St. Petersburg – In response to recent reports that some on Capitol Hill are trying to derail a bill that would help hundreds of thousands of unemployed Floridians, Senator Charlie Justice (D- St. Petersburg) issued the following statement to Florida’s congressional delegation:
“Now is not the time to play politics with the pocketbooks of our struggling families. The American Jobs Act is crucial to helping those in our state find gainful employment, keep their homes and most importantly put...
St Pete Times: According to the investigative report, Bill Young recently awarded a $500,000 earmark to a somewhat unscrupulous “developer” in Tampa who ran a shady organization that disbanded a year ago! That’s half a million dollars of your hard-earned tax money going into the hands of an apparent local scam artist and a non-existent organization.
This looks an awful lot like Bill Young’s version of a “bridge to nowhere.”
News Herald: Sen. Charlie Justice, D-St. Petersburg, sponsored Senate Bill 644, which authorizes a direct support organization to administer a newly created Soldiers and Airmen Assistance Program for eligible National Guard members and their families. In a release, Justice said the initiative was designed to help National Guard members get need-based assistance through private donations.
St. Petersburg – This week, amidst talks of budget shortfalls and cuts to many state programs, Senator Charlie Justice (D-St. Petersburg) took matters into his own hands and reimbursed the state over $13,000 of his allotted budget for office expenses.
Creative Loafing, Tampa: Pinellas County Democratic Congressional hopeful Charlie Justice is officially on the ballot in Florida’s 10th Congressional District election, as his campaign manager Mitch Kates today announced that he had qualified by petition by gathering more than 6,500 signatures... petition collectors noted that there were an awful lot of Republicans signing that petition after we told them we were running against an opponent who’s been in Congress for 40 years.
Tampa Tribune: "We have waited long enough for action to be taken,'' state Sen. Charlie Justice wrote in a letter sent today to Michael Sole, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection. "To be told that we will have to wait generations for our neighborhoods to be safe is unacceptable."
St Pete Times: Today, Democratic challenger Charlie Justice kicked off what he said would be a rolling "indictment" against the veteran lawmaker by highlighting $13 million Young plugged into the 1998 federal budget to convert the U.S.S. Intrepid into a museum in New York. The money was not sought by the Navy. “It’s curious that a congressman who represents a tourist destination state like Florida would hide $13 million in taxpayers’ money for a tourist destination in New York Harbor..."
Creative Loafing: Immediately after Young’s announcement...Charlie Justice, released a statement, where he continued his theme that Young is what John McCain might describe as a “porker,” saying: "A huge sigh of relief is being heard from the special-interest lobbyists who fuel Congressman Bill Young’s campaigns with contributions in return for questionable earmarks that have become symbolic of everything that is wrong with Washington."
National Journal: A handful of candidates have taken up earmark spending as a campaign issue, including state Sen. Charlie Justice, D-Fla., who went public with his criticism of Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., the day after the earmark report came out. Young was the biggest recipient of earmarks in the House, accumulating around $90 million. "Bill Young has embraced the corrupt ethics of a bygone era and made it a part of the federal budget process.
10 Connects Tampa, FL: Charlie Justice FL District 16 (D) said, "It means we don't negotiate with the oil companies...we don't negotiate with the lobbyists. We draw a line in the sand and we say no!"
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