Smith grew up there and went to public school at Seacrest High School and Palm Beach County Community College before moving to Alachua, where he now lives with his wife DeeDee.

At last, Rod Smith and Jim Davis met for a televised debate was it a debate? some wondered Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale. They talked education, environment and storm insurance and much more. It’s McCollum’s latest challenge to be running for office in the year of Jack Abramoff. Smith realized what he said immediately, and corrected himself, but earned an ovation from a roaring crowd. You’ll see Congressman Wexler is very open to a lot of opinions. Maybe lawst is correct that there are other avenues. Politicians everywhere are scrambling to return Abramoff’s tainted campaign money and otherwise distance themselves from the Beltway lobbying culture. He says he has no current aspirations higher than governor.

No hiring of illegal aliens by those who contract with the government. The land is not going to sit empty , like many of you may think. Start contacting your state legislators and senators and, if necessary, start looking for a candidate sympathetic to your concerns. When I ran for the Senate, I took back a Republican seat. He said the union will send Lee a contribution and will send mailings to its 110,000 Florida members in 90 locals, urging those who are Republicans a minority, to be sure to vote for Lee on Sept. Taking center stage is an hourlong televised debate between Jim Davis and Rod Smith. Qualifying week begins today and the Democratic candidates for governor are wasting no time.