News from Polk County Democrats http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news 2012-05-18T01:03:14+01:00 text/html 2011-04-24T04:46:49+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=38 iexclDetenga la propuesta de ley anti-inmigrante iquestComo puede suceder esto en la FloridanbspnbspPETICION PUBLICA A LA SENADORA ESTATAL ANITERE FLORESnbspPOR FAVOR RETIRE SU APOYO DE LA PROPUESTA DE LEY ANTI-INMIGRANTE SB2040nbspnbspiexclTu comunidad te necesita La legislatura de la Florida esta a punto de aprobar un proyecto de ley muy parecido text/html 2011-04-24T04:27:03+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=37 Friends In the Gulf of Mexico just off Floridarsquos coast one year to the day a faulty valve and subsequent explosion caused one of the greatest environmental disasters in our countryrsquos history. To date the Deepwater tragedy has claimed 11 rig workerrsquos lives spilled nearly 5 million gallons of crude text/html 2010-10-24T06:18:00+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=36 10 Republican Lies About the Bush Tax CutsCrooks and Liars.comAugust 02 2010 1100 AM By Jon Perr Lie 1 Democrats Plan Across the Board Tax Hikes on January 1st Lie 2 Democrats Want a 3.8 Trillion Tax Increase Lie 3 Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves Lie 4 The Bush Tax text/html 2010-08-04T05:01:02+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=35 The House Financial Services Committee approved the Shareholder Protection Act H.R. 4790. The bill requires shareholder approval of a corporations political spending for federal races. The Securities and Exchange Commission would have to issue rules requiring corporations to disclose any materials for political activities created with or purchased using company text/html 2010-07-18T06:37:24+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=34 ldquoI congratulate Chairman Miller and the House Education and Labor Committee on the successful bipartisan passage of a child nutrition reauthorization bill out of the Committee today. This important legislation will combat hunger and provide millions of schoolchildren with access to healthier meals a critical step in the battle against text/html 2010-07-16T08:31:00+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=33 WASHINGTON- Today July 16th at 1200 p.m. EDT Senior Advisor to the President David Axelrod and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Diana Farrell will hold a media conference call to discuss how yesterdayrsquos historic passage of Wall Street reform will bring greater economic security to families and businesses text/html 2010-07-09T04:04:05+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=32 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday Jul 8 2010Contact Kelly Penton 786-258-2649 KellyFairDistrictsFlorida.orgMiami FL.mdashThe Honorable Judge Jim Shelfer today threw the Poison Pill Amendment 7 off this Novemberrsquos ballot ruling in favor of Florida voters who signed 1.65 million petitions to restore real democracy in Florida with FairDistricts Amendments 5 and 6. text/html 2010-07-05T04:59:46+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=31 A look at the nine amendments on Floridas ballotBy Howard Troxler Times Columnist In Print Sunday May 30 2010There are nine proposed amendments to our state Constitution on this Novembers ballot. Nine Thats gonna take some reading in the voting booth. Some people blame it on all those citizen petitions text/html 2010-07-01T07:40:28+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=30 Today several hundred documents were released from the case against indicted RPOF Chairman Jim Greer. Since this scandal came to light the Florida Democratic Party has warned that Republican politicians including Bill McCollum Dean Cannon John Thrasher and others were not being truthful about their roles.Throughout files and documents released text/html 2010-06-29T05:30:21+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=news&full=29 BY SCOTT HIAASEN AND JOHN DORSCHNERMiami HeraldPosted on Sat Jun. 26 2010ldquohellipRick Scott the new front-runner in the Florida governors race has been greeted with applause -- and with blunt questions about his pasthellipScott was confronted -- not for the first time -- about his role in the scandals at