Thursday, August 30, 2012
Fed up with problems from RNC-provided buses, the Republican Party of Florida hired a charter bus company to transport its delegates.
The Republican Party of Florida is hoping delegates will have a smoother ride for the rest of the convention, now that the organization has chartered a bus company to provide transportation. On Tuesday, delegates were late to the opening day of the Republican National Convention because RNC-contracted buses were not sent to pick them up. Then the delegates were stuck on buses for hours Tuesday after the convention ended for the evening. "It was an absolute mess up," said Florida delegate Pat Fahey of Daytona Beach. Fahey did not arrive back to Palm Harbor's Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club until after 3 a.m. Wednesday. "Nobody knew where the buses were located when we came out of the convention. Everybody was sending us to a different place. …
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The event kicks off at 2:30 p.m. at Americans for Prosperity's Sarasota headquarters.
Americans for Prosperity's "Obama's Failing Agenda Bus Tour" will make a stop in Sarasota Friday, Aug. 31. “As President Obama’s agenda continues, the failures just keep piling up. We need an agenda that will lead America to Prosperity, not one that leads us off a fiscal cliff,” AFP-Florida State Director Slade O’Brien said in a press release. The tour includes hundreds of rallies and events to “give voice to the millions of Americans who oppose the policies of this administration,” according to the release. The event will kick off at 10 a.m., Friday, at the AFP Sarasota Headquarters, 652 S. Washington Blvd. “This tour will educate Americans on the most harmful aspects of President Obama’s big-government agenda, and help put grassroots …
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Day 2 of the RNC features Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan.
After an event-filled Tuesday that saw crowd-pleasing speeches from Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Artur Davis, Rick Santorum and Ann Romney, Wednesday’s roster of speakers at the Republican National Convention will have its hands full in trying to generate as much enthusiasm as their predecessors. Wednesday’s highlights figure to come from former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the vice presidential nominee. Patch will pick up live coverage tonight so stay tuned. Join our friends from the South Carolina Patch sites who are joining in a live chat while watching the speeches tonight. Click on the YouTube Video beside this story for a RNC …
Booker Middle Student Seth Morano gets special recognition from Ann Romney at All Children's event in St. Petersburg.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Despite Ann Romney's presence at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, it was a 11-year-old Sarasota boy who outshined her at a ribbon cutting. Ann Romney delivered a message of hope and optimism Wednesday morning at the grand opening for a new theraupetic playground at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg: "Our little ones are our responsibility," she said. "It is our responsibility to take care of them and make sure their lives have joy." She told the crowd how "grateful" she was for her visit and repeated some sage advice she received from an 11-year-old patient moments before walking on stage: " 'Let your light shine," Seth Morano, a student at Booker Middle School in Sarasota told Romney upon meeting her. "You're going to be…
They’ll have to make a 15-minute hike to the convention tomorrow.
First they were left without transportation from Palm Harbor’s Innisbrook Resort to the Republican National Convention in downtown Tampa. Then they were stuck on a bus for hours following the convention Tuesday night – not making it back to the resort until after 3 a.m. Wednesday, according to TBO. Now, Florida’s Republican delegation is facing a 15-minute hike from the security perimeter to the convention as officials try to straighten out the transportation problems facing the state’s top GOPers. "The (Republican National Committee) needs to fix this bus problem … We need to take care of our delegates," TBO quoted Adam Putnam, Florida’s agriculture commissioner as saying. “It was a complete breakdown.” According to TBO, the Republican …
"The Daily Show" has fun with its reports from Tampa during the Republican National Convention.
Tampa appears to be the butt of all jokes during the opening segment of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Topics include: • Muggy weather • Meth labs • Abundant Strip clubs • Giant insects • Samantha Bee dissing St. Petersburg while flying on giant insect saying "It's taking me to St. Pete! No!" The Daily Show is taping through Friday from David A. Straz Jr. Center. Sorry about your luck, but tickets were gone the same day the shows were announced back in May. Watch the clip above and tell us your thoughts.
We've compiled some of the best, funniest, oddest or most interesting Republican National Convention stories from Patch and other local and national media.
Are you a political junkie? Can't get enough of all the headlines about the Republican National Convention? Patch is bringing you hyperlocal coverage of the RNC, from the floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum and from local angles in 23 different Patch towns across the region. We're also pulling some of the best, funniest, oddest or most interesting RNC stories from around the web and compiling the links here for your convenience. Below is just a sampling that we'll continue to update, and if you find an RNC-related link that's interesting, feel free to post it in the comments section at the bottom. Patch: 13 Protesters Booted from Innisbrook After Marco Rubio Heckled (Palm Harbor) Newt U is Now in Session (Old Northeast-Downtown St. Pete) …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Delegates were ready to go today at Palm Harbor’s Innisbrook Resort, but the buses didn’t arrive to take them into Tampa.
Florida’s Republicans are already in trouble with their party for holding the primary earlier than desired. They paid the price in the number of delegates allowed at this year's Republican National Convention. They may have also helped add fuel to a fire to enhance the penalties for states that host early primaries. Now it looks like might be paying more. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the buses meant to pick up the Florida delegation at Palm Harbor’s Innisbrook Resort today at noon never arrived to bring them into downtown. “The RNC forgot to send them,” the Times story said. "Well, that sucks," the Times reported Hillsborough County GOP chair Art Wood as saying. "I guess it won't be the first glitch." Do you agree with Wood? Was it a …
We've compiled some of the best, funniest, oddest or most interesting Republican National Convention stories from Patch and other local and national media.
Are you a political junkie? Can't get enough of all the headlines about the Republican National Convention? Patch is bringing you hyperlocal coverage of the RNC, from the floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum and from local angles in 23 different Patch towns across the region. We're also pulling some of the best, funniest, oddest or most interesting RNC stories from around the web and compiling the links here for your convenience. Below is just a sampling that we'll continue to update, and if you find an RNC-related link that's interesting, feel free to post it in the comments section at the bottom. Patch: Delegates Focus on RNC, Not Isaac (Gulfport) Photo Gallery: Signs of the RNC in Clearwater (Clearwater) Ann Romney to Attend All Children'…
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