THE WIRE FOR 062508

Demand the Steering Committee remove Joe Lieberman's position within the Democratic Caucus.
posted by IUPAT DC78 Steve Hall
See video@ http://liebermanmustgo.com/

Schools must cut budget --- again
Staff may be let go in this round
BY MEGAN DOWNS • FLORIDA TODAY • June 25, 2008
Brevard Public Schools will lose an additional $10 million from its operating budget, after already cutting $27.4 million that left district officials with no fat left to trim. Superintendent Richard DiPatri had warned months ago that a second level of cuts could result in the loss of annual contract teachers, stifle the progress of the Secondary Schools of National Prominence initiative and carve deeper into department-level budgets. Read more @ http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/NEWS01/806250325/1006/rss01

Legislator's wife tried to get property tax break
posted by Aaron Deslatte on Jun 25, 2008 5:57:39 AM Orlando Sentinel
Early last year when state Rep. Frank Attkisson and his wife were looking at expanding their hobby farm outside St. Cloud, she inquired with the Osceola County Property Appraiser's Office about getting an agricultural tax break. Read more @ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/06/legislators-wif.html

Orlando Uber-lobbyist Leonhardt stays on Enterprise Florida board
posted by Aaron Deslatte on Jun 25, 2008 10:38:42 AM Orlando Sentinel
Gov. Charlie Crist this morning re-appointed Orlando lobbyist Fred Leonhardt to the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development arm. His new term will run through June 2012. Read morw @ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/06/orlando-uber-lo.html

3,000 Cape workers face uncertain future
BY TODD HALVORSON • FLORIDA TODAY • June 23, 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA and the Air Force are splitting a single launch base operations contract into 15 separate pacts at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a dramatic reversal raising uncertainty for about 3,000 workers. Read more@ http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080623/NEWS02/806230322&s=d&page=2#pluckcomments

On paper, Bob Allen still running for Senate
Posted 6/17/2008 3:42 PM EDT on floridatoday.com By Matt Reed
Bob Allen for state Senate? Campaign finance reports show the former state representative has continued to list expenditures connected to his previously planned 2010 Senate race. Allen had raised $24,500 before his July 2007 arrest for solicitation in Titusville. (Allen, who resigned, has appealed his misdemeanor conviction.) He has raised no money since. Read more @ http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=f687970412fd47db937813cfb67c58fa&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3Af687970412fd47db937813cfb67c58faPost%3Aecc7d43a-ecec-40df-9fb6-b3ef2a155e99&plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending&sid=sitelife.floridatoday.com