Peter Schorsch, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Peter SchorschNovember 17, 2015

Notorious former lobbyist Jack Abramoff tells anyone who will listen he really wants to improve his image. Fronting a shady, dark money organization is not the best way to go about it. Tuesday morning, Abramoff enters the Florida solar energy fray with an appearance at a news conference hosted by Conservatives for Energy Freedom. The media […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015

If you listen to the lobbyists for ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and other independent liquor retailers, it would be the bacchanal end-of-the-world if the state’s Prohibition-era law that requires retailers to sell hard liquor in a separate store from groceries and other wares is repealed. For three years various lawmakers have carried legislation – nicknamed […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015

So much for Blaise’s Blunder … After a few hiccups and a barrage of negative attention from Florida’s political media, namely the Tampa Bay Times’ Adam Smith and, to a lesser extent, POLITICO Florida’s Marc Caputo, the Florida GOP’s Sunshine Summit was a smashing success. Fourteen presidential candidates and four U.S. Senate candidates spoke to more than 2,500 attendees. Three […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015

The Tower Bridge in London. The Sydney Opera House. The 408-foot spire of One World Trade Center in New York. The Empire State Building. San Francisco’s City Hall. The CN Tower in Toronto. Even the High Roller Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip. Each of these iconic buildings – and many others – were […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015

The seesaw scrum between Florida’s two largest governmental affairs firms for the top spot on Adams Street has tilted back to Ballard Partners after the latest lobbying compensation reports show the firm brought in approximately $3.9 million during the third quarter of 2015, almost $500,000 more than its rival, Southern Strategy Group. This is the first time this year […]

Peter SchorschNovember 15, 2015

Governor Rick Scott is ordering the American flag to be lowered at half-staff across the state to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris. A series of attacks targeting young concertgoers, soccer fans and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed at least 120 people in the deadliest violence to strike France […]

Peter SchorschNovember 14, 2015

The hundreds of activist Republicans attending the Florida GOP’s Sunshine Summit are waking up to a different world than the one they went to sleep in last night. A series of attacks targeting young concertgoers, soccer fans and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed at least 120 people in the deadliest violence to strike […]

Peter SchorschNovember 12, 2015

You cannot turn on the television without seeing an ad for daily fantasy sports players DraftKings or FanDuel. That’s because the interest in daily fantasy sports is at stratospheric levels. Fantasy sports is as popular as Buffalo wings and cold beer. A report in Fortune shows that 57 million North Americans are betting $465 a […]

Peter SchorschNovember 12, 2015

You cannot turn on the television without seeing an ad for daily fantasy sports players DraftKings or FanDuel. That’s because the interest in daily fantasy sports is at stratospheric levels. Fantasy sports is as popular as Buffalo wings and cold beer. A report in Fortune shows that 57 million North Americans are betting $465 a year on fantasy sports, […]

Peter SchorschNovember 12, 2015

Tracy Duda Chapman, a senior vice president of Oviedo-based A. Duda & Sons agricultural and land development company, has been elected the 2015-2016 chairwoman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, the organization said Thursday. Her “longtime leadership in agriculture, the backbone of Florida’s economy, makes her a forward thinking leader who can keep Florida moving […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Tough questions for Jack Abramoff, in Tallahassee today for shady solar advocates

ABC’s app-based alcohol delivery service tears down its argument for keeping “whiskey & Wheaties” wall

With successful Sunshine Summit, Blaise Ingoglia makes critics eat crow

Why isn’t the White House lit in solidarity with France?

With $3.9 million in Q3 revenue, Ballard Partners edges out SSG for top spot

Gov. Rick Scott orders flags lowered in honor of victims of Paris attacks

Paris attacks cast a dark cloud over Florida GOP’s Sunshine Summit

Peter Schorsch: Don’t throw the daily sports fantasy baby out with the bathwater

Don’t throw the daily sports fantasy baby out with the bathwater

Tracy Duda Chapman to chair Florida Chamber