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Rosanne DunkelbergerJune 21, 2018

They may be the masters and mistresses of Florida’s political universe, but when faced with lights, cameras and photographer Mary Beth Tyson, most of 2018’s INFLUENCE 100 were a little bit intimidated. “What I’ve found with all of these political people is they’re not comfortable with the camera,” she says. “Pretty much all of them […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerApril 11, 2018

When the National Journal ranked the relative conservative-to-liberal leanings of the members of Congress, No. 218 was Pennsylvania’s Rep. Jason Altmire. He was the man in the middle. After being elected to three terms in the state’s 4th District, he’s now-former Rep. Altmire, serving between 2007 and 2013. Altmire wrote a book about his experiences, […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerApril 17, 2017

In the venue where newly qualified, but unlikely, candidate Rick Scott introduced himself to Tallahassee in 2010 and another potential gubernatorial candidate, John Morgan, came to visit in February, Senate Appropriations Chair Jack Latvala paid a visit Monday to the Capital Tiger Bay Club. While rumors swirl about Latvala’s possible 2018 run for Florida’s top […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerFebruary 27, 2017

People don’t come to Florida’s Capitol without an agenda, and when they want to share it with the world, you can bet they’ll plan a news conference/media availability to share it via the Fourth Estate. Wednesday was particularly rich with such events; I was assigned to go to ‘em all. As a babe in these […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerFebruary 7, 2017

With former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden sick at home, wife Cindy Gruden stepped in to stump for Moffitt Cancer Center‘s request for increased funding at the Capitol. Gruden was one of more than 75 representatives of the Moffitt Cancer Center, who came by bus and bicycle — doctors, patients, caregivers, community leaders, and researchers — […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerJanuary 30, 2017

Originally a hot spot for drinks and dinner, Tallahassee’s newest landmark restaurant is expanding its take on “Americana cuisine” weekdays to the lunch hour. Table 23, located at the corner of Thomasville Road and Sixth Street in Midtown, is now serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Featuring many favorites from […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerJanuary 25, 2017

It just doesn’t sit well with Karen Love when people talk about people “suffering” from or being “victims” of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. “What we don’t hear much about is that people can and do live full and meaningful lives with dementia,” said the executive director of the national Dementia Action Alliance. “It’s […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerJune 9, 2016

Tuesday’s impromptu election-night watch party was probably the largest concentration of post-menopausal women in Tallahassee history. An observation I shared with many of the women there. No one was insulted. We laughed. No, there wasn’t a whole lot of estrogen in the room, but there was a giddiness as the crowd of about 75 (including […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerFebruary 18, 2016

“Sticks and bricks” were on the agenda at Tallahassee’s “Emerging Trends in Real Estate,” seminar where updates were given on seven major development efforts totaling more than $1 billion. Nearly 200 people attended, representing a variety of interests including commercial real estate, banking, engineering, city, county and state government, and construction. It was held at the University Center Club, […]

Rosanne DunkelbergerJanuary 2, 2016

On the second day of 2016, a group of about 100 gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee to bid farewell Norene Olson Chase, who, at 91, lived a decade longer than the average woman in the United States. She died Dec. 14. Chase died, as nonagenarians are wont to do, after falling, breaking […]

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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine briefs members of the media Sunday morning on the U.S. strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. Image via The Associated Press.

‘Not a model’? No worries: INFLUENCE photog Mary Beth Tyson’s got your back

Former congressman Jason Altmire says, today, it’s hard to be a centrist

House ‘assault’ derails Senate, budget chief Jack Latvala tells Tiger Bay

Eight-hour shoes and a whirlwind of press conferences

Cindy Gruden at Capitol to support boosting cigarette tax for Moffitt Cancer funding

Table 23 expands take on ‘American cuisine’ with weekday lunch menu

Group offers ‘toolkit’ for living with dementia

Scenes from a Hillary Clinton watch party

Wayne Tower, err, the new Ballard building highlights ULI presentation

Remembering Norene Chase, a “warrior” with a clipboard