Florida jobless rate falls to 5.3% {Jeb's FL: 16 consecutive months of growth]

The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel / Business Section ^ | Aug. 16, 2003 | Rafael Gerena-Morales

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Florida jobless rate falls to 5.3%

By Rafael Gerena-Morales
Business Writer
Posted August 16 2003

Florida's unemployment rate improved to 5.3 percent in July from a revised 5.4 percent in June, as the Sunshine State added more than 85,000 jobs in the most recent 12-month period, marking 16 consecutive months of growth. And that momentum carried into South Florida, where Palm Beach County posted among the state's strongest job growth.

...In Florida, the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton statistical area, and Orlando, both created more than 17,000 jobs in the most recent 12-month period, leading the state in job creation.

In Palm Beach County, financial, construction and warehouse companies are expanding, said Ken Montgomery, president of the Palm Beach Workforce Alliance, which helps county residents find work. July's job figures are "very encouraging," he said.

Rafael Gerena-Morales can be reached at 954-356-4614 or rgerena@sun-sentinel.com.

[votelife]

I don't know, Arnold has added Rob Lowe, doesn't that make up for Buffet????

[summer]

Re your post #61 - see my post #49.

[summer]

Jeb should be strongly considered in '08. It's tough to match Jeb on the results!

Yep! :)

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Re your post #59 - My pleasure, votelife. Thanks for your posts here. :)

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FL folks, FYI. :)

[=Intervention=]

Good posts!

[summer]

Thanks, Intervention! :)

[caltrop]

You don't have agree with me. But you should be able to agree with The Egalitarian, the publication of the American Civil Rights Institute (Ward Connerly's group) which had an article on the subject (FLORIDA UPDATE: Another Side of Gov. Bush, by Kevin Nguyen - October, 2002) which I posted on FR a while back.

[caltrop]

McBride was absolutely all wrong on Affirmative Action, and lots of other things. Nobody's touting McBride for President on the Republican line, however.

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Nobody's touting McBride for President on the Republican line, however.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I thought that's who you said you were voting for in FL, Nov 2002.

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Re your post #68 - I thought they came to terms somehow.

[floriduh voter]

That's our Jeb!

[Susannah]

That's great news! - - - Now, I just know that if the Governor's name were Jeb Clinton, this would be all over the alphabet channels.

I wonder what California's jobless rate is.

[caltrop]

On the theory divided government was the best the state could do, I did vote for McBride.

Connerly and Bush have agreed to disagree. They definitely don't see eye to eye.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

"...and in a seemingly un-related story, Bob Graham has been placed on 24-hour suicide watch."

[Clemenza]

Well, the Condo Communists moving from New York to Boca need people to cook for them, mow their lawns, take their money...

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See my replies #22-26

[Clemenza]

JEB should be our president. I MISS HIM AS MY GOVERNOR. Instead, I'm stuck with RINO Pataki!

[jslade]

Some key points:
1. NO state income tax. Why do you think Rush moved here.
2. A HEAVILY Republican controlled House and Senate.

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LOL...nice to hear from you, Clemenza. FL misses you, too. :)