Florida Governor Crist Names George LeMieux As GOP United States Senator

As message from GOP Governor Charlie Crist

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August 28, 2009

Dear Friends,

The process of selecting a United States Senator has been guided by the
intent to select someone of great honor and integrity, who also has
demonstrated a commitment to serve the people of our state.

I am grateful to the Floridians we considered for this appointment –
for their service in their respective capacities, and for their patience
with this process. They are honorable men and women of great distinction,
and I thank them all for their wisdom and their candor.

I am also grateful to Senator Mel Martinez for his years of service to
our great state. His is a story that illustrates the American Dream for so
many in this country and around the world. I wish him and his family well
as he transitions back into private life.

The guiding principle of my career, my campaigns, and our
administration has been public service. I have had the great honor to work
with so many hard working public servants who choose to put service above
self in ways that inspire and encourage me to continue my commitment to the
people each and every day.

So many of the individuals who serve in our administration sacrifice
time with their families and financial opportunities in the private sector
to give back to the very communities that nurtured their upbringing in our
great state and around the country.

George LeMieux has been a tremendous example of this very type of
commitment. When the private sector first called, George chose the path of
public service – to first serve as Deputy Attorney General, and then as
Chief of Staff in our administration.

I am proud to inform you today that I am appointing former Deputy
Attorney General George LeMieux to the United States Senate where he will
serve the remainder of Senator Mel Martinez’s term.

He has argued before the United States Supreme Court and played an
integral role in the creation of the Florida Cyber Crime Unit. He was
instrumental in developing legislation to provide handheld devices to
protect our children and to improve higher education for our students.

He has built a beautiful family with his wife Meike and their three
wonderful boys – all while fighting for Florida’s families, small business
owners and seniors.

May God bless you and the great state of Florida.

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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist Expected Name George LeMieu To Fill GOP Senate Seat

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Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to name former aide George LeMieux to fill the seat of outgoing GOP Sen. Mel Martinez, two Florida sources told POLITICO.

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Thief, Saboteur, and Creep!

To my faithful Readers, the following message is only addressed to a thief and saboteur.

If you're reading this, and you know who you are, then you know that I have put my all sites back in the order that I had originally set them up. I have also changed all my passwords. You could have only gotten my information from my home or from my work computer . In any case, you are a super-creep, and you are locked out, and I will not be that careless around you again.

I don't really care who you are, just know that if you try it again or are messing in other people lives as you have mine, you will get caught because there are people searching for you.

Creep!

The 2009 Florida Statutes - Title XXIII Motor Vehicles - Chapter 316 - State Uniform Traffic Control

The 2009 Florida Statutes

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL


316.3045 Operation of radios or other mechanical soundmaking devices or instruments in vehicles; exemptions.--

(1) It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate or amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player, or other mechanical soundmaking device or instrument from within the motor vehicle so that the sound is:

(a) Plainly audible at a distance of 25 feet or more from the motor vehicle; or

(b) Louder than necessary for the convenient hearing by persons inside the vehicle in areas adjoining churches, schools, or hospitals.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any law enforcement motor vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of law enforcement duties or to any emergency vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of any emergency procedures.

(3) The provisions of this section do not apply to motor vehicles used for business or political purposes, which in the normal course of conducting such business use soundmaking devices. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power, from regulating the time and manner in which such business may be operated.

(4) The provisions of this section do not apply to the noise made by a horn or other warning device required or permitted by s. 316.271. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall promulgate rules defining "plainly audible" and establish standards regarding how sound should be measured by law enforcement personnel who enforce the provisions of this section.

(5) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dies At Age 88

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Unemployment Drops To 9.4 Percent

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