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A.G. GancarskiApril 15, 2015

Former Jacksonville Mayor Tommy Hazouri isn’t in danger of losing votes to his Republican opponent, social conservative Geoff Youngblood, in the progressive Jacksonville enclave of Five Points. Hazouri, though, has to make a sale to those younger voters nonetheless, many of whom were pre-embryonic when Hazouri was mayor. An avuncular figure whose opponent in the First Election, Mincy […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

A new St. Pete Polls survey released overnight shows that if St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman‘s Pier Selection Committee does not choose the most popular pier design from a recent survey conducted by the city, the city council should reject that choice. When asked directly if the selection committee opts not to choose the Destination St. Pete Pier design, should the […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

Love her or loath her, Hillary Clinton‘s official presence in the 2016 presidential sweepstakes is a big deal. But does the political media class have to lose their collective sh*t in the process? It was sort of humorous to read that story the other day about how Clinton’s delayed video release announcing her campaign on […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 14, 2015

What started out smoothly a few months ago now appears to be falling apart as leading Republicans in the House and Senate began finger-pointing over a health care dispute that appears likely to derail the 2015 session. The latest evidence that the May 1 session will not end on time came after the Department of […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 14, 2015

A Senate health care spending panel on Tuesday gave the nod to a telehealth bill but House Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Brodeur says he’s not sure the Legislature needs to address the issue. The Senate health care spending panel tagged on two late filed amendments to the bill, CS/SB 478, by […]

Melissa RossApril 14, 2015

North Florida U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, says in an email to constituents that President Barack Obama is engaged in a “naked concession to the Castro dictatorship” by removing Cuba from the administration’s list of state sponsors of terrorism. “The removal of Cuba from the list of […]

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2015

Florida has successfully operated tax-credit education scholarships for 13 years. More than 70,000 underprivileged students across Florida benefit from such scholarships, which provide important school choice options. The students — whose household incomes are only 5 percent above the poverty level, two-thirds of whom are black or Hispanic, and the majority of whom live in […]

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2015

In the political hothouse that is Florida, the number of people who actually believe that Marco Rubio would be a better president of the United States than Jeb Bush would fit into, well, Freedom Hall in Miami. But the political cognoscenti who fear Marco’s presidential candidacy is just the opening gambit in a run for […]

Daniel TilsonApril 14, 2015

Marco Rubio is nothing if not…ambitious. Some would say, a “climber.” Little more than midway through his first term as Florida’s junior U.S. senator, Rubio wants to move on up to the Oval Office. He made the official announcement this week at Miami’s Freedom Tower. Watching it, I remembered the last time I was in […]

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2015

Early last year, Jeb Bush had a small gathering at the Biltmore in Coral Gables for a very private, serious chat about running for president in 2016. One of his top advisers, Mike Murphy, was a tad surprised to run into someone he knew as he waited for cab to leave go to the airport. […]

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“Captain Chaos” Tommy Hazouri meets, greets in Five Points

New poll shows trouble ahead if St. Pete decision makers reject “Destination St. Pete Pier”

Mitch Perry Report for 4.15.15 — Waiting on Hillary

House, Senate, feds stick to guns on Medicaid as session slips away

Telehealth bill moves in Senate, will House take it up?

Email Insights: Ron DeSantis blasts Cuba’s removal from terrorism list

John Legg: Don’t put Florida’s schoolchildren in political crossfire

Jack Stevenson: Marco Rubio's weak spot is his knees

Daniel Tilson: Back to the future with Marco Rubio

Brian Crowley: Should Jeb Bush step aside for Marco Rubio?