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Frank TorresSeptember 18, 2015

The Central Florida Housing and Lodging Association told Florida Politics Friday morning that it will be endorsing three Orlando pols in upcoming municipal elections. Mayor Buddy Dyer, District 4 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, and District 6 City Commissioner Sam Ings will all get the support of the powerful interest group in this November’s Orlando city races. […]

Melissa RossSeptember 18, 2015

New Jacksonville Planning Commission Chairwoman-elect Lisa King took to the radio airwaves Friday to make her case as her seeming showdown with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry enters a new phase. King, as Florida Politics A.G. Gancarski has been reporting, refused to resign from the commission at Curry’s request. (She was joined by Commissioner Joey McKinnon, also asked […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2015

Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina created considerable enthusiasm at this week’s debate party sponsored by the Duval County Republican Party, according to Chairman Lake Ray. “It was a great event,” Ray said Friday. Although the results of a straw poll taken of the more than 100 participants on Wednesday were tabled until the October Republican […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2015

The drama of the week in Jacksonville revolves around the contretemps between the Lenny Curry administration and Planning Commission Chairwoman-elect Lisa King. Drama. From what Florida Politics hears, it extended into City Council offices on a rain-soaked Thursday afternoon, with a certain Republican councilman fretting over King being in the council suite of offices to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2015

As the Lenny Curry administration’s rebooted Jacksonville Journey takes shape, key initiatives are being considered by the Oversight Committee. During Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the group, two big ones that came up were an RFP to facilitate ex-offender re-entry programs, and a Jacksonville Journey commitment to the Jacksonville Public Library’s Project L.E.A.P. The ex-offender re-entry […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2015

Laveranues Coles was a legendary wide receiver by Jacksonville standards. After his high school career at Ribault, Coles went on to Florida State University, where, after he took the fall for shoplifting with Peter Warrick (an incident which earned FSU the Steve Spurrier sobriquet “Free Shoes University”), he vowed never to return. Despite the abrupt […]

Associated PressSeptember 17, 2015

Officials say Miami will become the third U.S. city to have a dedicated Internet domain name. Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Francis Suarez promoted the .miami domain during a news conference Thursday. Starting Oct. 2, Miami will join New York, with .nyc, and Las Vegas, with .vegas, in offering its own domain name. A news […]

Frank TorresSeptember 17, 2015

Attorney Greg Jackson will be running for Florida House District 45 in 2016, the seat now held by Democratic incumbent Randolph Bracy. “As I volunteer throughout this neighborhood and talk to people, there is increasing frustration with our representation in Tallahassee and I believe we need a change,” Jackson said Thursday morning. “Throughout my life, service […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 17, 2015

Two Palm Beach County municipalities are the latest to provide protections for all residents, including the LGBT community, from discrimination. The Florida Businesses for a Competitive Workforce coalition campaign manager Patrick Slevin on Thursday praised the Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County’s fifth largest municipality, and the Town of Lake Clarke Shores for efforts to protect the LGBT […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 17, 2015

The winner of the four-way Democratic primary to replace term-limited Rep. Alan Williams in House District 8 will now have a Republican to face. Florida A&M alumnus Marquise McMiller filed for the seat Monday, and he already has his work cut out for him. District 8 is one of the strongest Democratic districts in the […]

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Tourism trade group endorses incumbents in Orlando city races

Lisa King: “I may have the votes”

Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray talks presidential debate

Lisa King drama continues with email campaign to Jax City Council

Jax Journey vision takes shape with libraries, ex-offender re-entry

FSU alum Laveranues Coles looks to open Jax showbar

Miami becomes 3rd U.S. city with Internet domain name

Attorney Greg Jackson announces run for HD 45

2 Florida municipalities praised for passing new anti-discrimination protections

First Republican files in strong Democratic HD 8 race