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Phil AmmannApril 17, 2015

Being a younger sibling has its drawbacks. Hand-me-downs, for one. Always living in an older brother’s shadow is another. So imagine Jeb Bush’s situation. Having two-term President George W. Bush as an older brother — who left as one of the least popular leaders in modern history — a White House run provides a long […]

James CallApril 17, 2015

Florida’s unemployment rate remained flat in March at 5.7 percent, unchanged from February, but down .8 percent from a year ago, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Economic Opportunity. The DEO report can be found here. It indicates there are 548,000 Floridians looking for work while another 33,000 fell out of […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 17, 2015

On Friday morning, the Lenny Curry campaign sent an email reiterating previously established themes. One such theme: a reminder of the Republican’s contention that he is a “true conservative.” Another such theme: a reiteration of a theme, established months ago, of Curry’s “servant leadership.” The email was written by Judi Spann, one of the most active volunteers on […]

Peter SchorschApril 17, 2015

Gauging by the traffic on SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, and ContextFlorida.com, as well as the open rates for our morning email, Sunburn, the past two weeks have been the busiest time in Sunshine State politics since last year’s election. Even the weekends have been hectic: Last Saturday saw Jeff Atwater announce that he was not running for […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

Happy Friday to you all. Greetings from Nashua, N.H., where the latest cattle call of GOP presidential aspirants and possible aspirants are congregating for the next two days. I’ve long criticized the way we elect presidents, putting so much emphasis — too much emphasis — on two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, to define who should […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 17, 2015

The good news for Alvin Brown and Ken Jefferson: Turnout at the Beaches Watch forum on Thursday night was light. It was significantly down from 2011, said people who were at both events with perhaps 100 in an auditorium that could hold many times that number. The bad news? Neither Democrat spoke to Beaches issues with a great deal […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 16, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott appeared on Fox News Thursday night and accused the federal government of behaving like the mafia and “bullying” the state during negotiations over supplemental Medicaid dollars to pay Florida hospitals. “This is ‘The Sopranos,'” Scott said, referring to the hit HBO show about a New Jersey-based mafia family. “They are using bullying […]

Kevin MeerschaertApril 16, 2015

A Jacksonville City Council subcommittee is looking for ways to reduce blight, but some residents are asking whether there aren’t more important issues the council should focus on. The full council approved legislation this week to crack down on so-called “bucket and hose” car wash operations. Many have sprouted on Jacksonville street corners in the […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 16, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s announcement that he will sue the federal government for withholding Low Income Pool dollars caused a firestorm on Thursday, rounding out what has been topsy turvy health care week in Tallahassee. The announcement drew praise from conservatives such as Koch-brothers backed group Americans for Prosperity which issued a release saying, “the Obama […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

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Created Equal’s new ad targeting Amendment 4

Email insights: American Bridge says Jeb Bush running with W’s hand-me-downs

Florida jobless rate remains unchanged; Rick Scott touts job gains

Email Insights: Lenny Curry campaign issues appeal to “support a true conservative”

Marco Rubio’s Gary Hart moment? David Jolly and Will Weatherford, both wrong but right

Mitch Perry Report for 4.17.16 — Tracking the GOP in N.H.

GOP dominates Jacksonville Beaches Watch forum

Rick Scott says feds are “bullying” Florida like “The Sopranos”

Jacksonville cracks down on “bucket and hose” car washes

Rick Scott’s decision to sue the feds over Medicaid gets mixed reactions

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians’ racist “dog whistles”