Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida set off a political firestorm last week after he sent out a picture with a burning cross that compared Tea Party members to the Ku Klux Klan. The email has a photo depicting a burning cross with Ku Klux Klan members in white robes in the background. The…

by Carolyn Schwaar Carol Platt, the association executive for the Osceola County Association of REALTORS®, St. Cloud, Fla., is one of three candidates running in the Republican Primary for the 9th Congressional District. The winner of that race will face incumbent Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson of Orlando in the 2014 general election. “If I am…

by Kevin Derby Carol Platt of the Osceola County Realtors ramped up her campaign for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., on Tuesday. Platt’s camp announced formal campaign kickoffs throughout Central Florida toward the end of October. “I am humbled and overwhelmed by the outpouring of support we have received,” Platt…