Category: Archive – Seminars

FDLE unveils terror-alert system for businesses

May 8, 2008

Miami Herald–May 08, 2008 By DAVID OVALLE Businesses will be able to get real-time domestic terrorism alerts through a new electronic messaging system announced Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The system, named BusinesSafe, will allow participating businesses …

Lean budget prods lawmakers to trim pork ahead of Crist

May 8, 2008

Palm Beach Post–May 07, 2008 By DARA KAMPalm Beach Post Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE — Last year, Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a record $459 million from the state’s $71 billion budget, axing projects from mentoring programs to rodeo complexes. But with …

As water education lags, Fla. leads in boat deaths

May 8, 2008

St. Petersburg Times–May 7, 2008 By Terry Tomalin and Alex Leary, Times Staff Writers Boating deaths jumped 10 percent in Florida last year, marking the 16th year in 20 that the Sunshine State has led the nation in fatalities. All …

Despite lack of hurricanes, don’t forget flood coverage

May 8, 2008

Daytona Beach News-Journal–May 08, 2008 By THOMAS S. BROWN Business Writer After making it scot-free through the past three hurricane seasons, most Volusia-Flagler residents are playing the odds they can survive yet another storm period without any flood damage. But …

Insurance: Big Risks, Big Payoffs

May 7, 2008

The Tampa Tribune–May 7, 2008 By MICHAEL SASSO TAMPA – To some investors, pumping money into a new Florida insurance company must be as attractive as investing in Florida real estate right now. The potential upside is great, but you …

Business owners hail tax change

May 7, 2008

The St. Petersburg Times–May 6, 2008 By Mike Donila, Times staff writer CLEARWATER — Ken Christman’s taxes were $5,000 per year when he bought the 14-room Golden Villa Motel on Clearwater Beach in 1996. Today, they’ve climbed to more than …

Federal Wind Insurance Seen

May 7, 2008

The Tampa Tribune–May 7, 2008 By BILLY HOUSE WASHINGTON – A Senate bill to renew the national flood insurance program is expected to reach a final vote this week, but not before lawmakers from Florida and other Gulf Coast states …

Plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist makes emergency landing

May 7, 2008

Orlando Sentinel–May 6, 2008 Associated PressTALLAHASSEE The state plane carrying Gov. Charlie Crist had to make a U-turn over Georgia and return to Tallahassee after three controls malfunctioned. Crist spokeswoman Erin Isaac, who was aboard the plane, says the governor …

North Lauderdale wants to split Florida into two states

May 7, 2008

South Carolina, South Dakota and … South Florida? By Lisa J. HuriashSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel–May 6, 2008 Furious at what they consider the giving of more tax dollars than they get, North Lauderdale commissioners passed a resolution to divide Florida into two …