Jacob OglesFebruary 27, 2019
5min848
The Sarasota Republican is one of eight GOP members voting Yea.
Tag: NRA
Jacob OglesFebruary 27, 2019
Danny McAuliffeFebruary 13, 2019
5min697
The NRA has kind words to say.
Guest AuthorFebruary 12, 2019
9min756
Will those words turn into action?
Jacob OglesFebruary 7, 2019
6min605
NRA lobbyist sees nothing good in proposal to further regulate private gun transfers.
Drew WilsonJanuary 7, 20192min467
National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer rolled out the specter of Everytown for Gun Safety in a Friday email to shake some cash out of gun rights supporters. The core of the “alert” was that lobby firm Smith Bryan & Myers is representing the Michael Bloomberg-backed group in Tallahassee, a bit of info she picked […]
Jacob OglesNovember 20, 2018
5min584
Some of Florida’s biggest gun control advocates saw in Nikki Fried’s Agriculture Commissioner race a victory. “This is a victory for those of us who believe we can do more for gun safety,” wrote Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime died in the Parkland high school mass shooting in February, on Twitter. “I am honored to […]
Jacob OglesNovember 7, 2018
6min641
Republican state Rep. Matt Caldwell declared victory Tuesday night as he held a narrow advantage in the contest to succeed term-limited Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Caldwell, a real estate appraiser from North Fort Myers, gave an acceptance speech from an election watch party, according to WGCU Public Media. As of Wednesday morning, Caldwell led Democrat […]
Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2018
8min367
In preparation for my trip to the voting booth Nov. 6, I did some extensive reading on the election in Florida’s 18th Congressional District, between Republican Brian Mast and Democrat Lauren Baer. While this midterm election is obviously a vote of confidence (or disapproval) of the Trump administration, I really tried to concentrate on some […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018
4min391
State Senate candidate Lindsay Cross is adding a new bullet point to her list of campaign priorities after the deadly mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday that claimed 11 lives. A minute-long video being shared on social media shows a somber Cross sitting in a church pew wearing a black dress demanding “common sense” […]
Ryan NicolOctober 25, 2018
7min279
The campaign for state Sen. Annette Taddeo is accusing her opponent of circulating a mailer featuring Taddeo in an effort to “purposely lie” to voters in Senate District 40. The mailer highlights a letter sent to Taddeo by Marion Hammer, a well-known lobbyist for the NRA. In the letter, Hammer thanks Taddeo for her March […]