Adam Weinstein, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Adam WeinsteinAugust 31, 2014

The state of Florida and one of its flagship universities are about to embark on an exciting new experiment: What happens when you turn an institution of higher learning into an annex of the Legislature and lobbyists? That’s about the only conclusion I can come to when I look at the presidential search process — […]

Adam WeinsteinAugust 13, 2014

I’m a journalist in Tallahassee, but I’ll be the first to admit there’s a lot I don’t know about how Florida politics really works. I don’t get, for instance, how local PR maven Ron Sachs can demand $375,000 from the family of Eric Brody, a young man who suffered brain damage and paralysis in 1998 […]

Adam WeinsteinAugust 4, 2014

I’ve been trying to catch up with Marion Hammer, the former president of the NRA and top lobbyist for the pro-gun group here in Florida, for years. I’m a lifelong gun owner, but she’s never accepted my offers to meet up for a range day. So I was glad to see she’s writing here at […]

Adam WeinsteinJuly 22, 2014

Last week, as the number of unaccompanied minors reaching the U.S. border from Latin America exceeded 50,000, Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., gave voice to a concern that U.S. immigration opponents have long leveled against the huddled masses yearning to breathe free: that they were breathing diseases into America’s pristine air. “Reports of illegal migrants carrying […]

Adam WeinsteinJuly 9, 2014

Perhaps we’re so jaded today that we just assume all politicians are brazen opportunists. But Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign turned the opportunism up to 11 this week, all for a cheap “tough on crime” photo shoot. At a re-election campaign appearance in Tampa Monday, Scott burnished his law enforcement record, complete with a cadre of […]

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Adam Weinstein: Presidential search is latest battle for free-market lobbyists trying to transform FSU

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Adam Weinstein: NRA and its “Docs vs. Glocks” law treat gun owners like children

Adam Weinstein: Scott administration lacks a heart, or brain, on immigration

Adam Weinstein: Scott owes an apology to the cops his campaign duped