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Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2015

State Rep. Frank Artiles soon will be literally ‘loaded for bear’: His name is on the state’s list of permit holders for next month’s black bear hunting season. A list provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Wednesday after a public-records request shows Artiles’ name among the 2,055 who have received […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2015

Bluegrass State, beware: Florida Gov. Rick Scott is coming for you next. Enterprise Florida, the state’s public-private economic development organization, on Wednesday released a radio spot to air on Kentucky stations, cajoling businesses to move to Florida. The ad is in advance of Scott’s “economic development trade mission” to Kentucky later this month, according to a press release. Scott said […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s environmental policy coordinator has been hired to run the Suwannee River Water Management District, the district announced in a press release. Noah Valenstein will take over as executive director for the Live Oak-based agency, which manages water resources in 15 counties in north central Florida. Valenstein also attended the meeting last August in which Scott listened […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2015

Veteran PR guru Lisa Brock soon will be applying her talents to a tough challenge: Florida A&M University. Brock, reached on vacation, told FloridaPolitics.com on Tuesday that she had signed an agreement last week to do public-relations consulting for the university’s Board of Trustees. Her goal: To hone the board’s understanding of “messaging,” as she put it. The contract is worth […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2015

House Speaker Steve Crisafulli says his chamber won’t back down from its version of a redrawn congressional map and thus won’t agree to convene in another Special Session. In a memo to members on Tuesday, Crisafulli – a Merritt Island Republican – did say he’d be OK with the Florida Senate coming back and approving the House […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2015

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Another South Florida lawmaker is trying again to establish pilot programs in coastal communities to outlaw plastic shopping bags. State Rep. David Richardson, a Miami Beach Democrat, filed his bill (HB 143) on Tuesday. Last session, state Sen. Dwight Bullard, a Cutler Bay Democrat, filed similar legislation that died in committee. Richardson’s bill would let […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2015

Sometimes even a “Free Americans” PAC can’t help but get caught in old-fashioned American bureaucracy. As first reported by POLITICO last month, the political action committee named “Free Americans Against Nagging Imbeciles,” or “FAANI PAC,” was “created by a group of students at Florida State University while taking courses on campaign finance laws.” “The ‘imbeciles’ we […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2015

A Miami-Dade lawmaker introduced legislation on Tuesday to replace the statue of a Confederate Army general at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. If passed, the bill (HB 141) would ask Congress to remove the statue of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith and replace it with another “prominent Florida citizen.” The new statue would be paid […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2015

The Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists‘ 11th annual conference kicks off this week in Tampa. This year’s conference runs Wednesday-Friday at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay on Bayport Drive. The rest of the three-day conference includes nearly a dozen topical breakout panels: Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know to Stay Out of Trouble Medical Marijuana: The Impact of the […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2015

As part of its push for “telemedicine,” a nonprofit watchdog group will hold a conference in central Florida this week toward “developing a policy framework” for the 21st-century treatment model. As part of the conference, Florida TaxWatch says it’s hosting a panel of lawmakers and executive-branch officials to discuss the concept, which uses online technology to […]

Jim Rosica

Frank Artiles’ name on list of bear hunting permits

Radio ad precedes Rick Scott Kentucky visit

Rick Scott’s environmental advisor tapped as water district head

Tampa’s Lisa Brock to help FAMU trustees with PR

Steve Crisafulli refuses another Special Session to redraw congressional districts

Ban the bag, South Florida lawmaker says

Satiric Florida super PAC snagged in red tape

Bill filed to replace Confederate general statue at U.S. Capitol

Annual lobbyist conference starts this week in Tampa

Florida TaxWatch to hold ‘telehealth’ conference in Orlando