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A walk in the woods is always refreshing, sometimes intentionally so … other times not.
Bill Nelson’s bill to ban giant constrictors cleared a Senate panel today, setting it up for a full Senate vote. His bill would make it illegal to import 9 dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, anacondas and boa constrictors.
The green anaconda has been found in the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida. And a pet python [...]
It's that time again to update the SFDB blogroll. We like to keep the blogroll fresh and exciting and filled with the best South Florida blogs that post regularly. I'm not sure how many times I get asked to add a blog to the blogroll and' [...] 
You gotta love the photo On My Block grabbed in Hialeah.In the end, billions of hoped-for federal money to build a high-speed rail, and hundreds of millions more for Central and South Florida commuter rail hinged on just one letter from Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos to Senate President Jeff Atwater. The letter gives the AFL-CIO some sense of [...]
In the end, billions of hoped-for federal money to build a high-speed rail, and hundreds of millions more for Central and South Florida commuter rail hinged on just one letter from Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Kopelousos to Senate President Jeff Atwater. The letter gives the AFL-CIO some [...]
New Sen. George LeMieux says " the Florida Legislature put the interests of Floridians first by supporting
commuter rail in Central and South Florida.
"With support for rail from the state, Florida’s chances of winning federal high-speed rail money greatly
improve," LeMieux says in a statement. "A high-speed rail corridor will [...]
The final vote was 27-10, despite the fiery rhetoric of the past few days.
Here are how South florida senators voted:
Atwater, R-North Palm Beach
Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale
Sobel, D-Hollywood
Ring, D-Margate
Gelber, D-Miami Beach
Diaz de la Portilla, R-Miami
Wilson, D-Miami
Garcia, R-Hialeah
No:
Rich, D-Weston
Villalobos, R-Miami
Not Voting:
Deutch, D-Boca Raton*
Bullard, D-Miami
* Sen. Charlie Justice, D-St. Petersburg, paired his no [...]
This just in: a “media statement” by Mike Williams, President of Florida AFL-CIO, confirming that unionized labor has reached a “compromise” on the special legislative session rail bill:
“The Florida AFL-CIO has achieved compromise with the Florida Department of Transportation and South Florida Regional Transportation Authority regarding HB 1B that… [...]
South Florida doesn’t have winter as a "season,"At the start of the second week of a two-week special session, the Florida House voted 84 to 25 Monday for sweeping rail legislation. The bill allows creation of the SunRail commuter line in central Florida, adds a new permanent money source for the debt-ridden Tri-Rail system in South Florida and accelerates construction of [...]
At the start of the second week of a two-week special session, the Florida House voted 84 to 25 Monday for sweeping rail legislation. The bill allows creation of the SunRail commuter line in central Florida, adds a new permanent money source for the debt-ridden Tri-Rail system in South Florida and accelerates construction of [...]
Wet season or dry season?
Steve Bousquet: It's put-up-or-shut-up time for state Senate President Jeff Atwater. Can he find the votes to pass a package of passenger rail projects for Central and South Florida and secure funding for a high-speed rail system linking Tampa, Orlando and Miami?
...Defeat would be a [...]
