The Guests

  Richard "Moose" Ridley, "Stand Down" Program  A local advocate for vets, Mr. Ridley is bringing awareness to an event coming to the North Florida Fairgrounds this Spring.  "Stand Down" offers homeless vets relief and assistance for a three day period of time. 

  Akin Akinyemi, Leon Co. At-Large Commissioner  As the current Chairman of the Leon County Commission, Mr. Akinyemi finds himself in a struggle to keep his seat against the relentless attacks by challenger Mary Ann Lindley.  We'll discuss.

  Slade O'Brien, Americans for Prosperity - Florida  The State Director for the conservative group, Mr. O'Brien will give the groups view of the upcoming merit retention vote for three sitting State Supreme Court Justices.

The Stories

Sandy hits east coast  The "perfect storm" of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy plus a nasty nor'easter equals a disaster in the northeast.

  Local race, local coverage  As you consider the latest saga in the race for City Commission Seat 1 between Steve Stewart and Scott Maddox we pose a what if...What if there was some kind of personal vendetta that played out in what was covered and determined to be news and what was not?  And what if that happened to favor one candidate by, oh, maybe five or six to one?  We'll offer some information and you can decide for yourself.

FEA called "weakest in the nation"  Here's good news Florida...the Florida Education Association, the teachers union, has been called out in a study of the nation's union efforts in the classroom.

Jobs report could be late?!?  How interesting that the October jobs report, due out on Friday, is in jeopardy of being late.  Allegedly due to the storm; other options include the election, the election, and the election.

  Election projection  The Battleground Poll shows Romney with a growing edge.  The pollsters are a mixed bag of Democrats and Republicans. Gallup has the same margin for Romney while Rasmussen has him ahead in Ohio for the first time.

Libs turning on Prez  One of the first hints was when David Letterman called our Barack Obama's dishonesty.  Now, fellow lib Oliver Stone has jumped off the Obama bandwagon.

  Chrysler may move Jeep to Italy  This is tragic comedy.  Our tax dollars have been parlayed into production likely heading to Italy.  The jobs are going as well.