Thomas McCall

Bondi one-ups The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi

After catching Gov. Rick Scott off guard on Wednesday, The Daily Show "correspondent" Aasif Mandvi tried to do the same to Florida's Attorney General Pam Bondi yesterday by asking her to pee in a cup. This...

Obama trumps Republican field in latest poll

For four months now President Barack Obama has been trailing the "generic Republican" in the weekly presidential poll conducted by Scott Rasmussen. That is, until today.Rasmussen's poll this week has Obama leading 45-44% against...

Governor Rick Scott issues statement regarding Veterans Day

Governor Rick Scott issued the following statement Thursday regarding Veterans Day:“Since 1918 our country has set aside November 11 to recognize and observe the sacrifices of the members of our Armed Forces who dedicate their lives to preserving...

Operation One Voice to make special presentation in Tallahassee

Operation One Voice is a nonprofit organization started and run by police officers and firefighters. The group is staffed entirely with volunteers and works to raise funds to assist Special Operations Forces who are wounded or killed in...

US News and World Report: Tallahassee is the second best US city to "occupy"

According to Danielle Kurtzleben with US News & World Report, the Tallahassee metropolitan statistical area ranks second only to New York City as the best city to "occupy" in the United States. The rankings were derived based on...

Gov. Rick Scott issues statement on welfare drug testing appeal

Governor Rick Scott issued the following statement today regarding the State's appeal of the injunction which blocked the law allowing drug testing of welfare recipients, a law supported by 71% of Floridians. “Today, the State appealed...

Regions to halt check card fees

After copious amounts of negative feedback from customers Regions Bank has followed the likes of Bank Of America, Suntrust and others and will no longer be charging its $4 per month check card fee. Regions originally began charging the fee...

Occupy Tallahassee gets union support from AFL-CIO

So Occupy Tallahassee has been fairly tame compared to the other Occupy movements across the country and I commend them for that. However, the Occupy movements are now no more than a front for progressive organizations such as Think...

The Occupy movement and the truth about the 1%

Since individual Occupy movements have arisen all over the country, much has been written and said about the 1% who control a large portion of America's wealth, and much of it unfair. The Occupiers keep saying "I...

Occupy Tallahassee: They still can't spell

I was hoping to write an informative article on the Occupy Tallahassee protests this weekend. I emailed a series of questions to the group's Media Team on Thursday. Almost 48 hours later, no response. That being said, I...

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