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Sally SwartzApril 26, 2015

The emails are puzzling. They are misleading. They are sneaky. The subject lines, in lower case letters, are nondescript, such as “funding” or “need this finished.” The sender – the Economic Council of Martin County – does not want to explain them. The emails do not ask readers to back what the Council website lists […]

Mitch PerryApril 26, 2015

By any measure, Tampa has flourished since its citizens elected Bob Buckhorn as mayor in 2011. Saddled with budget deficits in his first couple of years in office, he put the city’s economy back on solid footing post-recession. There’s been a plethora of new parks and swimming pools built throughout the city, and an expanded Riverwalk has […]

Brendan FarringtonApril 25, 2015

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had a message Saturday for Jacksonville University graduates: Get a life. The 2012 Republican presidential nominee told the nearly 900 students earning degrees that life isn’t measured in riches and professional achievement, but in friendships and family, learning and work, faith in God and service to others. “Get a life, […]

Associated PressApril 25, 2015

Orlando City Soccer has reached 14,000 season tickets in its inaugural season. The team announced the milestone this week, and says it has established a waiting list for prospective season ticket holders for the 2016 season. Orlando City ranks among the top teams in MLS for season tickets sold, and are the fourth team with […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 25, 2015

This month, the Alvin Brown campaign gave a 2011 campaign donation made by Zakee Fur’qan to a local charity, finally bringing an end to the saga that began with Fur’qan being trumpeted in March as one of the “job creators and business leaders” who backed the Mayor’s reelection bid. Once the Brown campaign was made aware of Fur’qan’s […]

Guest AuthorApril 25, 2015

Florida’s homeowners and neighborhoods need a doctor. We need someone who can perform surgery on a very bad bill, a bill that sticks homeowners in the heart with what amounts to a legislatively mandated dues increase. I want to be crystal clear about this: CS/CS/CS/SB 736 aka, the “estoppel bill,” will force homeowners’ dues to […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 25, 2015

On Friday, we reported on an internal poll from Lenny Curry’s consulting firm that shows the Republican ahead of Alvin Brown in the Jacksonville Mayoral Race for the first time. The poll showed Curry ahead of the Democrat by 4 points, and spotlighted some trends that would seemingly worry the Brown camp, such as a “dangerously low” re-elect number and […]

Phil AmmannApril 25, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday named Pensacola attorney Coleman Lee Robinson to the First Judicial Circuit Court. Robinson, 44, served as an Assistant State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit since 1994. He was a Special Assistant United States attorney from 2007-2009. Robinson is also a member of the First Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee. “Lee […]

Associated PressApril 24, 2015

Michael Pizzi should be restored as Miami Lakes mayor after his acquittal on federal corruption charges even though a replacement mayor was elected, a state appeals court ruled Friday. A three-judge panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal rejected the argument from attorneys for Miami Lakes that Wayne Slaton‘s 2013 election after Pizzi’s arrest […]

Mitch PerryApril 24, 2015

Although most people dislike negative advertising in political campaigns, strategists say they work, which is why no matter how odious it is to the average voter, it’s not going away anytime soon. Whether that’s accurate or not, one veteran Florida Republican political strategist admitted at Friday’s Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting that such advertising can suppress […]

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Sally Swartz: Martin Economic Council misleads with sugar-flavored emails

Bob Buckhorn faces first major test as Tampa mayor

Mitt Romney to Jacksonville University graduates: Get a life

Orlando City Soccer reaches 14,000 season tickets

Alvin Brown gives Zakee Fur’qan donation to local charity

Roger Kesselbach: Bad bill for homeowners needs major surgery

Alvin Brown campaign on Lenny Curry internal poll: “an act of desperation”

Gov. Scott names Coleman Lee Robinson to the First Judicial Circuit Court

Court: Acquitted Miami Lakes mayor should get job back

GOP consultant at Tampa Tiger Bay admits negative advertising suppresses vote