http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore Florida's leading source for inside information on politics and media Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:05:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/09/30/morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-tuesday-4/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/2008/09/30/morning-roundup-%e2%80%94-tuesday-4/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:24:01 +0000 Wayne Garcia http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/politicalwhore/?p=1147 Today’s top political and media news headlines, with updates throughout the day in that little box just to the right:

• More Sarah on the media interview circuit!
• Crist, Cabinet to consider funding final segment of Orlando’s beltway.
• Adam Putnam on why he voted for the bailout.
• Congress slips in authorization for Tamiami Trail bridge to aid Everglades restoration; Miccosukees outraged.
• Oh, and by the way, the Everglades restoration is bogged down and costing us more by the minute.
• Bloodied after her first encounter with Couric, Palin brings her dad to the second one.
• Lawyers delight: Court case deciding which government pays for roads near schools is over. Either way, the taxpayers were paying, so the only ones who benefited were those people racking up billable hours.
• City’s largest union turns down contract with 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase and 3 percent merit raises. How many folks out there got a 6.5 percent bump this year? Raise your hands? Anyone? Thought so.
• The wild, crazy and completely made-up conspiracy theory about Sarah Palin and Eric Cantor.
• Another sign of the impending apocalypse: AC/DC inks exclusive deal with Wal-Mart.
• Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday, man you’ve been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long:

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