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Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

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Bal Harbour, a small Florida village of under 3,000 residents in Miami-Dade County, is home to Bal Harbour Shops, one of the most upscale and expensive shopping malls in the country. In March, we wrote The Bullying of a Small Town, an examination of the mall’s tactics of intimidation and harassment employed in pursuit of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

Tuesday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council will end up being most notable and best remembered for being the second attempt to finally resolve the zoning for a proposed microbrewery in the Urban Core’s Springfield neighborhood. The holdup? The microbrewery (to be called “6th and Main”) is within a 1,500-foot minimum distance of several churches and […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

An Orlando-based nonprofit says the state’s Department of Corrections is wrongly trying to discredit a POLITICO Florida report showing that it “misled” the public about shutting down community based re-entry centers. Bridges of America, one of several outside organizations helping ex-cons and others, also said DOC “continues to fail to address that they don’t have the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

For nearly two decades, Tallahassee was the front line of an epic battle — the so-called “Eyeball Wars” — between Florida’s optometrists and ophthalmologists. On one side were optometrists — college educated to provide diagnoses and correct vision problems — fighting to perform surgery and prescribe medications beyond topical ointments and creams. Ophthalmologists, supported by […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

With two weeks to go until Election Day, the Tampa Bay area’s Senate seats are pretty much decided. Welcome back Sens. Jack Latvala and Tom Lee and say hello to Darryl Rouson, who should cruise past John “Mr. Manners” Houman to win the SD 19 seat. Tampa Republican Rep. Dana Young still has a race […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Randy Perkins put another $1 million into his campaign for Florida’s 18th Congressional District over the weekend, according to a new filing with the Federal Elections Commission. Perkins previously put nearly $6 million of his own money into his campaign, including a pair of loans adding up to $1.75 million that he converted […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

Former Gov. Charlie Crist reported another $27,900 in contributions for his congressional campaign over the weekend, including donations from several high-profile donors. Among the big names on the donor roll were billionaire George Soros, financial author Howard Dvorkin, Diametriq CEO Anjan Ghosal, Sembler Company executive Craig Sher, FSU trustee Kathryn Ballard, and Avram Glazer, whose family owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and controls Manchester United. […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. THE VOTE IS IN THE MAIL! Instead of the ballot box, more Florida voters are choosing the mailbox than in 2012. Analysis from Ryan Tyson, Associated Industries of Florida’s political guru, showed nearly […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2016

President Barack Obama, capitalizing on high approval numbers, is endorsing dozens of state legislative candidates throughout the country, part of a significant push in the effort to flip swing districts in down-ballot races throughout Florida and across the country. The roll call now includes support for Charlie Crist in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, Rod Smith in state Senate District 8, Bob Buesing in […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2016

First, the good news for Charlie Crist. A new St. Pete Polls survey shows that the Democrat is maintaining his lead in the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District over Republican David Jolly. The bad news is that this lead is a narrow three points, giving him little margin for error during the final two weeks of the campaign. But unforced errors […]

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Non-profits rebut Corrections’ accusations on re-entry programs

Are optometrists going back on their word in ‘Eyeball War’ truce?

Here’s where sh*t stands in Tampa Bay’s legislative races

Randy Perkins pours another $1 million of his own money into CD 18 race

George Soros among the latest donors to Charlie Crist’s congressional campaign

Sunburn 10.25.16 — As early votes pour in, Donald Trump riles up Florida supporters

I’m just gonna leave this right here: Why didn’t President Obama endorse Dwight Bullard?

New poll shows Charlie Crist with 3-point lead over David Jolly, but will unforced errors do him in?