Coley leads Pleat in fundraising

[sunspotbaby]

Like the Mr. says about most every Monday Night Football game, "shame they both can't lose".

 

[AlphaCrab]

Actually I was thinking of Allen Boyd and Steve Southerland. Boyd is totally hooked into K-Street. He's not put a single dime into his own campaign, relying instead on PAC money.

Individual Contributions $526,360 (30%)
PAC Contributions $1,211,452 (68%)
Candidate self-financing $0 (0%)
Other $43,844 (2%)

Southerland on the other hand is 100% individual contribution funded.

But I'll bet most of dems on this board will vote for Boyd regardless.

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Yes, just as most repubs on this board will vote for the deceptive Rick Scott for Governor, the Medicare felon--hey, we are all sinners! It is just a matter of who sins the worse.

 

[Matt J]

What's interesting is that Steve Southerland doesn't address one of this areas economic engines. The military. You see what Steve Southerland's campaign would never admit to is that as a freshman congressman he would be lucky to sit in on an armed services subcommittee hearing. Boyd is on both the Subcommittee on Defense and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.

Allen Boyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you rely on the military for employment, benefits, and/or retirement you may want to look long and hard at your vote for 2nd Congressional District.

If you're a fiscal conservative look at his recent voting record. He voted for the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008"]Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008[/ame] which before railing against uncontrolled spending you might want to check out:

Bailout May End Up Costing $0 - Despised TARP expires Sunday

Boyd also voted against the stimulus. [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009]American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

The fact is you have someone who has a fairly proven middle of the road track record, or someone who owns the only drive thru funeral home in North Florida.

I'll also leave you with a quote from Steve Southerland's website regarding health care:

fighting to strengthen local health care services through his work on the Covenant Hospice Foundation board

Of course he says that Allen Boyd supports death panels. Anybody who equates Hospice care with strengthening health care has no idea what they are talking about. The quote can be found here:

Southerland for Congress | About Steve Southerland

 

[Mango]

I can't vote in these races, but, I certainly have a vested interest in who wins when you own beach property--- especially after a tragedy like the Deep Water Horizon spill. I have to wonder if I would have had the time or need to submit a $6.34 reimbursement for a working lunch at Panera Bread or reimbursed myself for a computer valued at over $1000, especially if 1) I was an educator, 2) My income was over triple the medium income for my County and 18% of the residents live below the poverty line in Leon. But, hey, that's just me. I also would question what in the world she was storing that cost $1580. :shock:

I also found this interesting and have would like to know when these questions where asked by the Tallahassee League of Woman Voters - excellent questions, of which she had no comment to submit, but David Pleat did. They have not posted them yet, but he obviously did.

Question 1: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its impact on Florida?s environment and economy has made energy policy an immediate concern to our citizens. In 2009 and 2010, Florida's Legislature failed to enact a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requiring electrical utilities to provide 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020;(1) theLegislature also discontinued funding its popular solar rebate program. Projections by researchers at the Florida Solar Energy Center at UCF show that if Florida enacted the renewable standard, it would cost Florida households 42 cents a month the first year, would be revenue neutral by the third year, and by 2020, would generate $900 million in state revenue.(2)(a) PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU DO OR DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE STATE TO EXPEND $50 MILLION IN 2010 TO POSSIBLY SECURE $900 MILLION IN 2020.
(b) WHAT OTHER SOLUTIONS TO FLORIDA'S REVENUE SHORTFALLS WILL YOU PURSUE IN THE GREEN ENERGY SECTOR
THAT WILL MOST DIRECTLY BENEFIT THIS DISTRICT?

Candidate did not respond.

Question 2: Florida's Legislature has applied accountability measures like the FCAT and standardized end of course exams to students, to schools, and most recently to determine teacher pay, retention, and promotion. (a) WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS AN ADEQUATE MEASURE OF YEARLY PROGRESS? (b) HOW, IF AT ALL, SHOULD THE SAME MEASURES BE USED TO ASSESS TEACHER PERFORMANCE OR PAY? (c) HOW SHOULD SUCH STANDARDIZED MEASUREMENTS ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS IN STUDENTS?
DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION RATES?

Candidate did not respond.

