By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — Delegates from 56 U.S. states and territories have come to the Republican National […]
Month: August 2012
FL: RNC power brokers work to shut out insurgent candidacies
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — Billed as a national gathering of passionate Republicans unified to support their nominee for […]
FL: As rain douses protests, cops keep strong grip on Tampa
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— As delegates and suit-clad Republican Party officials were busy rewriting the nominating rules […]
FL: Inevitable Romney faces week of unknowns at RNC
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— After a year and a half of the Republican presidential nomination process, it […]
FL: New Black Panthers still angry with ‘conservative whites,’ but won’t be appearing at RNC
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— People expecting stiff resistance from the New Black Panther Party at the Republican National Convention in Tampa next […]
FL: Voter ID still going strong, ensuring ‘one person, one vote’
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — As county election officials thumbed through the 2 million ballotscast during the Aug. […]
OSSOWSKI: Good business — barring lawyers from legislatures
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — In the business world of today, there is much more to worry […]
FL: ‘Activist judges’ set to face the music in merit retention fight
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— Ceding to the hot temptations of democracy, three Florida judges will shed their […]
FL: Stearns finally bows out after newcomer Yoho imposes term limit
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog CORAL GABLES—It took only a margin of a few hundred votes to topple a […]
FL: Nelson, Mack and the Floridian quest to reign over the U.S. Senate
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog CORAL GABLES — As the words of praise and accomplishment were handed down from […]
FL: Keeping jobs and unseating incumbents in Tuesday’s primary election
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — In the shadow of Mitt Romney’s visit to Florida with freshly introduced vice […]
FL: Mr. Smith goes to E-Washington: independent candidates seek direct democracy through net
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— Consider the large grassroots movements of the past four years—including the Tea Party and Occupy Wall […]
FL: Capitol Vanguard podcast with Florida Watchdog on vote fraud, military spending and Obamacare
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TALLAHASSEE— On Aug. 7, Florida Watchdog Bureau Chief Yaël Ossowski, joined Capitol Vanguard reporter Will Patrick for a discussion about Florida’s top news […]
OSSOWSKI: Government does not create jobs, except for building weapons
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST PETERSBURG — A trait that is often regrettably lost when a politician takes […]
FL: Senate report targets Sunshine State for-profit schools
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST PETERSBURG — Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate are blasting private colleges for […]