Ric Keller News

After saying for weeks that he would let people know by the Fourth of July whether he plans to run for Congress next year, Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty has left town on a holiday cruise without making a decision.

Larry Cretul is considering running against Congressman Alan Grayson. The NRCC views Grayson as vulnerable because he was against the war in Iraq and bailout recipients' excessive bonuses .

Hardly a day goes by that the National Republican Congressional Committee doesn't take a whack at freshman U.S. Rep.

Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul says he is giving "very, very strong consideration" to running for Congress in 2010, and while stressing that he has not made up his mind yet, he would seek to be the Republican challenger to Democratic Rep.

Maybe it was a slow day at The Washington Rumor Mill's Web site, or perhaps freshman Congressman Alan Grayson's opponents have run out of things to say.

R ailing against the Republicans ' "culture of corruption," Democrats took control of Congress in the 2006 elections.

The fallout from a fundraising scandal and toll hike at Central Florida's expressway authority has inflicted some of the worst scars that its chairman, Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty , has suffered in his long political career.

More than 250 people celebrated the first 100 days of the administration of President Barack Obama and other newly elected Democratic Party officials at the party's eighth annual Claude Pepper Dinner.

Accountability has taken a back seat to a growing culture of denial at the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority .

Gov. Sarah Palin is backing away from her demand that Republican senators have a say in who represents Juneau in the Alaska Senate, but is still demanding a public vote on her appointment to replace former Democratic Sen.

Newly obtained Orange County grand-jury records detail a sophisticated political-fundraising operation run out of Central Florida's toll-road authority and appear to place the agency's director in the middle of it - an allegation he flatly denies.

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, who defeated four-term Republican A A© Ric Keller of Orlando in November to win a congressional district that had been a GOP stronghold, will serve as keynote speaker for Lake County Democrats at the local party's eighth annual Claude Pepper Dinner.

Think the Republicans spent too much when they were in charge? Here are a few of the earmarks sent in by Republicans in Florida in the 2008 omnibus bill.

Listen Live The GOP is funding police upgrades through earmarks Maitland Police is getting a new integrated computer system for 170 thousand dollars.

The standard playbook for new members of Congress includes this time-honored piece of advice: Lay low, focus on constituent service and avoid drawing too much attention to yourself.

A "culture of corruption" permeated greater Orlando's toll-road agency for years because contractors of the agency were continually hit up for political contributions, said an Orange County grand-jury report ...

The election of 2008 proved catastrophic for opponents of comprehensive immigration reform.

Rep. Mark Keller, R-New Bloomfield, has been named to four House committees for the 2009-10 legislative session.

Why join? Listen Live Former Orlando Congressman Ric Keller who was ousted from office in November 2008 has landed a new job with the law firm Scarborough, Hill, and Rugh.

Published: Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:02 a.m. U.S. Rep.