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Scott PowersMay 25, 2016

Cape Canaveral’s launch manifest is filling fast for this summer with announcements of two more launches, including of one using America’s most powerful rocket, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy. ULA announced it will launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the world’s most powerful space vehicle now in use, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 25, 2016

Count Matt Caldwell out. Caldwell said Wednesday he won’t run in for the Congressional District 19 seat being vacated by Rep. Curt Clawson. Caldwell believes he can best serve Florida from a position in the Florida House. “As I told many this weekend, my overwhelming desire is to have a Congressperson that was competent on […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2016

House District 47 Democratic candidate Beth Tuura has grabbed the backing of one of the more influential area Democrats, Bob Poe, who has his own campaign for Congress. Tuura announced that Poe, a former Florida Democratic Party chair who also has been a force in Central Florida and Florida progressive and LGBT politics, is backing […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2016

The Orange County Classroom Teachers Association has thrown its support behind former Orange County School Board member Rick Roach in his drive to be elected to the Florida Senate in Orlando-based Senate District 13. Roach’s campaign announced the support as his first major union endorsement. The teachers’ union also endorsed him when he ran for the […]

Bill RuftyMay 24, 2016

A fundraiser for Sam Killebrew, Republican primary candidate for Florida House District 41, is scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday at the home of Harriet and Dean Boring, 2112 Hawthorne Trail, in Lakeland. Killebrew, retired contractor and a GOP fundraiser and activist, is competing with retired appellate Judge Charles Davis for the party’s nomination. The winner […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

Despite repeated protests from State Attorney Angela Corey’s re-election campaign that her campaign manager filing the election paperwork for a write-in candidate was “perfectly legal and write-in candidates have filed in multiple races across the state,” evidence continues to mount that her campaign’s position in this matter is the most laughable of farces. Consider the latest data point. On May […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

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After a fractious public notice meeting between Jacksonville City Council members and Friends of Hemming Park earlier on Tuesday, council Vice President Lori Boyer proposed that an appropriation approved by the Finance Committee for $250,000 for the construction of a new stage be changed to an appropriation granting Friends of Hemming Park $100,000 to cover operating […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

Despite a neighborhood outcry lasting months, the Jacksonville City Council approved the controversial Roost development in Riverside, albeit with conditions, on Tuesday. Among the conditions for the restaurant/bar: no outdoor food or alcohol service after 5 p.m.; live entertainment ceasing at 10 p.m.; and deliveries restricted to between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Land Use […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

In the Jacksonville City Council leadership elections, the main event was anticlimactic. Everyone knew current Vice President Lori Boyer would be voted in as president-designate, offering meaningful continuity after the presidency of Greg Anderson. However, the VP-designate race between Doyle Carter and John Crescimbeni offered considerably more drama, with both men deadlocked at eight pledges each ahead of the special […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016

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Going into a 3 p.m. vote for Jacksonville City Council Vice President, Doyle Carter and John Crescimbeni each have eight pledges. Garrett Dennis, citing a longstanding friendship with Carter — which included Carter and his daughters working with Dennis at the Supervisor of Elections office — told FloridaPolitics.com he would pledge to support Carter. That leaves three […]

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Launches of Delta IV Heavy, Falcon 9 rockets announced

Matt Caldwell passes on CD 19 run

Bob Poe gives blessing to Beth Tuura in HD 47 race

Orange County teachers’ union endorses Rick Roach in SD 13 race

HD 41 candidate Sam Killebrew to hold Lakeland fundraiser Thursday

More evidence of sham write-in candidacy emerges in 4th Circuit State Attorney race

After extended inquisition, Jax Council approves more Hemming Park funding

Jax City Council approves controversial Roost development

Jax City Council elects Lori Boyer president, John Crescimbeni vice-president

Garrett Dennis to support Doyle Carter for Jax Council VP