Amelia Island, FL- This past weekend, U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferre took a bold stand in endorsing The Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment placed on the Nov. 2nd ballot as Amendment 4. He addressed crowds in both Tallahassee and Amelia Island, FL, to elaborate his position in supporting this important measure for the long term health [...]
via PolitiFact In a meeting with the South Florida Sun Sentinel editorial board on July 1, 2010, U.S. Senate candidate Maurice Ferre blasted Democratic rival Kendrick Meek for, basically, having a consistent voting record. In the words of Ferre, a former Miami mayor, Meek has voted 98.6 percent of the time with his political party. [...]
BY MAURICE FERRE – CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE, DEMOCRACT This November 2nd, Florida voters will decide to accept or reject Amendment 4. This Florida constitutional change, called “The Florida Hometown Democracy Land Use Initiative,” came about because almost one million Florida registered voters signed the petition. It has cleared all legal requirements and will be [...]
by Darcy G. Richardson via Uncovered Politics Floridians might need a lantern when looking for an honest candidate for the U.S. Senate this year, according to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The bright Florida sunlight might not be enough to find one. In the eyes of the widely-respected watchdog group, three of [...]
The forced resignation of Shirley Sherrod from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is disgraceful because it is so Un-American! That Fox News takes information and purposefully distorts truth to serve its and owner Rupert Murdoch’s right wing agenda, is not new. What is so bothersome is that biased “news” and the insertion of opinion for [...]
Florida voters should be swelling with pride. The state has the dubious distinction of having three of its four major Senate candidates — ex-Republican Charlie Crist, Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Kendrick Meek — make a national list of the most “crooked candidates.” The list was compiled by the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in [...]
Dear Friends, As most of you know by now my husband, Maurice, is running for the United States Senate for the State of Florida. Maurice has had a long and brilliant political career, beginning as State Representative, City of Miami Commissioner, City of Miami Mayor for six consecutive terms, and Dade County Commissioner. Those were [...]