Scott PowersJanuary 15, 2019
3min538
She sends the White House regrets on border wall talk due to a schedule conflict.
OrlandoFlorida Politics' Drew Wilson a few pounds heavier and with a bit more hair next to Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell ... (guess who we're rooting for?).
Scott PowersJanuary 15, 2019Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2019
7min414
A former Navy intelligence official with a background in national security analysis who also is studious of economic theory, running on a generally moderate Democratic platform, seeking to flip a long-held Republican seat against a well-established opponent in increasingly purple Seminole County. No, not Stephanie Murphy. Meet Justin Miller. Thursday night Miller introduced himself to Seminole […]
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019
3min628
Kissimmee’s U.S. Rep. Darren Soto has been appointed to a seat on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Soto’s appointment puts him on the committee with a wide range of authority over areas ranging from health care to environmental protection. “This appointment will give us a greater voice on behalf of our constituents to promote […]
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019
2min258
Winter Park’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy just got a seat at the grown-ups table in the House of Representatives, joining the House Ways and Means Committee. Murphy, just starting her second term, announced late Wednesday that she had been appointed to the chief tax-writing committee, with oversight on federal programs such as Medicare, Social Security […]
Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2019
3min363
Seminole County Commissioner and former State Sen. Lee Constantine may be in line to take over the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections post after Mike Ertel became Florida Secretary of State Tuesday. Constantine, a Republican, said Wednesday evening that he was contacted by the transition team of Gov. Ron DeSantis to see whether he might […]
Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2019
2min1663
Dominoes are setting up for the 2020 elections in Osceola County, as Kissimmee Mayor Jose Alvarez, term-limited there, has filed to battle Osceola County Commissioner Peggy Choudhry for her seat. Choudhry is a first-term commissioner, elected in 2016, who announced Monday she is seeking re-election. She and Alvarez both are Democrats, meaning the Mayor would […]
Scott PowersJanuary 4, 2019
11min518
On Friday, Florida’s Supreme Court upheld an Orange County charter amendment to make the county’s constitutional officers nonpartisan, a decision that could open partisan and nonpartisan debates in other counties. By a 4-3 vote, the court quashed a lower-court ruling that had kept Orange County’s elections partisan for the constitutional offices of sheriff, tax collector, […]
Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2019
5min2037
Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg and his staff members aren’t officers and may not be allowed to carry guns as part of their jobs. That’s according to the office of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, which recently issued an informal (and non-binding) legal opinion on the matter. Greenberg, widely known as a conservative provocateur, announced 18 […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 2, 2019
4min276
With several municipal elections set for 2019 and the 2020 elections just over the horizon, the Business Voice Political Committee announced new leadership to pilot the PAC’s efforts over the next two years. The Business Voice board recently voted to install Dawn Mays as its chair-elect chair and Neal Johnson as its new secretary. The […]
Scott PowersJanuary 2, 2019
3min364
Orlando Democratic state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Anna Eskamani announced Wednesday that they’re organizing a town hall meeting on state funding for the arts later this month in Orlando. Smith, who has a seat on the House Appropriations Committee, and Eskamani contended that Florida’s arts funding ranks near the bottom nationally after cuts last year, and […]