Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr., executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs, was killed Thursday when he was hit by a driver while riding his bike in Tampa. He was 75. Collins, the son of former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins, was crossing a street when he was hit by an SUV just before 7 a.m. Police said the accident was under investigation. Collins had a home on Davis Islands in the Tampa area.
Gov. Charlie Crist, who appointed the retired Navy and Navy Reserve admiral to head up the state’s veterans affairs agency, announced Collins’ death during a Cabinet meeting.
It’s truly ironic that Admiral Collins survived the flight deck of an aircraft carrier (Admiral Collins was a pilot) for years but was killed at home in something as senseless as this.
Unemployment Fight Shows Media Will Help Liberals Protect Their Jobs
The news media and the White House blasted conservatives for blocking an unemployment benefits extension if it was not paid for. Senate Democrats got the bill passed and signed with the help of the news media that largely failed to bring up the Democrats PAYGO promises.
As you probably already know, August 9 is the fifth anniversary of the launch of NewsBusters. We’re celebrating with a number of events, including a t-shirt giveaway (sign up here) and, for those in the Washington, DC area, a celebratory happy hour (Facebook event page here) on Friday, August 6, beginning at 6 pm.
There will be a number of prominent DC conservatives there, including MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell! We’ll be giving out door prizes, and the first 300 people through the door get two drinks on us!
The happy hour will take place at Rocket Bar, 714 7th St. NW, just across the street from the Verizon Center. Please feel free to join us and invite your friends to the event as well. We look forward to seeing you there if you are able to make it!
If any of you are in the DC area, drop by and I’ll see you there!
In an interview with Politico, Mary Frances Berry — a former chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last reappointed by President Bill Clinton — called the progressive tactic of trying to smear the tea party movement as racist an “effective strategy” that she chose not to denounce.
Berry’s cynical remarks are drawing rebukes for members of the Project 21 black leadership network.
A federal judge on Friday, weighing in a clash between the federal government and a state over immigration policy, blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect.
Meanwhile, what is the Obama administration (which has gone out of its way to demonize SB1070) doing to guard our border, that is, beside adding a thousand or so desk jobs…?
A sad day…
This should be fun!
