Progress Florida's Best of the Blogs for the week ending 1-22-10
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Why FL just got High Speed Rail
By NoFortunateSon
Daily Kos
As a Pinellas County native, I have been waiting 25 years for the announcement heard today: $1.25 billion would be granted for construction of a Florida high speed rail.

What's Crist to do (besides dropping out and endorsing Kendrick Meek)?
By Steve Schale
Steve Schale
If I had a dollar for every question I've gotten about the Crist campaign, just in the last 96 hours, I wouldn't be driving a seven year old car with 130,000 miles.

I suspect the new kid on the block is a bully
By Geniusofdespair
Eye on Miami
The only person who signed the Corporate papers (filed January 21st) for this 501c4 is Richard E. Coates, a Tallahassee lobbyist, who also happens to have as a client Barney Bishop's "Associated Industries of Florida".

CBS Tainting Super Bowl Broadcast
By Daniel Tilson
Progress Florida
In rolling out what they claim is a new policy to begin broadcasting "approved" paid advocacy group advertisements, the CBS TV network is clearly taking the sensitive, low-key high road - airing the first such spot during Super Bowl 44, being played Sunday in our South Florida backyard, with a few additional folks tuning in from around the globe.

Six amendments make the ballot
By Bill Newton
FCAN Blog
It will be another busy year for voters. The Legislature wants us to give up public campaign finance, and we have a chance to make Florida's election districts more fair and eliminate gerrymandering.