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A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

You can’t put a price on the value of earned media. And in Northeast Florida, there is no surer way to score earned media than by taking aim at school bathroom policies, as 4th circuit state attorney candidate Wes White and Clay County superintendent of schools Charles Van Zant can tell you. On Tuesday, White […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 17, 2016

Calling it a “full-blown emergency,” Sen. Bill Nelson once again encouraged his colleagues to set aside $1.9 billion to fight the spread of the Zika virus. “The urgency is now and we ought to do the right thing,” said Nelson, a Florida Democrat. “We have not heard the last of it, and you are going […]

Mitch PerryMay 17, 2016

Are Tampa and the state of Florida on the cutting edge of transportation that is about to transform the world in the next decade? Though Tampa leaders frustrated with the Florida Department of Transportation might think otherwise, that’s the viewpoint espoused Tuesday by Ray LaHood, the former secretary of transportation in Barack Obama’s first term in […]

Phil AmmannMay 17, 2016

Donald Trump says he plans to win the White House largely on the strength of his personality, not by leaning heavily on complex voter data operations that have become a behind-the-scenes staple in modern presidential campaigns. Shortly after Trump explained his approach in an Associated Press interview — data is “overrated,” he said — one […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 16, 2016

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President Barack Obama is headed to Miami. The president will be in Miami on June 3 for a fundraiser to support the Democratic National Committee. According to an invitation for the event, the dinner is being billed as an opportunity to support the national party, and “stop Donald Trump from reaching the White House in […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 13, 2016

A coalition of school board members in Florida is speaking out against a directive to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity. The Florida Coalition of School Board Members on Friday condemned a directive from the Obama administration that public schools across the U.S. to let transgender students use the bathrooms and […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

Many conservatives on the national level have strongly critiqued Barack Obama‘s decision to link Title IX school funds to a mandate for transgender bathrooms. At least one prominent conservative in Northeast Florida is equally piqued over the directive to require public accommodations for transgender students to allow them to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. […]

Brendan FarringtonMay 12, 2016

Vice President Joe Biden might be taking sides in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, but unlike Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, he’s not getting nasty about it. Biden campaigned with U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy at a downtown Orlando soul food restaurant Thursday, the day after Reid quarreled with Murphy’s opponent, Congressman Alan Grayson. Reid has asked […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2016

So, Go Hillsborough is somehow still alive? Though they haven’t set a date yet, apparently there will be another public hearing on putting a sales tax referendum on the ballot this November. On Wednesday, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to support a half-cent sales tax for 15 years, and not the 30-year plan shot down […]

guestMay 11, 2016

The 2016 presidential election cycle thus far has been a study in frustrated attempts to analyze and understand a larger shift among the voting public. We saw it a year ago, when the conventional wisdom saw Jeb Bush emerging on the GOP side to take on Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side. “Not another Bush/Clinton […]

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School restrooms, earned media, and Northeast Florida Politicians

Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio wanted more, but U.S. Senate approves $1.1B to fight Zika

Panel talks all about the future of driverless cars and how they’ll adapt to it

Donald Trump’s questioning of the value of data worries Republicans

Barack Obama to fundraise for DNC in Miami on June 3

Florida Coalition of School Board Members condemns transgender bathroom directive

Lake Ray says Barack Obama’s transgender school bathroom position is unconstitutional

Joe Biden plays nice while picking sides in Florida Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 5.12.16 — The proposed tax that will not go away

A.G. Gancarski: The 2016 election isn’t about what most people think