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Jim Greer: Endorsement of Charlie Crist led to ‘character assassination’

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Reading over the six-page lawsuit filed by Jim Greer yesterday, it says that RPOF leaders, including John Thrasher, reneged on a deal that would have paid Greer a severance package of $11,250-a-month for 11 months, plus health insurance (Republicans sure are insistent about getting their own health care taken care of!), to resign his post earlier this year. He also wants damages from the party and from Thrasher (who doesn’t?) More important, the lawsuit also includes Greer’s explanation for why party…

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Jim Greer: Endorsement of Charlie Crist led to ‘character assassination’

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Reading over the six-page lawsuit filed by Jim Greer yesterday, it says that RPOF leaders, including Thrasher, reneged on a deal that would have paid Greer a severance package of $11,250-a-month for 11 months, plus health insurance (Republicans sure are insistent about getting their own health care taken care of!), to resign his post earlier this year. He also wants damages from the party and from Thrasher (who doesn’t?) More important, the lawsuit also includes Greer’s explanation for why party leaders…

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Sarah Palin then: The ‘Miami Vice’ of politics; Palin now: A welcome endorsement

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Last week, the Sentinel asked Todd Harris if Marco Rubio would like an endorsement from former Republican veep candidate and current conservative phenom Sarah Palin. “We’d love to have Sarah Palin’s endorsement,” said Harris, who’s worked for several GOP heavyweights, including Jeb Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain. Palin, said Todd Harris, would energize the party base and help Rubio raise money. OK, so far, so good. After all, Rubio is gunning for the senate seat that Gov. Charlie Crist…

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Marco, say it ain’t so! Rubio all but compares Barack Obama to Fidel Castro, then asks for Sarah Palin’s endorsement

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Like the proverbial sorority sister who “experimented” with kissing girls while an undergrad, I dabbled in Republican politics in my early 20s. Those were heady days: Newt Gingrich was Time Magazine’s Man of the Year, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, among others, was infusing the GOP with compassionate conservatism and leaders like Jeb Bush towered over the political landscape. Heady days, indeed. Then the Recount happened and then W emerged and it wasn’t long before I returned to my Democratic…

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Harsh reaction to St. Petersburg Times’ recommendation of Bill Foster for Mayor from Tampa Bay’s progressive community

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Call it The Endorsement Heard ‘Round The ‘Burg. In what some St. Pete insiders view as pure Machiavellian journalism, if not a complete sell-out of its core beliefs, The St. Petersburg Times, one of the nation’s best liberal newspapers endorsed, err…”recommended” is the preferred term, Bill Foster, an anti-evolution, anti-gay candidate. As Wayne Garcia of Creative Loafing writes: Actually, the Foster recommendation should come as no surprise to Times’ readers who observed the editorial board’s changing tone ever since Tim…

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Tim Nickens is being such a pussy!

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It must be very difficult to be the Editor of Editorials at the St. Petersburg Times. I mean, you are in charge of the section of the newspaper viewed by the least amount of readers, yet pandered to by almost every politician. And you have to deal with Robyn Blumner on a daily basis. At least Bill Maxwell isn’t around anymore to bother you about the plight of migrant workers. So why is Tim Nickens being such a pussy about…

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Times Ed Board chastises Scott Wagman, Bill Foster for position on police car chases

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Two candidates for St. Petersburg mayor seem to care more about garnering the endorsement of the city’s police than in the safety of motorists and pedestrians. Former City Council member Bill Foster and businessman Scott Wagman said they would alter the current no-chase policy of the St. Petersburg Police Department that restricts officers from instigating a car chase except when pursuing violent felons. The candidates said they would allow pursuit of nonviolent suspects, even though a looser standard would undoubtedly…

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