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Jim RosicaAugust 29, 2016

A Florida appeals court has ruled state agencies don’t have to give a specific reason when they black out an individual bit of information in a document produced under a public-records request. Specifically, a three-judge panel of the the 1st District Court of Appeal said the state’s “Public Records Act does not require agencies to […]

Jim RosicaAugust 29, 2016

As the clock ticks down to Tuesday’s primary election, a super PAC backing Matt Gaetz in Florida’s 1st Congressional District has made another media buy to support his candidacy. Campaign finance records show that “North Florida Neighbors” paid Dallas’ Scott Howell & Co. advertising firm a little more than $24,000 last Thursday. The group recently financed a pro-Gaetz spot burnishing his conservative bona fides on veterans’ advocacy and anti-terrorism. The deeply conservative 1st District […]

Jim RosicaAugust 28, 2016

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Neal Dunn is getting by with a lot of help from his friends — and himself. Dunn, one of three GOP candidates for the 2nd Congressional District in north Florida, has recently received campaign contributions from medical-associated political organizations. No surprise: He’s a Panama City urological surgeon. He also lent his own campaign $100,000 earlier this […]

Jim RosicaAugust 26, 2016

Give Tim Kaine credit for at least attempting Florida A&M University‘s “Strike, Strike, and Strike Again” chant. The Democratic vice-presidential candidate and U.S. senator from Virginia stopped by the campus of Tallahassee’s historically black university Friday afternoon. He greeted several hundred students, donning a green FAMU cap and giving his best approximation of the Rattler Strike, […]

Jim RosicaAugust 26, 2016

Update: The court on Friday (Aug. 26) accepted jurisdiction and declined to hear oral argument, meaning it will decide the case based on the written briefs. A Miami-based appeals court is asking the state Supreme Court to opine on how political candidates can qualify to run. The 3rd District Court of Appeal Wednesday unanimously affirmed a […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2016

The Florida Supreme Court Thursday ruled the husband of a Venice woman who committed suicide can sue her doctor for medical malpractice. The court sent the case back “with instructions to proceed to trial.” Robert Granicz had sued Dr. Joseph S. Chirillo Jr. after his wife, Jacqueline Granicz, hung herself in the couple’s garage in October 2008, according to […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2016

More than one million Floridians have voted by mail for the Aug. 30 primary election, state records show. As of Thursday, the state’s Division of Elections website showed 1,027,347 ballots had been returned to county supervisors of elections. Republicans still are leading Democrats, 501,852 to 391,770. Historically, Florida Republicans have had an advantage with vote-by-mail ballots, while the […]

Jim RosicaAugust 25, 2016

It’s like a Montague-Capulet marriage in Tallahassee’s PR world. Chris Cate has joined Salter>Mitchell, the public relations firm has announced. Firm president April Salter was communications director to the late Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles and was once appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the White House Conference on Tourism and Travel. Cate has served as spokesman for a […]

Jim RosicaAugust 22, 2016

Florida gambling regulators have objected to parts of an administrative law judge’s ruling on poker-style card games being run at a Jacksonville card room. The Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, part of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, filed exceptions last week to Judge Suzanne Van Wyk‘s Aug. 1. order. Specifically, it disagrees with her decision to dismiss part […]

Jim RosicaAugust 22, 2016

An appeals court has decided not to revive a lawsuit filed after a man was hurt by a collapsing movie theater seat in Pensacola. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal Monday unanimously agreed a lower court was right to grant summary judgment against Isaac Simmons. Summary judgments allow parties to win a case without a trial. Simmons had filed […]

Jim Rosica

Miami Herald loses appeal of ‘black outs’ in public records

North Florida Neighbors funds media buy for Matt Gaetz

In CD 2, Neal Dunn gives his campaign a money infusion

In Tallahassee, Tim Kaine’s “Rattler strike” needs some work

Supreme Court will consider candidate’s qualifying case

Supreme Court allows lawsuit against doctor for patient’s suicide

Primary votes-by-mail pass 1 million mark

Personnel note: Chris Cate joins Salter>Mitchell PR

State files exceptions to card game ruling

Florida man loses again in court over broken movie seat