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Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2016

Florida added another 15,200 private sector jobs last month, according to a new report released by payroll company ADP. The ADP Regional Employment Report shows the Sunshine State increased by 14,100 service industry jobs and another 1,100 goods-producing jobs, split evenly between manufacturing and mining and construction. Professional and business services positions made up 4,000 […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2016

Longtime Hendry County Commissioner Janet Taylor published a scathing condemnation Wednesday of incoming Senate President Joe Negron’s plan to buy up farmland south of Lake Okeechobee. In a blog entry for the Huffington Post, Taylor said the proposed $2.4 billion land purchase was “a plan designed to benefit the wealthy at the expense of another […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2016

The Gainesville Sun is reporting on Christopher Mark Smith, a genuinely evil sicko. Smith, it turns out, was apparently repeatedly sexually molesting a very young girl; he had been doing so for years. This creep was also trying to get the 11-year old girl to perform a pornographic live-feed video. For that alone, Dante will […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2016

Beyond convenience and affordability, ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber have become an essential, safe alternative to drunken driving. One person who should understand this best is David Pogorilich; Uber could have prevented his DUI nearly two decades ago. An Uber ride — at only a few dollars — is certainly preferable to a DUI, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2016

Former President Clinton is stumping for his wife in Orlando, a day after Hillary Clinton campaigned in Tampa. Clinton’s appearance at a neighborhood center in Orlando on Wednesday underscores the importance of Florida’s Interstate 4 corridor in the presidential race. The I-4 corridor from Tampa to Daytona Beach traditionally is considered the biggest swing region […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2016

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Lloyd Dunkelberger and Jim Rosica. FIVE DAYS LATER… RICK SCOTT REMAINS VEXED BY TALLAHASSEE’S HERMINE RESPONSE via Arek Sarkissian of the USA Today Network – Scott and Gillum said nothing to each other during a Tuesday […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2016

It is the difference between the executive and the legislative. The former is about the buck stopping here. The latter is about forming a committee to explore when would be best to meet to address the problem. It’s about management style. With a political career that included time on St. Petersburg’s City Council and as a […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2016

Tampa Republican Rep. Dana Young had more than $1.2 million on hand between her SD 18 campaign and committee accounts as of Aug. 25 while her opponent, Democrat Bob Buesing had $255,000. Young brought in nearly $72,000 of that money during the Aug. 13 to Aug. 25 reporting period that led up to Florida’s primary […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2016

One week ago today, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, City Council President Lori Boyer, and a myriad of other city leaders lifted glasses of champagne, toasting the rousing mandate behind County Referendum 1 — the so-called “pension tax,” a one-half cent sales surtax which kicks in just as soon as the current one-half cent tax sunsets. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2016

Congressman Vern Buchanan will head back to Washington D.C. next week armed with a laundry list of things he is looking to get done. As Congress returns from its summer break, the Sarasota Republican outlined several issues he wants to address during the upcoming four-week session: national security, emergency funding for Zika, and mental health reform. “Congress returns […]

Peter Schorsch

Florida adds more than 15K private-sector jobs in August

Hendry County Commissioner blogs scathing rebuke of Joe Negron Lake O plan

When a Book changes a life

If there is one member of the PTC who should support Uber, it’s David Pogorilich

Bill Clinton stumps today in Orlando for his wife

Sunburn 09.07.16 — Five days later

Remind us again what big project Rick Kriseman’s administration is good at managing?

Dana Young starts out general election campaign with nearly $1 million advantage over Democratic challenger

Jacksonville Bold for 9.6.16 — Epilogue

Vern Buchanan discusses laundry list of priorities for upcoming session of Congress