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- Obama vs. the Insurers: A Cautionary Tale from the Sunshine State
- Here's the problem: a likeable and determined elected official takes on an unpopular industry where people are crying out for help because they can't get insurance, even at skyrocketing rates. Here's the solution: create a government-run insurer that will provide "last resort" policies for people who can't...
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
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- Gov. Charlie Crist tapped campaign manager George LeMieux as chief of staff and Foley & Lardner partner Christopher Kise.(IN THE NEWS)
- >> Gov. Charlie Crist tapped campaign manager George LeMieux as chief of staff and Foley ... >> Gov. Charlie Crist tapped campaign manager George LeMieux as chief of staff and Foley & Lardner partner Christopher Kise, Crist's former solicitor general, as counselor to the governor.
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- As 'Keystone' Crumbles, So May Charlie Crist's Insurance Plan for Florida
- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has a history of flogging the insurance industry. As major insurers like State Farm flee the state, he says "Good riddance," while pursuing the U.S. Senate seat that will be open in 2010. With luck, he'll be there before another big storm hits the Sunshine State....
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist; Earns Verizon Wireless HopeLine® Anti-Domestic Violence Award; Safespace of Miami To Receive $10,000 Grant For New Initiative
- MIAMI -- Verizon Wireless has presented its national HopeLineR Law Enforcement Partnership Award to Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist for his department's outstanding efforts against domestic violence. In conjunction with the award, Verizon Wireless contributed $10,000 to Safespace, a Miami-based domestic violence shelter. The grant is to launch the agency's...
- Research articles 2005-09-28
- Floridians Don't Need Insurance, God Is on Their Side
- Hurricanes hardly ever happen in Florida, at least since Katrina and Wilma gave the Sunshine State a double wallop back in 2005. And now we know why. Town Hall reports that Gov. Charlie Crist, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate, told a group of real estate agents about a...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS FTC INVESTIGATION OF GASOLINE PRICES
- Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC to investigate rising gasoline prices in that state. Crist asked the commission to look at Florida markets, among 360 cities regularly monitored, for increasing pr Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist called on the U.S. Federal...
- Research articles 2003-02-24
- Homeowners Discover that State-Run Insurers Can Be Bullies Too
- Floridians have been taught to believe that insurance companies are evil by their governor (and U.S. Senate wannabe) Charlie Crist. In 2007, when Crist froze rates at state-run insurer Citizens Property, Floridians signed on the dotted line to join this home insurance program, boosting what should have...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- State Farm: Ain't No Sunshine When You're Gone
- Today, the state of Florida receives the records of more than one million State Farm Mutual policy holders it will use to decide if -- and how -- it wants to hurt the giant insurer for bailing out of its property insurance lines in the Sunshine State. ...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Florida to study wireless for warning systems.(News)
- Byline: JEFFREY SILVA Florida Gov. Charlie Crist R wants to examine alternative emergency warning systems-including those based on wireless technology-in the aftermath of the Feb. 2 tornado that killed 20 people. The Florida Division o ...
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- UPDATE: MoveOn.org Voter Fund, Environment2004 to Fight Bush Administration's Dirty Air Agenda
- The organizations will use Internet ads and emails from former Clinton administration EPA chief Carol Browner to Floridians to urge that they petition Gov. Jeb Bush and Attorney General Charlie Crist to oppose changes in the "New Source Review" The organizations will use Internet ads and emails from former Clinton...
- Research articles 2003-12-18
- MoveOn.org Voter Fund, Environment2004 to Fight Bush Administration's Dirty Air Agenda
- The organizations will use Internet ads and emails from former Clinton administration EPA chief Carol Browner to Floridians to urge that they petition Gov. Jeb Bush and Attorney General Charlie Crist to oppose changes in the "New Source Review" The organizations will use Internet ads and emails from former Clinton...
- Research articles 2003-12-18
- Palm Beach County Commission.(PALM BEACH COUNTY)
- Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Republican Bob Kanjian to replace Warren Newell on the Palm ... Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Republican Bob Kanjian to replace Warren Newell on the Palm Beach County Commission. Kanjian owns Solutions, a West Palm Beach real estate and title company.
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Florida to give paper receipt in 2008 US vote
- MIAMI AFP — Florida, whose ballot fiasco delayed for weeks the outcome of the 2000 elections, will replace by 2008 voting machines that do not leave a paper trail, Governor Charlie Crist has said. "Our goal is to increase voter confidence and ensure Floridians have confidence in the voting...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Florida to adopt tough auto emission standards
- MIAMI AFP — Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced Friday "bold" new air-pollution targets for the southeastern US state, including car emission limits similar to the California standards challenged by automakers. Crist is scheduled to sign the executive orders setting the targets on Friday, at the conclusion of a two-day...
- Research articles 2007-07-12
- Florida Attorney General Asks Regulators to Kill Phone-Rate Hike.
- By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 18--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--State Attorney General Charlie Crist asked state regulators Monday to dismiss the largest proposed phone rate increase in Florida history because phone companies have failed to show if consumers...
- Research articles 2003-11-18
- Florida Attorney General Subpoenas Oil Companies in Gas-Price Investigation.
- By Michael Turnbell, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 26--Attorney General Charlie Crist subpoenaed eight major oil companies Tuesday as part of an investigation into the rising cost of gasoline in Florida. "The people deserve a reasonable explanation...
- Research articles 2004-05-26
- Florida subpoenas 11 insurance companies.
- By Mary Toothman, The Ledger, Lakeland, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 17--LAKELAND, Fla. -- Attorney General Charlie Crist's office has given subpoenas to 11 insurance companies -- including State Farm Insurance Florida -- as part of an investigation into insurance ...
- Research articles 2004-11-17
- Tropical Storm Fay leaves seven dead in Florida
- MIAMI AFP — Seven people have been killed over the five days that Tropical Storm Fay has been pounding Florida with torrential rain and powerful winds, state officials said Friday. "We have another person dead in Palm Beach who lost control of their vehicle because of the storm. So...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Florida Loosens the Noose on Insurers as Credit Tightens
- Insurance firms can handle hurricane losses, but a hurricane of a different sort has been brewing in Florida. Insurers such as State Farm, the largest U.S. home insurer, have folded their tents and left, complaining that they can't compete with the Sunshine State's own cut-rate insurance program. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- In price-gouging case, HHS hails move by Fla. firm to relinquish flu vaccine.
- Saying he wants to stop any would-be profiteers in their tracks, HHS chief Tommy Thompson applauded the decision by a Florida company to turn over its remaining supply of flu vaccine after it was accused by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist of p Saying he wants...
- Research articles 2004-11-05
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