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Florida's midsection key to GOP hopefuls
LAKELAND, FLA. -- Linda Ivell is an ardent supporter of President Bush, leads the state Republican women's club and has met all of the major GOP presidential candidates. Yet the effervescent 53-year-old real estate agent, who lives in this former citrus and phosphate mining hub in central Florida, simply can't make up her mind about whom to vote for Tuesday in Florida's crucial presidential primary.
"I honestly don't know," said Ivell, who is torn by the candidates' appeals as conservatives on economic, national security and social issues.
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Fellow judges deny Kosko a new term
In June, for instance, Kosko raised eyebrows when he issued this warning to jailed economist Al Parish at a bail hearing: "Mr. Parish, if you plan to abscond, then you can plan for your mother to live in a cardboard box under the railroad tracks for the rest of her life." In South Carolina, magistrate judges serve eight-year terms. They are appointed by U.S. district judges, who hold life terms. Among other things, magistrate judges conduct bail hearings and pretrial criminal proceedings. The State reported that a magistrate's screening committee recommended against Kosko's reappointment after investigating allegations that he had made inappropriate comments. Cherie W. Blackburn, a Charleston attorney who chaired the committee, declined to discuss specifics Tuesday but called the process "a fair one." The Rev.
Expert panel offers tips to fight MRSA
The report also includes a glossary of terms so people can better understand what is being suggested. State Health Officer Maxine Hayes, co-chairwoman of the panel, said: "We built on what was known and made recommendations that were feasible and practical. Not all of them will be possible to do without additional resources, but our labs will be key as well as our hospitals." .
Who decides who will be allowed on televised debates?
Campaign spokesman Tom Staudter said he's confident Kucinich will be allowed to debate unless the sponsors change the rules. Staudter was equally optimistic that the Nevada ruling, and the system it ratified, would be undone by the court of public opinion. "There'll be legislation by 2012 ending bigmedia control"of campaign debates, he predicted. The Nevada ruling drew varying assessments from legal analysts contacted by The Chronicle. Richard Hasen, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who runs a widely viewed Web site on election law, electionlawblog. org, said the decision made sense both legally and as public policy. MSNBC's invitation to Kucinich wasn't binding, Hasen said, because the candidate hadn't left for Nevada before the cable channel pulled the offer.
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