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Associated PressNovember 24, 2015

The mayor of Miami-Dade County wants to waive about half of the fines Uber currently owes the county. The Miami Herald reports Mayor Carlos Gimenez is pressing commissioners to take up his proposal to legalize the ride-sharing service. County regulators have been fining Uber’s drivers since 2014. They currently owe about $3.2 million. Uber has said […]

Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

Jeff Brandes is taking another shot at the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission, this time because it hired a lobbyist. The St. Petersburg-based state senator has been calling for the agency’s demise for several years now, in part because it has tried to regulate ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft. Now he wants Attorney General Pam […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015

Florida Politics has learned the city of Jacksonville has sued has sued former Police and Fire Pension Fund executive director John Keane and the fund itself for a declaratory judgement and ancillary injunctive relief in the 4th Judicial Circuit. The complaint contends that “the board has exceeded its authority” in terms of administrating the fund, specifically with […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015

The fifth meeting of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Skyway Subcommittee and Skyway Advisory Group happened on Monday, as the JTA gets ever closer to divining an action plan for the 30-year-old people-mover. Options run the gamut, from decommissioning the structure and leaving it subject to its own obsolescence, to replacing the cars, to expanding the […]

Melissa RossNovember 23, 2015

Three years ago Monday on Nov. 23, 2012, – it was Black Friday that year – Michael Dunn, a 45-year-old white man, argued with a group of teenage friends at a Southside gas station in Jacksonville. Dunn was peeved about the volume of their hip-hop music . The altercation would turn violent. Dunn fired 10 […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015

The Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County have arrived at a “semi-settlement” of their “Text-ghazi” lawsuit against the Jacksonville City Council members involved in forbidden texting during budget deliberations Sept. 21. Scott Wilson, Tommy Hazouri, Joyce Morgan, and Aaron Bowman agreed to terms. “Four of the nine city council members who were being sued over texting about […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015

The Senate campaign of Ron DeSantis scored another key endorsement, via the FRC Action PAC. The FRC Action PAC opposes Common Core, and describes itself as giving “our members the ability to support deserving, pro-family statesmen. It also allows our supporters to counterbalance the numerous special interest groups on the left that have long used PAC […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 23, 2015

Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos and City Council member Doreen Hock DiPolito will both serve second terms. The two were re-elected Friday unopposed after qualifying for their races closed. “The one thing that I do not like about elections is having to raise money,” Cretekos said. “I can refund in full all the contributions I received.” […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015

In an exclusive interview with FloridaPolitics.com on Monday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry condemned as the “lowest forms of human behavior and bigotry” recent bomb threats and Klan flyers targeting the community conversations about potential expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance to LGBT people. Saying that “public safety is my top priority,” Curry noted the Jacksonville […]

Guest AuthorNovember 23, 2015

It’s a shame President Barack Obama missed the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show this month. He would have been so proud of all he’s done for the rich. As the boat show demonstrated, wealthy people are doing really, really well these days. For example, Danielle Butler, president of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, told […]

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Miami-Dade county mayor wants to cut Uber’s fines in half

Jeff Brandes wants legal opinion about Hillsborough PTC’s lobbying efforts

Jacksonville sues John Keane, police pension fund over Senior Staff Plan

JTA moves toward final Skyway plan

HBO film “3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets” debuts Monday with story of Jax teen Jordan Davis

“Semi-settlement” reached on Jacksonville council’s “Text-ghazi”

Ron DeSantis scores anti-Common Core PAC endorsement

Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos, City Councilmember Doreen Hock DiPolito re-elected unopposed

Lenny Curry condemns anti-HRO flyers, bomb threat as “lowest forms of human behavior”

Tom O’Hara: We must invite the president to next year’s Fort Lauderdale Boat Show