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A.G. GancarskiMay 10, 2015

Just over a year ago, the biggest Alvin Brown backer in 2011, Peter Rummell, made headlines when he renounced his previous support for the incumbent mayor and signaled his support for Lenny Curry, who had limited name recognition and was perceived by the Jacksonville media as having no real shot at displacing the mayor, whose approval ratings […]

Phil AmmannMay 10, 2015

Tracy Pafford, wife of House Minority Leader Mark Pafford, has ended the 2016 campaign to replace her term-limited husband in House District 86. In January, Tracy Pafford filed a Democratic campaign account for the seat, which covers parts of Palm Beach County. Since then, the Palm Beach Post reports that Pafford received endorsements from Palm […]

Daniel TilsonMay 10, 2015

I want to serve on Gov. Rick Scott’s Commission on Hospital and Healthcare Funding. I mean, poetic justice aside, I’m uniquely qualified to help the cause. Not the governor’s cause, not the crusade to turn Florida’s healthcare system into a hardcore conservative model for what could replace the Affordable Care Act after he’s helped elect […]

Guest AuthorMay 10, 2015

It is May, a season of hope and fulfillment of dreams. Graduations bloom new flowers all across our state. A limitless future of choices and chances stand before those who are crossing our stages. I recently had the privilege of offering my thoughts through a commencement address to the students receiving graduate degrees from St. […]

Guest AuthorMay 10, 2015

I feel bad for Mike Rossi. He’s the Boston Marathon dad with an inflated ego who wrote a sanctimonious letter to his children’s principal for not excusing their absences when he took them out of school to cheer for him. Now, after allegations that he may have cheated in his race to qualify for Boston, […]

Bruce RitchieMay 10, 2015

A group calling itself ACF Stakeholders was formed in 2010 with great promise in trying to create consensus among the various user groups along the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (ACF) rivers. But when the group meets in Florida next week, it should vote to disband. Because the river system and the people who depend on […]

Melissa RossMay 10, 2015

With just ten days left until the May 19th runoff election, Mayor Alvin Brown and his former opponent, Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Bishop, have hit the streets together in the first of several canvassing operations the duo is expected to conduct leading up to Election Day. First stop: Riverside/Avondale, the hipster historic neighborhood Bishop won […]

Phil AmmannMay 9, 2015

As Scott Walker hits the campaign trail – not as an official presidential candidate yet, mind you — voters will undoubtedly hear many tales of his fervent frugality. Getting much airplay is one such story, in which the Wisconsin governor scored a sweater from Kohl’s for only $1; a deal that combined extreme couponing and […]

Mitch PerryMay 9, 2015

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Jeb Bush quoted C.S. Lewis and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a commencement speech given at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia Saturday morning. But he also couldn’t resist some partisanship during his address, accusing the Obama administration of restricting the rights of religious believers. Referring to the fact that a number of religious non-profits such as […]

Bob SparksMay 8, 2015

As the Florida Senate debated itself in Tallahassee last week, a smoldering issue re-ignited thanks to the National Football League draft. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with the very first pick, looked to Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston as the player best suited to lead them to the playoffs. Millions are aware of the Winston story. […]

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Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry headed to photo finish

Mark Pafford’s wife ends 2016 bid for HD 86

Daniel Tilson: I want to be on Rick Scott's new healthcare commission

Ed Moore: It's commencement season, but 'commencing' what?

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Mike Rossi, the Boston Marathon, cheaters and 'attention whoring'

Bruce Ritchie: Enough secrecy! After voting on water plan, tri-state rivers group should vote to disband

Alvin Brown, Bill Bishop go door-knocking

Email insights: Scott Walker, ‘spite shopping’ and a sweet sweater deal

Jeb Bush says the Obama administration uses “coercive federal power” in Liberty University speech

Bob Sparks: Jameis Winston sideshow relocates from Tallahassee to Tampa