Tag: Adam Putnam

Phil AmmannJanuary 15, 2015
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Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is reportedly on the chopping block as the Rick Scott administration continues to attempt to put its new team on the field as it enters a second term. McCarty’s alleged transgression? Actually having the audacity to protect Florida’s insurance-buying public by not rubberstamping every self-serving scheme insurance lobbyists try to […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 13, 2015

6min216
Gov. Rick Scott’s mishandling of Florida’s deadly prison system dysfunction continues. The latest example came early this week, when Gov. Scott announced appointment by the Cabinet of Florida (him, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam) of Rick Swearington as new Commissioner of Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 12, 2015

8min189
The first full week of January brought lawmakers and politicos to Tallahassee for a round of legislative committee meetings and the inauguration of Gov. Rick Scott. This provided quite a clash of cultures at local institutions where the natives mix with the out-of-towners. On one side were the legislators, lobbyists and staffers still hung over […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 9, 2015
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3min249
Republican state Rep. Travis Hutson received new endorsements today from two local leaders, who are also military veterans, in his bid for Senate District 6. Former St. Johns County Commission chair Mark Miner and former Commissioner Ray Quinn, each announced their support of Hutson in a statement released Friday. Hutson, who currently serves House District […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 2, 2014

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Gov. Rick Scott and his minions proved last week that they view middle-class Florida consumers as mostly slow-witted turkeys ready to be roasted to a crisp and gobbled up by corporate gluttons. While most of us were distracted by shopping, cooking, traveling and other Thanksgiving preparations, Scott’s hand-picked five-member Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to […]

Phil AmmannNovember 18, 2014
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Republican Candidate Travis Hutson today announced the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam has endorsed him in his bid for the Special Election for Senate District 6, which will be held on January 27, 2015. “Travis Hutson is a committed conservative who is devoted to helping Northeast Florida thrive,” Putnam said . “I know he will […]


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