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Winter Park; Longwood Police endorse Steve Barnes
I am proud to announce that I have received the endorsement of the Teamsters Law Enforcement League, which represents officers in Longwood, Winter Park and more than 1,000 police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Central Florida. Among those supporting to our campaign: Volusia County Deputy Sheriffs, Daytona Beach Police and the Police Officers of Winter [...] -
Protect Florida beaches
Governor Charlie Crist has called a special session set to begin tomorrow to give voters a say on whether we should allow our beaches and tourism-based economy to be jeopardized by near-shore drilling. Unfortunately, the Republican leadership has been playing political games instead of focusing on solutions. Rather than debate the merits of a ban [...] -
Campaign HQ Grand Opening Sat. 10 a.m.
Please join us this Saturday, July 10, for the Grand Opening of our Campaign Headquarters! We will be serving free coffee, fruit and donuts from 10-11 a.m. and providing volunteer training from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. This is a great opportunity to get to know Steve and to learn how you can help him [...] -
Salute to Veterans
Today, I want to say thank you to all of our wonderful veterans and service personnel. Our nation owes you a great debt of gratitude. Please join me and members of the Democratic Party’s Veterans Caucus as we celebrate Memorial Day in Downtown Sanford Monday morning. We will have a small booth set up along [...] -
Can a Democrat win in Seminole?
Most of Dist. 34 lies within Seminole Co., which has been so consistently “red” that some folks are wondering if a Democrat can win here. The answer is yes! Steve proved it in 2008 when he won 63 percent of the vote in a county-wide race. Despite being outspent 3:1, Steve won 121 out of [...] -
Sentinel ranks Florida House members
The Orlando Sentinel editorial board ranked Florida’s State House members based on their performance: “Swimming at the bottom of this pond is Republican Chris Dorworth, who’s set to become speaker in 2014. He worked to make state agencies toothless, to give wealthy fans tax breaks on all-star game tickets, and co-sponsored an unconstitutional ban on [...] -
Protecting our drinking water
Steve talks with WFTV about how leaking underground gas storage tanks are threatening our drinking water and how the Florida Legislature has made the problem worse. Watch the WFTV interview here. While oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is getting lots of media attention, this ongoing threat to our drinking water has gone largely [...] -
Fair Districts
Each decade following the US Census, Tallahassee politicians redraw the political map for both Legislative and Congressional seats based on population changes. Unfortunately, that process, which was designed to provide equal representation, is abused. The majority party controls the process and uses it to ensure that its own members are re-elected. Rather than draw simple, [...] -
Dorworth pushes subsidies for yacht buyers
Despite voting for cuts in education and other essential services, my opponent is now pushing to dramatically reduce taxes on the sale of luxury yachts and private planes. He argues that the move will stimulate the boat-building industry. Too bad he wasn’t thinking about that when he voted last year to raise fees (taxes) on [...] -
Hispanic Business Expo
Please join us this weekend for the Hispanic Business Expo in Orlando. This is a great event for those wishing to learn more about starting a new business, networking or just meeting new friends. Please visit our booth. Volunteers will be staffing our space Friday and Saturday and I will be at the event all [...]
