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Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott’s top lawyer turned down a request to appoint a special prosecutor from the attorney representing the Senate staffer accusing Sen. Jack Latvala of sexual harassment. Ritch Workman, a former House member and Scott appointee to the Public Service […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

An early poll of the Chief Financial Officer race shows Margate Democrat Jeremy Ring with a slim lead over Republican Jimmy Patronis, who was appointed earlier this year to the CFO spot. The EMC Research poll shows Ring with 37 percent support among voters and Patronis with 35 percent, with 28 percent undecided. The 2-point spread, though […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

Nicole Hagerty is joining the 2018 Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee’s (FRSCC) in-house Finance Team as Director of Finance, Senate President-designate Bill Galvano said in an email. The FRSCC is the main fundraising panel supporting GOP state Senate campaigns. Also, Kelly Schmidt is becoming Deputy Director of Finance and Matthew Yost will be Director of Member Fundraising, Galvano said. They will work with Nancy […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Good morning from The Essex House in New York City, where the weather is crisp, but not cold. It’s the end of the first week of the holiday season and Manhattan is glittering with […]

Peter SchorschDecember 2, 2017

If you fly in and out of Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) this holiday season, you may have cause to panic. A staffing snafu has left thousands of American Airlines flights without pilots and in danger of cancellation. But the airline is reassuring passengers that their holiday season travel plans are still good to go. While […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Gwen Graham is moving to Orlando. At least her gubernatorial campaign is doing so. The campaign confirmed Thursday that it’s moving its headquarters from Tallahassee, her home for decades, to settle into the City […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot As another committee week of the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) comes to a close, members are looking ahead at the heavy workload, with just under 100 substantive proposals to consider. The commission’s Rules Committee has laid out a course to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

“This is the day I begin to say ‘Yes’ to working with you.” Those were the magical words of reporter Marc Caputo. By late 2014, Caputo was so fed up with his bosses at the Miami Herald that he was willing to entertain the idea of working for me, the publisher of a controversial, Tampa […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

Margate Democrat Jeremy Ring scored a “hat trick” of endorsements for his CFO campaign from Florida’s congressional delegation Thursday, and now has the support of seven of the 11 Florida Democrats in the U.S. House. U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Frederica Wilson announced they were supporting the former state senator for CFO, […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

Attorney General candidate Jay Fant announced Thursday he is doing a full-on rebuild of his campaign to replace Pam Bondi in 2018. “The Attorney General in Florida is a critical shield between government overreach and the rights of individuals guaranteed under the Constitution. I am prepared to fight for those rights every day as our […]

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Sixty Days for 12.4.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Early poll of CFO race shows Jeremy Ring with slight lead over Jimmy Patronis

Personnel note: Nicole Hagerty on board at FRSCC

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.4.17

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Stuck in TLH with you?

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 12.1.17

Last Call for 11.30.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Marc Caputo and me; how a bromance turned into a blood feud

Jeremy Ring announces ‘hat trick’ of congressional endorsements for CFO bid

Jay Fant announces major staff upgrades for his Attorney General campaign