie Crist to delay the Wednesday signing of the rail bill she opposed now that Crist asked the state's inspector general to conduct an inquiry into Florida Department of Transportation emails that bore the headlines "pancake," "Pancakes" and "French Toast."
To Dockery, R-Lakeland, the breakast-food [...]
Breakfast is served.
Sen. Paula Dockery now wants Gov. Charlie Crist to delay the Wednesday signing of the rail bill she opposed now that Crist asked the state's inspector general to conduct an inquiry into Florida Department of Transportation emails that bore the headlines "pancake," "Pancakes" and "French Toast."
To' [...]
TALLAHASSEE – SunRail critics have slapped it with the incriminating nickname “Wafflegate.”
To Florida Department of Transportation administrators, it was just a cute attempt to keep things light in the frantic days before a special legislative session — but one that has admittedly blown up in their faces.
State Sen. Paula Dockery, [...]
TALLAHASSEE –State Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, and one of her staunchest grassroots supporters, Orlando consultant Doug Guetzloe, are blasting the state Department of Transportation over what they are calling “Wafflegate.”
To recap, The Palm Beach Post reported today that FDOT officials were using breakfast terms as code words to discuss recent rail legislation [...]
Not so long ago, the Republican Party of Florida was fielding an all-white, all-male slate of statewide candidates in 2010.
But three credible female contenders have recently emerged: state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland is taking on Attorney General Bill McCollum for governor and former state Rep. [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery just wanted to see eight-month's worth of emails issues to and from FDOT honchos about "CSX, rail, liability."** The Lakeland Republican barely got a thing. There was not one email from FDOT chief Stephanie Kopelousos over the past eight months on an issue that her boss, Gov. Charlie Crist, and [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery just wanted to see eight-month's worth of emails issues to and from FDOT honchos about "CSX, rail, liability."** The Lakeland Republican barely got a thing. There was not one email from FDOT chief Stephanie Kopelousos over the past eight months on an issue that her boss, Gov. Charlie Crist, and' [...]
The Senate Republican Caucus just began its meeting to designate Sen. Mike Haridopolos the next Senate President, effective November 2010.
Notably abbsent: Lakeland Sen. Paula Dockery, the moderate Republican who went against her party's leadership in opposing the commuter rail bill that passed the Senate about an hour ago, 27-10.
[...]The Senate Republican Caucus just began its meeting to designate Sen. Mike Haridopolos the next Senate president, effective November 2010.
Notably absent: Lakeland Sen. Paula Dockery, the moderate Republican who went against her party's leadership in opposing the commuter rail bill that passed the Senate about an hour ago, 27-10.
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[...]Mike Williams, president of the AFL-CIO, just left Sen. Paula Dockery's office after delivering a bombshell: They're about to reach an accord on union workers at SunRail. So Democrats in the Senate might vote for the rail bill.
That means they can roll it over to third reading and pas it [...]
Mike Williams, president of the AFL-CIO, just left Sen. Paula Dockery's office after delivering a bombshell: They're about to reach an accord on union workers at SunRail. So Democrats in the Senate might vote for the rail bill.
That means they can roll it over to third reading and pas it' [...]
UPDATE: We just read a copy of the Senate rules, which say that any fundraising activity otherwise prohibited during an extended or special session "shall not be considered a violation" if the event was scheduled before the call for a special or extended session.
Sen. Paula Dockery, the moderate Republican running [...]
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Sen. Paula Dockery had one more question to ask, a stack of documents on her desk that would invariably help her tear holes in the SunRail deal. But the Transportation and Economic Development Committee was winding down. Dockery had already asked three days' worth of questions in other committees, [...]
Opponents of Sen. Paula Dockery, the moderate Republican running against AG Bill McCollum for the gubernatorial Republican primary, say her recent Facebook page post inviting "friends" to a fundraiser this weekend was not a violation of Senate money-raising rules.
But the Lakeland lawmaker took the post down this morning anyway, "in an" [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery had one more question to ask, a stack of documents on her desk that would invariably help her tear holes in the SunRail deal. But the Transportation and Economic Development Committee was winding down. Dockery had already asked three days' worth of questions in other committees, including this one. Sen.' [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery, amid her SunRail tirade during a noon press conference with the group "Ax the Tax," dropped this campaign promise: That if elected Governor, one of the first things she would do is "clean house" at the Florida Department of Transportation. The FDOT stands to gain a lot [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery, amid her SunRail tirade during a noon press conference with the group "Ax the Tax," dropped this campaign promise: That if elected Governor, one of the first things she would do is "clean house" at the Florida Department of Transportation. The FDOT stands to gain a lot [...]
Behind an "Ax the Tax" sign and a bank of microphones, state Sen. Paula Dockery continued her assault on the proposed commuter rail legislation, launching into a 40-minute number-laden dissertation that left a Capitol press corps weary.
The Republican gubernatorial candidate specifically took issue with the $44 million the state transportation department already spent on the [...]
Behind an "Ax the Tax" sign and a bank of microphones, state Sen. Paula Dockery continued her assault on the proposed commuter rail legislation, launching into a 40-minute number-laden dissertation at a news conference that left a Capitol press corps weary.
The Republican gubernatorial candidate specifically took issue with the $44 [...]
Sen. Paula Dockery, while verbally flogging SunRail during her noon press conference with anti-tax activists, had some choice words for top officials at the state Department of Transportation as well.
Dockery, who is challenging Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary for governor, denounced FDOT’s $44 million in… [...]
Jamie Miller, who consulted for Bill McCollum's successful 2006 race for attorney general, is now the campaign manager for McCollum's Republican opponent for governor, Paula Dockery.
But Miller probably isn't the biggest boost to Dockery's campaign. That distinction belongs to Senate President Jeff Atwater who called a special session on SunRail [...]
Jamie Miller, who consulted for Bill McCollum's successful 2006 race for attorney general, is now the campaign manager for McCollum's Republican opponent for governor, Paula Dockery.
But Miller probably isn't the biggest boost to Dockery's campaign. That distinction belongs to Senate President Jeff Atwater who called a special session on SunRail [...]
Senator Paula Dockery (R., Lakeland) is wowing the legislature with her knowledge of the "high speed" rail issue, and her political acumen in outmanuvering Senate President Jeff Atwater (R. North Palm Beach). In an earlier diary, I predicted something very similar to happen in her upcoming race against Attorney General Bill McCullom [...]
The soothing voice of state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland, a Republican candidate for governor, is being heard on robo calls across North Florida this weekend. She is urging people to show up for a rally Monday in opposition to rail legislation pending before the Legislature.
Here's part of the script, in which Dockery does [...]
Winner of the week: Paula Dockery. Whatever happens in the special legislative session on rail, the underdog Republican candidate for governor was a tour de force in Tallahassee this week. Full of facts, figures and pluck, the Lakeland Republican once again had her supposedly conservative [...]
Well, someone (an anonymous photo-shopper) has a sense of humor about Paula Dockery (on tracks) killing SunRail. Looks like Sen. Jeremy Ring is on left, Senate President Jeff Atwater is center with the Dick Dastardly stash (or is that the ole Tom Lee?) and [...]
