Meet the next Congressman from Florida's Congressional District 22: Republican Tom Rooney. The seat is currently held by Democrat Tim Mahoney. This is the seat once held by Rep. Mark Foley. Mahoney is currently engulfed in a major sex scandal involving a former employee who he paid hush money to in an effort to keep her silent before the election. Now Speaker Pelosi has gotten involved. From Politico: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is calling for an ethics committee probe into reports...Read Full Story
To: The United States Congress and Governor Rick Scott of Florida From: Rev. Frank Paul Jones RE: Open Letter of Federal Marijuana Bill {HR 2306} – Updated Repost: Date: 31 July 2011 Update: 18 October 2011 The Marijuana Report on Federal Bill – HR 2306 & a Florida Redevelopment Act The Federal Marijuana Bill HR- 2306 aka The Frank Paul Bill By: Rev. Frank Paul Jones – President of the NCNCHINC HR-2306: To limit the application of Federal Laws to the distribution and consumption of...Read Full Story
World AIDS Day and the Highlands County Movement On Thursday December 21 st , 2011, it will be the official World AIDS Day. I think the only contemporary Hip Hop movement bigger than the legalization of Marijuana is forcing the government to cure the AIDS virus. I think a wise move would be to combine the move to search for the cure to AIDS and make our voices heard on the marijuana dilemma. With the NBA Season in a state of uncertainty, venues that would normally be closed will be open to...Read Full Story
Will the Lights go out on Black Friday With an unemployment rate of 9% and for African Americans over 15% in the United States , coupled with the uncertainty of 6 million losing unemployment in 2012 and in January 1.8 million is faced with the end to unemployment; will Black Friday blackout. Many wise consumers are concerned about how to wisely spend this holiday season this year, because for many money is tight. The unemployment dilemma does not just affect the unemployed; it affects the...Read Full Story
Pres. Obama’s Infrastructure Redevelopment should include Highlands County 8 Feb 2011 Reposted 19 October 2011 Update: Moving SFCC to four-year college will be great for Highlands With Florida ’s unemployment rate above the National Average and Highlands County, Florida lacking full time living wage jobs, will President Obama consider us in his infrastructure redevelopment plans. And how can he assist us in the development of our local economy. At first glance most people would overlook our...Read Full Story
After the music stopped on Feb. 3 in the Florida House of Representatives, Tom Rooney, Allen West and Adam Hasner chose their congressional chairs. Although Gov. Rick Scott could still veto, both the House and the Senate are expected to agree ...
Rooney, R-Tequesta, announced he’ll run for the proposed congressional District 17 this year, which touches up to 11 counties in rival House and Senate plans, and stays largely in agricultural Central Florida. That opens up the newly drawn ...
We confirm what The Shark Tank confirmed what we heard earlier: Rep. Allen West is to run in Rep. Tom Rooney's Congressional District, which is being redrawn with all the others in Florida. Rooney is going to run in one...
An analysis done for the Washington Post last week indicates that Allen West’s and Tom Rooney’s seats are the ones in the ... Mario Diaz-Balart, and John Mica. Redistricting isn’t as easy as it looks, of course. But it is not believable ...
Rooney first won a seat in Congress by defeating disgraced former U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney in 2008. Rooney said he'll continue to fight for "a strong national defense, a prosperous economy and much-needed private sector jobs" if elected. Most Popular Stories ...
He rejected efforts by the House of Representatives to respond the electorate, get our affairs in order, and ensure that we don't leave our children a ... U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, represents Florida's 16th District.
Tom Rooney held a press conference today with State Rep. William Snyder (R-Stuart) and the Palm Beach and Martin County Police Benevolent Association to discuss illegal alien ...
Tom Rooney won the GOP primary for Florida’s 16th Congressional District and will now face Democrat Tim Mahoney in November. To read more about Tom’s victory last night ...
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney's campaign fired back in the District 16 residency wars today, criticizing Republican challenger Tom Rooney for listing the Palm Beach Kennel Club dog track as the