Posted on 03/03/2009 8:19:33 PM PST by prismsinc
"Good evening. Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Lt. Governor, Madam Chief Justice and members of the court, members of the Cabinet, members of the Legislature, honored guests, and my fellow Floridians. Good evening to you all.
"I want to recognize my family seated in the gallery, my beautiful wife Carole, my mother and my father. Thank you for your support. I love you all very much.
"I begin tonight by honoring Chief Warrant Officer Jolly Harper and Major Julio Acosta for their service to the people of Florida and to our nation. Whether serving in Afghanistan as these men have or in Iraq or other places around the globe the Florida National Guard and our Armed Forces are protecting our freedom.
"For the nearly 20 million people who choose to call Florida home, to not just raise their children and build their businesses, but to truly live out their dreams; the future is now.
"The strength of our state and national economies are being tested in ways not seen in decades: unemployment is at a 16-year high. We are in a national housing crisis and foreclosures continue to rise; businesses are shutting their doors in the communities they have long served; and a weakened Wall Street has left us in a credit crunch that is cutting into hardworking families’ nest eggs and college savings. Our people are struggling, as a state and as a nation. And like never before, we have an obligation to serve them well.
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UGGGHHH!
” We should not ask what it means to be Republican nor should we ask what it means to be Democrat; but rather what a good human being is supposed to do”
I’ll remember that Charlie when you’re up for re-election...
As far as all of the money for ‘education’ - wasn’t the state lottery supposed to take care of school funding?
I could’nt go any further than “I recommend $2 billion in workforce investments”.
Really, Mr. Charlie Crist?, and you’re not concerned that the money you ask for comes from the same source that employs people.
Crist = stuck on stupid.
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