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Peter SchorschMarch 16, 2015

Emergent legislative pro Erin Daly Ballas is the featured Tallahassee player in today’s chapter of the 4th Floor Files. Currently, she serves as an associate on Jack and Kenya Cory’s Public Affairs Consultants team, where she began in 2008 as a legislative intern. Erin has grown into the firm’s go-to person for grassroots efforts, including […]

Peter SchorschMarch 16, 2015

U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross reaches out to those of Hungarian descent, as well as students of European history, in a new email celebrating the 167th anniversary of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence. The family of the Senior Deputy Majority Whip is of Hungarian descent, and the email offers the Lakeland Republican’s support for […]

Peter SchorschMarch 14, 2015

There are no shortcuts to be had on the drive between St. Petersburg and Tallahassee. It’s either up and down I-75 and left/right on I-10 or north and south on U.S. 19. Either route takes about over four and a half hours to complete. Of the nearly five hundred times I’ve journeyed to and from the Capital […]

Peter SchorschMarch 14, 2015

With a hat-tip to LobbyTools, here is latest on who is on and who is off the legislative staffing merry-go-round. On: Melissa Santoro is Sen. Jeff Clemens’ new legislative assistant. Off: LaNedra Carroll has left her position as Sen. Geraldine Thompson’s legislative assistant. On: Whitney Langston has joined the House Health & Human Services Committee. On: Ebony Pardo is now district secretary for Rep. Bobby DuBose Off: Wayne Neunie is no longer a […]

Peter SchorschMarch 12, 2015

Political PR pro Sarah Bascom of Bascom Communications has officially launched the search for communications director and press secretary for the Republican Party of Florida, continuing in her capacity as interim communications director. The post below just hit online via Bascom Communications’ Facebook page and Bascom’s personal page, but my phone is already ringing with […]

Peter SchorschMarch 12, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott is heading to the West Coast. Scott plans an April trip as part of his effort to lure businesses from other states. The Republican governor sent a letter Thursday to shipping companies. Scott is urging them to shift their business to Florida after labor disputes in California ports. Scott’s letter says he will […]

Peter SchorschMarch 12, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott is heading to the West Coast. Scott plans an April trip as part of his effort to lure businesses from other states. The Republican governor sent a letter Thursday to shipping companies. Scott is urging them to shift their business to Florida after labor disputes in California ports. Scott’s letter says he will […]

Peter SchorschMarch 11, 2015

A billion dollars! Really? I have to admit that when I first saw the release from LaurensKids.org, I was a little skeptical. Despite the fact that I love the work Lauren Book is doing on behalf of kids and the very real fact that her work has earned national ink, the actual number itself – […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2015

If the race to be the next president of the Florida Senate is only a special election in Senate District 6 from being over, don’t tell that to Jack Latvala‘s fundraising numbers. The Pinellas lawmaker has posted a head-turning fundraising report for the month of February — one that suggests, at the very least, that […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2015

If the race to be the next president of the Florida Senate is only a special election in Senate District 6 from being over, don’t tell that to Jack Latvala‘s fundraising numbers. The Pinellas lawmaker has posted a head-turning fundraising report for the month of February — one that suggests, at the very least, that […]

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4th Floor Files talks with Erin Daly Ballas on Keep Florida Beautiful, Whole30 and “Not Her Circus”

Email insights: Dennis Ross schools us on history, freedom in Hungary and America

Takeaways from Tallahassee – No shortcuts

The latest on the legislative merry-go-round

Florida GOP officially starts search for top press posts

Rick Scott entices California businesses, taunts Jerry Brown’s “tax and spend” ways

Rick Scott entices California businesses, taunts Jerry Brown's "tax and spend" ways

Child sexual abuse costs Florida an estimated $1 billion a year

Jack Latvala’s cash haul suggests Senate President race still alive

Jack Latvala's cash haul suggests Senate President race still alive