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Peter SchorschMarch 2, 2018

Looking back on the challenges of her own youth, Rep. Janet Cruz hit the nail on the head when she defended the need for short-term loans. “Being financially disadvantaged does not mean you can’t do math,” she scolded. “It just means you don’t have enough money to pay a particular bill.” And that’s why in […]

Peter SchorschMarch 2, 2018

Lehigh Acres Republican Rep. Matt Caldwell said Thursday that retailers are within their rights to pull guns from their shelves, but consumers who don’t favor such policies can vote with their dollars. “The Citizens United case confirmed that the 1st Amendment protects everyone’s free speech, both individuals and corporations like Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart. […]

Peter SchorschMarch 1, 2018

The Senate is going where the House won’t when it comes to generators. The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday agreed to introduce a bill (SB 7028) that would ratify a rule requiring assisted living facilities to have backup power sources. The measure would ratify a rule issued by Gov. Rick Scott’s administration after the deaths […]

Peter SchorschMarch 1, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. If you had bet that gaming was a dead issue for 2018, you lost. Also, Gov. Rick Scott made a surprise visit to the Legislature with the dad of a Parkland victim to oppose arming teachers. Sixty Days […]

Peter SchorschMarch 1, 2018

New candidates filed on Wendesday to run the Florida House seats currently held by Reps. Byron Donalds and Julio Gonzalez. Republican Nicholas Trolli put in his paperwork to run for House District 74, which has been held by Gonzalez since 2014. Trolli is likely putting his chips down in case Gonzalez, a Sarasota Republican, opts […]

Peter SchorschMarch 1, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Even though it’s the issue nearly everyone has lost interest in, the House’s gambling bill will be on the floor at the end of the week. One amendment had been filed as […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 28, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening, the last of February. Funding cuts have already affected baby deliveries in one rural area, and a bill on the vacation rental industry seems ready for a funeral. Condolences: Sixty Days doesn’t send flowers, but will donate to […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 28, 2018

Senate Appropriations Chair Rob Bradley is undertaking something seen too rarely in the Legislative process: He is actually trying to clean up and improve Florida’s health care financing policy. Bradley, an Orange Park Republican, intends to do this by finally eliminating “auto-payments,” a payment scheme that Gov. Rick Scott described in 2015 as arbitrary, inconsistent and bearing no relationship […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 28, 2018

A new compensation report from lobbying firm Johnson & Blanton shows $1.33 million in pay during the fourth quarter for a total of $5.3 million in 2017. The firm’s lobbyists include namesakes Jon Johnson and Travis Blanton as well as Melanie Brown, Diane Wagner Carr, Darrick McGhee, Sr. and R. Dale Patchett, all of whom […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 28, 2018

A new ad hitting mailboxes in Miami and Tallahassee slams House District 114 candidate Javier Fernandez for his past work as a lobbyist. The mailer was paid for by the same group that branded the Miami Democrat as “Javi Lobby” in an email sent out earlier this month written as if it was from Fernandez […]

Peter Schorsch

Being financially disadvantaged doesn’t mean you can’t do math

Matt Caldwell takes issue with retailers ‘caving’ on guns

Senate could sign off on ALF generator requirement

Sixty Days for 3.1.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

New candidates file for Southwest Florida House seats

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 3.1.18

Sixty Days for 2.28.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Rob Bradley’s fairness doctrine

Johnson & Blanton reports $1.3M in Q4, $5.3M in 2017

Direct mail round-up: Lobbyist Javier Fernandez