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Associated PressJune 13, 2015

Developers in Miami Beach are making big contributions to a term-limited city commissioner’s new political action committee. The Miami Herald reports that the newly formed committed, headed by Commissioner Jonah Wolfson, has raised $500,000 from developers and vendors in just 30 days. Area voters will elect three new commissioners and decide whether to re-elect the city’s […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

In what is being depicted as a devastating blow to President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives on Friday resoundingly rejected a proposal that would grant financial aid to displaced workers by a vote of 302 to 126. That damages the possibility that Congress will grant the president fast-track trade authority to complete the Trans Pacific Partnership, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

Lenny Curry and Mike Williams presented a united front on the campaign trail, and (as Florida Politics reported earlier) they are planning a joint inauguration on July 1. “On the occasion of becoming our great city’s next mayor, I invite the people of Jacksonville to join us in this celebration of Jacksonville’s future,” Curry stated in an […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

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Former Tampa City Council member Mary Mulhern says she’s “investigating” running for political office in 2016, and that includes the possibility of moving to Pinellas County this summer to compete for the District 13 Congressional seat held by Republican David Jolly. “I’ve been crunching numbers for months, and networking, and talking to people at all levels […]

Melissa RossJune 12, 2015

During his successful campaign for Jacksonville mayor, Lenny Curry made public safety a key campaign issue, and repeatedly pledged to bring back the city’s Jacksonville Journey anti-crime initiative. The “Journey,” as it was known, began under former mayor John Peyton as a response to Jacksonville’s skyrocketing violent crime rate. A series of interlocking initiatives focusing on […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

On Thursday afternoon, the Lenny Curry A Safer Jacksonville mayoral transition committee addressed issues related to police, fire, and rescue. Throughout the meeting, very specific subject matter expertise was demonstrated. The committee itself featured fire department people, such as Director/Chief Marty Senterfitt, and police veterans, such as former undersheriff Frank Mackesy. This facilitated a discussion that got […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

According to a survey conducted of the CNBC Global CFO Council, Jeb Bush will be the likely Republican nominee for President in 2016, and nobody else is really close. More than 72 percent of members of the council surveyed this month say Bush will in fact win the 2016 nomination. Respondents were asked to choose who they […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

On the eve of Jeb Bush’s announcement Monday at Miami Dade Community College that he’s officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, his campaign has issued a list of Florida GOP lawmakers backing him in the race against Marco Rubio and the more than dozen other candidates in the race. For starters, the entire […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

Thirty-eights years after Anita Bryant, Florida no longer officially bans gays from adopting children. Although it’s been legal for such couples to adopt since 2010, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law Thursday night that now makes that official. The issue roiled social conservatives in and outside of the Legislature this spring. The inclusion of […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

File this under: Sam Mousa gives a budget lesson. Though the transition between the Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry administrations has been (for the most part) free of tension, matters of professional pride can and do become personalized. That was proved true once again during the Fiscal Responsibility meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, when Brown’s […]

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Developers give big money in Miami Beach Commission race

Kathy Castor explains why she opposed Obama on trade bill

Lenny Curry, Mike Williams plan joint inauguration

Mary Mulhern “investigating” run for Pinellas County CD 13 seat

Under Lenny Curry, Jacksonville Journey anti-crime effort set to make comeback

Safer Jacksonville transition committee addresses police, fire, rescue issues in Jax

Survey indicates CFOs think Jeb Bush will capture GOP nomination

Florida lawmakers line up behind Jeb Bush before official announcement

Mitch Perry Report for 6.12.15 — On this LGBT issue, Florida and Rick Scott resist social conservative pressures

Fiscal Responsibility meeting reveals tensions between Alvin Brown, Lenny Curry camps