News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
| about 1 month ago
After nearly three years of wooing Floridians with doe-eyed gazes and pretty words, residents seem to have finally woken up to the fact that their charmer-in-chief has about as much substance as a bowl of Jell-O. The latest poll shows Charlie's once...
News Source: Tallahassee
| about 1 month ago
Attorney General Bill McCollum and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, rival candidates for governor, said Tuesday that online travel services are swiping sales taxes from the state. The two Cabinet officers also called for Florida lawmakers to...
News Source: Miami Herald
| about 1 month ago
Responding to criticism over inactivity on 4,400 state complaints against debt collectors, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum proposed separate measures Tuesday to reign in abusive tactics. The gubernatorial rivals'...
News Source: Sun Sentinel
| about 1 month ago
After a week's worth of finger pointing, the state's attorney general and chief financial officer pledged Tuesday to push for changes in state law that would better protect Floridians from abusive debt collectors. Attorney General Bill McCollum and...
News Source: Tallahassee
| about 1 month ago
Attorney General Bill McCollum sued two giant online travel companies today, asking for a court declaration that Florida is entitled to sales taxes on the full amount of hotel prices -- not just the marked-down room rates the companies negotiate with...
News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
| about 1 month ago
For more than a week, the state attorney general and chief financial officer have pointed fingers at each other over who should be policing abusive debt collectors. AG Bill McCollum claimed CFO Alex Sink was primarily responsible, while Sink said...