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Peter SchorschMay 2, 2016

Florida Politics is hot in the Sunshine State. Speculation that Gov. Rick Scott could be a potential running mate for GOP front-runner Donald Trump in FloridaPolitics.com was recognized as the most discussed and shared article online from a statewide political news site. It wasn’t even close. Florida Politics even beat other traditional media types as the Miami […]

Peter SchorschMay 2, 2016

The fourth edition of INFLUENCE Magazine (We’ve made it a year!) went live Thursday and will arrive in subscribers’ mailboxes later this month. If you would like to receive a hard copy of this inside view into Florida’s news, politics, and culture, please subscribe here. If you would like to view the digital version now, please click here. As you can […]

Peter SchorschMay 2, 2016

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. 13 THINGS I LIKED ABOUT THE SPRING 2016 EDITION OF INFLUENCE MAGAZINE The fourth edition of INFLUENCE Magazine (We’ve made it a year!) went live Thursday and will arrive in subscribers’ mailboxes […]

Peter SchorschMay 1, 2016

Among the four top statewide officials, no one walked away a winner from last week’s battle over the next insurance commissioner. Neither Gov. Rick Scott nor CFO Jeff Atwater got the candidate he wanted, with both settling on the third name Atwater threw out at Friday’s emergency Cabinet meeting, David Altmaier. And that was by a design that Atwater himself, […]

Peter SchorschMay 1, 2016

A question I ask myself each night, as I make a final review of all the content that has been published on our various platforms, is, ‘would I read this?’ Would I read what was written on our platforms if it was published somewhere else? Of course, this is not a scientific assessment of the work […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2016

Among the four top statewide officials, no one walked away a winner from this week’s battle over the next Insurance Commissioner. Neither Gov. Rick Scott nor CFO Jeff Atwater got the candidate they wanted, with both settling on the third name Atwater threw out at Friday’s emergency Cabinet meeting, David Altmaier. And that was by […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2016

The drumbeat of Democratic endorsements for Ben Diamond‘s state House campaign continued Saturday with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announcing his support of the first-time candidate. “Ben Diamond’s candidacy for the Florida House is great news for St. Petersburg, District 68, and all of Florida,” Kriseman said. “His love of people and knowledge of the policymaking process will […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2016

Orange County Commission candidate Betsy VanderLey responded Friday to reports that she had been hit by multiple liens for unpaid taxes in the mid-1990s, by saying they liens were the results of mistakes made by the state at that time. State records do not back up that defense, though little is available from the tax claims filed against […]

Peter SchorschApril 29, 2016

Last Friday, a reporter with FloridaPolitics.com sat in on a meeting of the Economic Development Incentives Committee in City Hall. Of interest: a discussion of economically distressed areas. Economically distressed areas were rated on four factors. Income below the poverty line was one, with 20 percent being the demarcation point. 64 of 174 Duval County […]

Peter SchorschApril 29, 2016

In an impressive display of how to dismantle an opponent’s arguments point by point, school choice advocate John Kirtley this week made a compelling case for Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship program. His argument: The program fits squarely within the state’s overall approach to education, despite critics’ claims that it violates the Florida Constitution. It is a part of, not […]

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Florida Politics tops list of most shared political news website

13 things I really like about the Spring 2016 edition of INFLUENCE Magazine

Sunburn for May 2 – The best of INFLUENCE; Hillary Clinton’s Florida person; NRCC vs. David Jolly; Dana Young & Chris Latvala campaign kick-offs

Peter Schorsch: Testy process, minimum wage debate, geese tips

A note about our good work

Takeaways from Tallahassee – Locked in the Cabinet

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman endorses Ben Diamond for state House

Betsy VanderLey describes 22-year-old tax liens as state errors

Jacksonville Bold for 4.28.16 – A Tale of Two Cities

School choice advocate makes compelling case for Tax Credit Scholarships in Tallahassee speech