Florida on Wednesday November 04, 2009

FL: TomÃ¡s Regalado elected Miami's new mayor
By Charles Rabin, Michael Vasquez and Luisa Yanez, The Miami Herald
MIAMI -- Miami voters demanded a breather from eight years of fast-paced development Tuesday, ushering in TomÃ¡s Regalado as mayor on a wave of support from residents who said they were tired of uncontrolled growth and unchecked spending.
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FL: GOP senator enters Florida governor's race
By Steve Bousquet, The Miami Herald
Casting herself as a ``fresh face'' not connected to what she calls a troubled Republican establishment, state Sen. Paula Dockery of Lakeland jumped into the race for governor Tuesday.
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FL: Crist faces test from right in bid for Senate
By Peter Wallsten, The Wall Street Journal
Conservatives, energized by their role in shaping Tuesday's New York congressional election, have set Florida in their sights as the big battleground for 2010.
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FL: McCollum says Expedia, Orbitz cheated state, local governments out of tax revenue
By Steve Bousquet, The Miami Herald
Attorney General Bill McCollum filed suit Tuesday against two leading Internet travel firms, accusing Expedia and Orbitz of cheating the state and local governments out of millions of dollars in sales tax revenues from online hotel bookings.
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FL: Sink, McCollum go after abusive debt collectors
By John Frank, The Miami Herald
Responding to criticism over inactivity on 4,400 state complaints against debt collectors, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum proposed separate measures Tuesday to reign in abusive tactics.
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FL: Operation Transit Shield gets a second run in South Florida
By Alex Zequeira , The Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)
DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- Local, state and federal law enforcement officials are taking aim at potential terrorists and kicking off a campaign to keep South Florida's Tri-Rail transit system safe this fall.
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FL: Analyst -- Florida's sex-offender restrictions may be flawed
By Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald
Florida's restrictions on where sex offenders can live might be both ineffective and endangering the public, a legislative analyst said Tuesday.
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AL: 3-state delegation sends letter to Water War govs
By The Associated Press, Tuscaloosa News
Members of Congress from Alabama, Florida and Georgia have sent a letter to the governors of the three states urging them to act quickly in resolving the ongoing water dispute.
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