TALLAHASSEE — Unmanned surveillance drones may be preparing to lift off across the nation, but Florida may be spared from such a fate after all. At least that’s the assessment of state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Port St….
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Florida prepares to be ‘less free’ in 2013
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog LESS FREE: More laws, regulations and taxes are set to leave life tougher for Floridians this year. ST. PETERSBURG — If there was ever anything that needed a New Year’s…
Radio Interview on the Susan Nilson Report — Warantless Wiretapping
I was invited on the Susan Nilon Report on 08. Jan. 2013, broadcast on 106.0FM WSRQin Sarasota, FL, to discuss recent legislation passed by the Congress. DOWNLOAD HERE The topic is warantless wiretapping and the…
Radio Interview on the Marc Bernier Show — Warantless Wiretapping
I was invited on the Marc Bernier Show, broadcast on 1150 WNDB in Daytona Beach, FL to discuss the renewal of FISA, warantless wiretapping, and the future of government surveillance in America. DOWNLOAD HERE The…
Political corruption a top export in Florida
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — Citrus products and airplane parts may be the most well-known exports from the state of Florida, but if 2012 is any indiciation, political corruption may overtake both…
Disney Subsidy Nation: Mickey Mouse in bed with Uncle Sam
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — Since his first appearance in the 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willy,” there has been no greater American ambassador than Mickey Mouse, the cartoon character who sparked the…
Rubio, Nelson come together on warrantless wiretapping
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ORLANDO — Debts, deficits and doom were recurring themes during the New Year’s Day negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” but lost among the headlines was the extension of…
FL: Bill Nelson’s NASA dreams misfire on the launching pad
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — It’s only once in a blue moon that Democratic and Republican politicians can come to mutual understanding on Capitol Hill, but just this once, Sen. Bill Nelson hopes they’ll…
Florida officials want stronger bans on military funeral protests, negative campaign ads
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — Free speech is a great idea, but it doesn’t extend to military funeral protesters and political smear campaigns. That’s the attitude of several Florida state lawmakers…
Video: Florida’s voting machine curse continues
The same companies which supplied the voting machines for the troublesome 2000 presidential election are continuing to sell machines across the country. Not only that, but millions in taxpayer dollars are stilled owed by counties…