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Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on October 30, 2013 a YouTube attack ad
As CFO, Alex Sink oversaw "a $27 billion loss in the state's pension fund."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • November 1, 2013
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party
"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
League of Women Voters of Florida
League of Women Voters of Florida
stated on October 10, 2013 a statement
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that the SAVE "database is not a foolproof means of verifying (citizenship on) the voter rolls."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2013
Maria Sachs
Maria Sachs
stated on October 1, 2013 a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale
"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."  
Mostly False
By Rochelle Koff • October 29, 2013
Pam Stewart
Pam Stewart
stated on October 15, 2013 a public hearing in Tampa
For the state of Florida, "there is not an additional cost with implementation of the Common Core standards."
Half-True
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 27, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2013 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor."
In Florida, "300,000 people are going to lose their individual coverage because of Obamacare. Now those people next year, they don’t have health insurance."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 26, 2013 a statement given to the Tampa Bay Times
Common Core is being "used by the Obama Administration to turn the Department of Education into what is effectively a national school board."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2013
Sandra Stotsky
Sandra Stotsky
stated on October 15, 2013 during a public hearing
"Common Core expects English teachers to spend at least half of their reading instructional time at every grade level on informational texts."
False
By Cara Fitzpatrick • October 21, 2013
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
stated on October 16, 2013 a report linked to on a website
The goal of Common Core is "to instill federally determined attitudes and mindsets in students including political and religious beliefs."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2013
Public comments at a Common Core hearing
Public comments at a Common Core hearing
stated on October 15, 2013 Tampa, Fla.
Teachers were not involved in developing the Common Core State Standards.
False
By Jeffrey S. Solochek • October 21, 2013
Tim Curtis
Tim Curtis
stated on October 15, 2013 a meeting about Common Core in Tampa
Common Core means "there are over 300 data elements the government is going to be collecting about your children and about you."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on October 15, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 debate
"Unemployment in the city of St. Petersburg is below the state average."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on October 15, 2013 in a mayoral forum
"Since Mr. Foster's been mayor, we have less small businesses in the city of St. Petersburg."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 17, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on October 15, 2013 a Tampa Bay Times/mayoral debate
"Unfortunately, since Mr. Foster's been mayor ... there are less people employed in the city of St. Petersburg than there were prior to his taking office."
False
By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2013
Fact Check Florida
Fact Check Florida
stated on October 11, 2013 a flier
A $10 million fire fee proposal in St. Petersburg was "inspired" by Gov. Rick Scott.
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Sanders • October 14, 2013
Citizens for Fairness
Citizens for Fairness
stated on October 9, 2013 in a campaign mailer
Amanda Murphy has "two vacation homes around the world."
Mostly False
By Rich Shopes • October 12, 2013
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on October 9, 2013 a campaign mailer
Bill Gunter would "drain millions from local public schools, and give our tax dollars to private, for-profit schools run by out-of-state corporations."
Mostly False
By Rich Shopes • October 12, 2013
Chris Latvala
Chris Latvala
stated on October 9, 2013 a tweet
"Many don’t know that Bill Young was once the minority leader in the Florida Senate...because he was the only Republican senator."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 9, 2013
John Morgan
John Morgan
stated on September 22, 2013 Bay News 9 show, “Political Connections”
"Nobody's addicted to" marijuana.
False
By Rochelle Koff • October 8, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on October 5, 2013 a tweet
"Obama has jumped the shark and ordered the ocean closed!"
False
By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
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