State Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, said he would be willing to “explore what would need to be done at the state level” to allow cities to regulate their own smoking ordinances, but cautioned that any talk of changing the state’s law is very preliminary.
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Angry with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for calling President Bush “the devil,” state Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, is calling on the Florida Secretary of Transportation to pull the plug on gasoline stations along the Florida Turnpike run by Venezuelan-owned Citgo.
“I am requesting that you take the necessary actions to immediately terminate our state contracts with Citgo,” Hasner said in a letter to FDOT head Denver Stutler Jr.
Hasner sent a copy to Gov. Jeb Bush, who he said has taken the request seriously.
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The group also gave its backing to Republican incumbent Ken Pruitt for state Senate District 28; Democrat Ted Deutch for state Senate District 30, which is an open seat; Republican incumbent Carl Domino for state House District 83; Democratic incumbent Shelley Vana for state House District 85; Democrat Maria Sachs for state House District 86, which is an open seat; and Republican incumbent Adam Hasner for State House District 87.
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Until last year, when state Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, led the effort that resulted in Florida’s antihazing law, hazing was treated as something of a “boys will be boys” problem that could be handled with disciplinary actions such as expelling the abusers or banning the fraternity from campus for a number of years.
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Memorial highway: A statewide program to line Federal Highway with signs that read POW/MIA Memorial Highway starts this week in Boynton Beach. Kaiser said he tried to revive the program here but was stymied repeatedly by inaction from officials. But a recent meeting with State Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, helped kick-start the program, Kaiser said. “We owe him,” he said. “We had tried over the years to get this done and doors closed.”
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Hasner is proud of the fact that he’s been interested in and promoting alternative energy “before it was cool.” He pointed to the 2006 Florida Energy Act - a bill for which he was the prime House sponsor. That bill contained numerous consumer and corporate incentives for alternative energy technologies such as solar and hydrogen fuel cells, said Hasner, adding: “The legislation helps to promote the production and distribution of renewable energy from Florida grown crops, agricultural wastes and residues, and other biomass that will help to expand agribusiness in Florida.” But that’s not enough, said Hasner. That was merely “a good start.”
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“Florida must provide the right business climate and economic conditions in order to transform our economy from its dependence on oil to one based on derived sugars,” said state Rep. Adam Hasner of Orlando, speaking last week at a Farms to Fuel summit organized by the Florida Department of Agriculture.
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At least 43 other states have antihazing statutes, but few are as stiff as Florida’s. State Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, pushed the legislation following the hazing death of a University of Miami student in 2001. “With this law, it’s no longer, ‘Don’t do it because it isn’t right,’ ” Hasner said. “It’s, ‘Don’t do it because it’s illegal.’ By making this a crime and by making the penalties tougher, that message will get through.”
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State House: District 82 Democrat Catherine Hilton vs. Republican William D. Snyder, District 83 incumbent Republican Carl J. Domino vs. Democratic challenger Frederick W. “Rick” Ford, District 87 incumbent Republican Adam Hasner vs. Democratic challenger Ed Kopf
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As the storm approached Tuesday, state Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Delray Beach, was out visiting neighborhoods to make sure that residents - particularly seniors — were ready. He was happy to see that they were. “I am really proud to see everyone boarding up and getting their supplies. They are really taking this seriously,” he told the Boca Raton News. He said he felt residents “have learned from the lessons of the past.”
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