Questions regarding safety are being raised after Thursday’s fatal train collision at the intersection of Glenrose Road and Orange Avenue. It’s the third fatal accident involving a train in the area since 2002. Every three hours in the United States there is an accident involving a train and person or vehicle, and currently there is [...]
CLERMONT, Fla. — Headline: Red light cameras could be coming to Clermont At some of the most congested intersections in Clermont red light runners could soon be caught on camera. “If somebody runs a red light they deserve a ticket,” said Ray Goodgame, a Clermont City Council member. Goodgame said he expects his fellow council [...]
“Did You Hear That?” “I’m sorry, what did you say?” “Nothing … but I thought I heard a sound.” Now you have an idea of what a common nightly conversation in my home might be like, taking place after dark, when all the scary stuff is happening outside. Sometimes I actually have to get a [...]
Growing Up Disadvantaged Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6) Notice, the admonition is not: “Let a kid bring himself up however he wants so his ego won’t be bruised.” Throughout history, people have been raising children. I know that [...]
Special to the Phoenix Network by the National Center for Policy Analysis (Washington, DC) – The challenges facing America’s schools have become a major focus of the public dialogue. Over the past few decades, many have been lamenting the decaying quality of education in America. Case in point, in the past 40 years, and a [...]
The hotel is planned near Sheltair Orlando Air Center Inc., which is an affiliate of Holland Hospitality and leases out hangar and airline service-related office space at the airport. (Orlando, Florida) – Construction on a $4 million, 74-room hotel at Orlando Executive Airport may begin in the third quarter of 2013. The Greater Orlando Aviation [...]
Special to the Phoenix Network by the National Center for Policy Analysis (Washington, DC) – In a recent twist, Solyndra’s investors could be rewarded for their failure, thanks to a tax benefit the Obama administration handed out in a bid to evade political accountability, says the Wall Street Journal. The Internal Revenue Service exposed this [...]
A special Report to the Phoenix Network by Dick Morris for FoxNews.com (New York, New York) – By scoring big on the economy, gas prices, and Libya, Romney continued his victorious string of debate wins. He looked more presidential than Obama did and showed himself to be an articulate, capable, attractive, compassionate leader with sound [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Review Board approved Port Canaveral’s channel-widening and -deepening project. The panel unanimously agreed that the port’s feasibility study can proceed to be reviewed by other state and federal agencies, Florida Today reports. Canaveral Port Authority Vice Chairman Tom Weinberg told Florida Today that the approval was a [...]
Special to the Phoenix Network from the National Public Policy Council (Washington, DC) – The latest update from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will ultimately wrap up at a cost of $24 billion, says Steve Schaefer of Forbes. The ultimate losses from TARP will not come from the [...]
Deception, Thy Name Is Barack: Since the founding of this country, in fact since the settling of the disparate lands that were to get glued together to make this great land, honesty has been a hallmark of Americans. It sets us apart from other countries that were settled by less-than-God-fearing-souls, for less than righteous reasons. [...]
Beware the Ides of October! Idesing through the month of October is a difficult task because it has 31 days, which means that the middle of the month (the Ides) can fall on either the 15th, 16th, or – because I choose – 17th ). So, this month, today, I chose today. It’s not like [...]
With little notice, inspectors generals across federal agencies are piecing together criminal and civil cases into stimulus money that was misspent, wasted or defrauded. Special to the Phoenix Network by John Solomon of the Washington Guardian (Washington, DC) – Why It Matters: The $840 billion stimulus plan was designed to be a shot in the [...]
(Orlando, Florida) – President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney head into their second presidential debate on Tuesday night. As the candidates gear up to head into their second debate on Tuesday night, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds Gov. Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama in Florida by a 51 percent to 47 [...]
Special to the Phoenix Network by the National Center for Policy Analysis (New York, New York) – In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, both candidates have decided to agree on one thing: the corporate tax rate needs to be reduced. The United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world. Indeed, [...]
Syria Policy Risks Trading a Tyrant for Extremists Special to the Phoenix Network by Senator Marco Rubio For almost two years, the Syrian people have tried to free themselves of Bashar al-Assad’s cruel iron fist. They have looked repeatedly to America for help. But the Obama administration has failed to robustly support the Syrian rebel [...]
When Cyber-Wonks Go Bad Alexander Graham Bell might not have had an idea what he was doing when he sent “What Hath God Wrought” from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore over the first commercial telegraph line in the world. The quote comes from the Bible (Numbers 23:23) and is a reference to the deeds that God [...]
Happy Hogs Bring Better Bacon Butties! Only in the Atlantic Archipelago are the inhabitants concerned with the emotional stability of their livestock. These personages are the very self-same individuals who vie with each other for presentation-quality yard birds, and now we’re being told that if we want better bacon “butties” we need to provide for [...]
(Sarasota, Florida) – Some Florida small businesses are touting Amendment 10 on the November ballot as a partial cure to their woes. The referendum would increase the “ad valorem tax exemption” on tangible personal property from $25,000 to $50,000, the Bradenton Herald said. Most non-business personal property like boats and cars are exempt from the [...]
By James W. Preston (Tallahassee, Florida) – The Florida State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police leads the state Law Enforcement Officer Memorial each year to remember and honor the sacrifice of those officers who have fallen in the line of duty. The names of these heroes are engraved on the marble walls of the [...]
Special to the Phoenix Network from the National Council for Policy Analysis (Washington, DC) Compared to other industries, big wind receives the most lavish support from the federal government. In addition to direct subsidies, the industry is given a subsidy at the state level in the form of mandates for renewable energy consumption. Another indirect [...]
Courting Disaster Thanks to Kiwi Bill for bringing this (and the attendant reviews) to my attention. I suppose we can all rest comfortably in our ignorance and believe that every member of the United States’ representative government will honor their oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign [...]
You Want to Marry A What? The proudest moment in a father’s life is not when he marries off his last daughter, but when he finally gets to say, with finality that a falling safe cannot duplicate in a Roadrunner Cartoon, “The kids are off the payroll.” Nothing else comes even as close even a [...]
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