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		<title>The Tampa Tax Revolt Tea Party A Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tampa (FNP) &#8211; This afternoon at noon in from of the Sam Gibbons Federal courthouse there were a couple of hundred protesters. But this wasn&#8217;t the normal group of protesters call for the release of some criminal or trying to get a glimpse of some celebrity. This was a group of people that wanted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/02/27/the-tampa-tax-revolt-tea-party-a-success/</link>
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		<title>Can We Afford New Trains Now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tampa (FNP) Mayor Pam Iorio of Tampa is scheduled to meet with Governor Charlie Crist to present her pitch for what os being call a &#8220;Tampa-centric&#8221; light rail plan.  Of course this plan will require state funding.
The mayor will be joined by former Governor, Bob Martinez, Hillsborough County Commisioner Mark Sharp. Although it is being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/02/10/can-we-afford-new-trains-now/</link>
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		<title>Governor Crist Hosts President Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fort Myers (FNP) Today in Fort Myers Governor Charlie Crist hosted President Barrack Obama as Obama spoke at a townhall meeting garnering supoort for his &#8220;Recovery and Re-investment bill.  Governor Crist has been a strong supporter of the bill looking out for his &#8220;Obama Prize&#8221; for the state.  The Governor supports the bill even though [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/02/10/governor-crist-hosts-president-obama/</link>
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		<title>Putnam Will Not Run For the U.S. House in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The once powerful Adam Putnam has decided he will not seek re-election in the US House in 2010.  Instead he will seek the Florida Agriculture Commissioner.  Putnam&#8217;s family have been farmers for five generations and he says it in his blood as well.
Putnam, 34, was the third-most-powerful Republican in the House until he decided in November [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/02/02/putnam-will-not-run-for-the-us-house-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>Arthur Nadel Turns Himself In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Matthew J. Cochran
Sarasota (FNP)  Florida&#8217;s own version of Bernie Madoff, Arthur G. Nadel, turned himself in on Tuesday to face charges that he stole millions of dollars through a Ponzi scheme.
Nadel, who fled from Sarasota after investors demanded more than $50 million from him, faces two counts of securities fraud and wire fraud.
Mr. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/01/29/arthur-nadel-turns-himself-in/</link>
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		<title>State Farm leaves Florida Homeowners like a good neighbor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by Christine von dem Bach 
http://activerain.com/blogsview/903635/State-Farm-leaves-Florida-Homeowners-like-a-good-neighbor
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8211; Jan. 27, 2009 &#8211; State Farm announced today that it&#8217;s pulling out of the property insurance market throughout Florida.
State Farm Florida &#8211; the state&#8217;s largest private homeowners insurer &#8211; estimates that the move will impact up to a million customers. The company plans to continue its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/01/28/state-farm-leaves-florida-homeowners-like-a-good-neighbor/</link>
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		<title>State Farm Insurance Plans to Dump Floridians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tampa -(FNP) State Farm Insurance is planning to pull out of Florida.  Well not entirely they do plan to continue to sell very lucritive automobile insurance.  But State Farm is done with pretty much all other coverage in the state of Florida.  State Farm is the state&#8217;s largest homeowner insurance company, insuring over 900,000 houses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/01/28/state-farm-insurance-plans-to-dump-floridians/</link>
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		<title>Mayor Pam Wants to Privatize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tampa (FNP) &#8211; Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio sure doesn&#8217;t seem like the regular rank and file democrat. Despite the fact she supported Barrack Obama for president and every other democrat contender for every elected office Pam Iorio is showing something that some republicans seem to have lost in recent years, a spine!  In hard economic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/01/26/mayor-pam-wants-to-privatize/</link>
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		<title>Florida Rep. Seth Mckeel Responds to the Challenge</title>
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The following is a letter sent to FNP from Florida Representative Seth Mckeel for the first of our &#8220;In The House&#8221; articles.  The following is the independent, thought and opinion of Rep. Seth Mckeel.


 Floridians have all felt the impact of the current economic downturn.  We are experiencing tough times with more expected to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/01/23/florida-rep-seth-mckeel-responds-to-the-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Opportunity is Knocking</title>
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP/FNP) Congressman Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers and Attorney General Bill McCollum are the best known of potential Republican hopefuls for an open U.S. Senate seat in 2010. Former House Speaker Marco Rubio of West Miami was favored by 2 percent of the 522 Republicans, the Quinnipiac  University (Conn.) Polling Institute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://florida.newsplatoon.com/2009/01/23/opportunity-is-knocking/</link>
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