Question 3: Florida is a low-tax state; state government collections for 2010-11 are projected to be 3.1% of personal income?the lowest in 40 years. Florida's 75% reliance on sales tax means low income
families pay a 5-times higher effective tax-rate than the affluent (the poor pay 14.4% of income while affluent pay only 2.7% of income in taxes).(3) Moreover, Florida now spends a larger share of its budget on prisons than all but two states while we rank 49th in per person spending for education and thousands of citizens wait on lists for critical services.(4)Florida can no longer depend on people new to the state to pick up the tab for long time residents. After many years of huge population growth in Florida, Florida has stopped growing. It is predicted that population will remain flat until 2012 and will then grow at only half the rate we saw previously.
(a) GIVEN THAT FLORIDA'S CURRENT TAX SYSTEM HASN'T BEEN MODERNIZED IN OVER 60 YEARS, DO YOU BELIEVE IT CAN MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF STRUGGLING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TODAY AND MAKE WISE INVESTMENTS IN OUR FUTURE PROSPERITY?
(b) WHAT PLANS, IF ANY, DO YOU HAVE FOR MODERNIZING FLORIDA'S TAX SYSTEM AND MAKING IT MORE EQUITABLE FOR ALL CITIZENS?

Candidate did not respond.

Question 4: WHAT ACTIONS WILL YOU TAKE TO EITHER STRENGTHEN OR WEAKEN FLORIDA'S CURRENT RIGHT TO REGULATE?REVIEW, ACCEPT OR REJECT?OIL AND GAS DRILLING PERMITS IN FEDERAL WATERS NEAR FLORIDA'S COAST? (Florida has this power now because Florida?s current Coastal Management Laws forbid drilling
in Florida's waters.(5))HOW WILL YOU ACT AS LEGISLATOR TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE FLORIDA'S ECONOMY BY CHANGING, OR NOT,
FLORIDA?S COASTAL MANAGEMENT LAWS?

Candidate did not respond.

 

[GoodWitch58]

I can't vote in these races, but, I certainly have a vested interest in who wins when you own beach property--- especially after a tragedy like the Deep Water Horizon spill. I have to wonder if I would have had the time or need to submit a $6.34 reimbursement for a working lunch at Panera Bread or reimbursed myself for a computer valued at over $1000, especially if 1) I was an educator, 2) My income was over triple the medium income for my County and 18% of the residents live below the poverty line in Leon. But, hey, that's just me. I also would question what in the world she was storing that cost $1580. :shock:

I also found this interesting and have would like to know when these questions where asked by the Tallahassee League of Woman Voters - excellent questions, of which she had no comment to submit, but David Pleat did. They have not posted them yet, but he obviously did.

Could it be that she had not had the opportunity to "check with the leadership boys in Tallahassee yet"
and is still worried about her seat at the table?

David Pleat will represent the people who elect him.

 

[30ashopper]

What's interesting is that Steve Southerland doesn't address one of this areas economic engines. The military. You see what Steve Southerland's campaign would never admit to is that as a freshman congressman he would be lucky to sit in on an armed services subcommittee hearing. Boyd is on both the Subcommittee on Defense and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.

Allen Boyd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you rely on the military for employment, benefits, and/or retirement you may want to look long and hard at your vote for 2nd Congressional District.

If you're a fiscal conservative look at his recent voting record. He voted for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which before railing against uncontrolled spending you might want to check out:

Bailout May End Up Costing $0 - Despised TARP expires Sunday

Boyd also voted against the stimulus. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The fact is you have someone who has a fairly proven middle of the road track record, or someone who owns the only drive thru funeral home in North Florida.

I'll also leave you with a quote from Steve Southerland's website regarding health care:



Of course he says that Allen Boyd supports death panels. Anybody who equates Hospice care with strengthening health care has no idea what they are talking about. The quote can be found here:

Southerland for Congress | About Steve Southerland

From what I've read, Boyd voted for TARP, for stimulus, and for ObamaCare reconciliation when each of these bills finally passed the House. Correct me if I'm wrong. He also voted for the 2009 Omnibus bill, which expanded federal discretionary spending by around 10%. Over his career he's earmarked hundreds of millions in funds, much of which translated into campaign contributions from the beneficiaries. Take a look at his campaign contributor list and ask yourself why companies like Boing, General Electric, and various national banks are contributing to his campaign...

 

[Matt J]

From what I've read, Boyd voted for TARP, for stimulus, and for ObamaCare reconciliation when each of these bills finally passed the House. Correct me if I'm wrong. He also voted for the 2009 Omnibus bill, which expanded federal discretionary spending by around 10%. Over his career he's earmarked hundreds of millions in funds, much of which translated into campaign contributions from the beneficiaries. Take a look at his campaign contributor list and ask yourself why companies like Boing, General Electric, and various national banks are contributing to his campaign...

Well I had links and yours seems to be lots of opinion so...

 

[scooterbug44]

Coley, who represents District 7 in the Florida House, has raised $177,941 since she began taking contributions for her re-election campaign in February 2009, compared to $34,377 for Pleat.

As a reminder, under the Scooterbug plan to balance the budget by taxing politicians' campaign contributions (state level race 7.5%), the State of Florida would have gotten $15,923.85 from this race.