Notes For Tuesday, December 17, 2002
BILL COTTERELL. Donna Brazile's plan to run "Black leaders as 'favorite sons': a dream for the GOP", as Cotterell suggests, or is Cotterell afraid a progressive candidate might be viable? 6:54 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]LUCY MORGAN. Florida's elected "Democrats retreat into secrecy, obscurity". 6:48 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]
HOOD LIKELY TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE. First, Mel Martinez to HUD Secretary, now Glenda Hood to Florida's Secretay of State - or so the rumour goes. Both Martinez and Hood will shortly be running for statewide office. ["Hood appears likely to land Cabinet post"] 6:43 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]
IMPENDING DISASTER. "Estimates put the need at 25,000 new teachers by next fall alone - 16,000 to handle student growth and another 9,000 to tackle class-size reduction. Demographics foretell a long-range hiring need: There are already 154,000 teachers and personnel for the state's 2.45 million students. But nearly one-third of the state's teaching force is between the ages of 50-to-59 and nearly 60 percent is older than 40." [AP Wire] 6:32 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]
OFF TO A FINE START. The title, "State's higher education chancellor leaving before he starts", says it all. 6:28 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]
LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM - THE MAN CAN WRITE. The Christopher Hitchens piece "Three Stooges" must be read. 6:24 AM [Go to current Florida Politics site (no popup ads)]