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'I GAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU'
The message to former Gov. Charlie Crist from good friend and confidante Jim Greer was ominous-sounding: "Listen, I just wanted to call and tell you something as a man, not like these other people that have put knives in your back and never had the courtesy to call you directly or talk to you."
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Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/2012

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Crist thought Greer wanted to extort him
Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/12
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Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/12
So. Fla's Republicans veer from the GOP on the Violence Against Women Act
Miami Herald - 05/17/12
Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Series of Police Missteps
New York Times - 05/17/12
As Mitt Romney hits Florida, Democrats attack Bain's history of profits and layoffs
Tampa Bay Times - 05/16/12
FCAT fiasco points up failures at the top
Tampa Bay Times - 05/16/12
FLORIDA OFFICIALS NEED TO EXPLAIN SHOCKING FCAT SCORES
Bradenton Herald - 05/16/12
Study: Government among top employers in Florida
Associated Press - 05/16/12
Timing of scrubbing noncitizens from voters rolls worry Florida election supervisors
Tampa Bay Times - 05/16/12
'I GAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOU'
Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/12

Ethics & Election Issues

This Week in Florida Politics
St. Petersblog - 05/14-18/12

Bob Henriquez recruited to run for state House
Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/12

Fla. election chiefs skeptical of voter purge
Associated Press - 05/17/12

Joe Biden returns to Florida next month
Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/12

MUST CHARLIE CRIST ENDORSE BARACK OBAMA IN �12 TO WIN IN �14?
Kevin Cate - 05/14/12

Player of the week: Rep. Sandy Adams
The Hill - 05/17/12

Senate Democratic Strategy Continues To Fail
The Political Hurricane - 05/17/12

State says more than 53,000 dead on voting rolls
Florida Times-Union - 05/17/12

Rick's Inbox

Governor Rick Scott supports lowered FCAT standard
WPTV - 05/16/12

Environmental Protection

For Florida, there's a cost to no storms, too
Herald Tribune - 05/17/12

Nominating panel seeks applicants for Florida PSC
Miami Herald - 05/17/12

Scott: Odds against another quiet hurricane season
St. Augustine Record - 05/17/12

Money Matters

Appetite for Gaming in Florida Growing and Clearly Palpable
Sunshine State News - 05/17/12

Atwater taps housing finance executive for Citizens board
The Florida Current - 05/17/12

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. floats a terrible pricing idea
Tampa Bay Times - 05/17/12

Hurricane Catastrophe Fund: Build Florida's Backup
Lakeland Ledger - 05/17/12

Real estate pros say things are looking up, survey says
The Florida Current - 05/17/12

Legislative Updates

Legislative lobbyists may have had their most lucrative session ever
The Florida Current - 05/17/12

Why do Florida Reps. refuse to pay more than $8 a month for health insurance?
WTEV Jacksonville - 05/17/12

Health, Safety & Social Justice

First Health News
Kaiser Health News - 05/17/12

Miami health care costliest in US
Milliman Medical Index - 05/17/12

Quality Education

Department of Education settles Race to the Top contract dispute
The Florida Current - 05/17/12

Florida schools won't be held accountable for low FCAT writing scores
Florida Times-Union - 05/17/12

Florida, not kids, flunked FCAT testing
Miami Herald - 05/17/12

Lowering passing grade on FCAT writing test doesn't solve the problem
St. Augustine Record - 05/17/12

More trouble for FCAT
Naples Daily News - 05/17/12

New panel to focus on Florida higher ed. access
Associated Press - 05/17/12

Two-way street
Gainesville Sun - 05/17/12

Legal Briefs

Appeals court to rule on Florida law targeting outside political groups
News Service of Florida - 05/17/12

Judicial "payback" disturbing
Sun-Sentinel - 05/17/12

Palm Beach County judge under unprecedented fire, accused of bias
Palm Beach Post - 05/17/12

Wrong fight, wrong judge
Palm Beach Post - 05/17/12

NATIONAL NEWS

Becoming Obama
Vanity Fair -

Black pastors doubt same-sex stand hurts Obama
The Columbus Dispatch - 05/16/12

Obama advances new civil rights revolution
People's World - 05/14/12

Obama: The First Gay President
The Daily Beast - 05/14/12

Reaction to Newsweek's Obama 'The First Gay President' Cover
The Daily Beast - 05/15/12

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