via Mother Nature Network The last candidate in this roundup, Maurice Ferre, has, by far, the most comprehensive plan on energy and environmental issues. Ferre clearly states that he favors the now-defunct plan for capping emissions offered by Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman. Ferre calls for an “extreme makeover” for the nation’s power grid. He offers a pathway [...]

Maurice Ferre, 75, began his career in politics in 1966, becoming a Florida state representative. Ferre, a Puerto Rican native, served as commissioner of Miami in 1967 through 1970. In 1973 he was elected as mayor of Miami, becoming the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city, and served for 12 years. Ferre plans [...]

Via The Reid Report The Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate has been brutal. Since Jeff Greene entered the race, Rep. Kendrick Meek has gone from ignored candidate for more than a year, to the protagonist in one of the election season’s bloodiest battles; one that has turned some Democrats off both major candidates. That’s [...]

via Capital Wire PR Washington, DC – Florida Democratic senatorial candidate Maurice Ferre doesn’t feel included in the democratic process. The former mayor of Miami said he has not been getting enough attention from the mainstream press or the Democratic establishment in the party’s 2010 senate race. In an email to CapitalWirePR, Ferre, 75, said [...]

via CREW Since 2005, CREW has highlighted the most egregious violators of the public trust in our annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress report.  Now, CREW has begun a list of Crooked Candidates to shine the spotlight on some of the lousy politicians vying for federal office in 2010. CREW’s Crooked Candidates 2010 Roy Blunt (R) U.S. [...]

via ABC WPBF Maurice Ferre has spent years in South Florida politics, and now he’s running for U.S. Senate. Watch the full video here.

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. [...]