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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2015
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Last night, at the Ballots and Brews event hosted by the Jacksonville Young Voters Coalition at Intuition Ale Works in Riverside, I ran across Mayor Alvin Brown … very briefly. Most of the politicians and staff people there had time for extended chats, which was because they were there to message and network, even if off the record. Mayor Brown? Not […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 19, 2015
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Sachs Media Group is creating some big buzz with Big Data. Florida’s leading communications firm announced today the launch of Breakthrough Research, a new division specializing in “Big Data” – broad and complex data sets – for public policy opinion research and campaign message testing. Leading the innovative Breakthrough Research group is Karen Cyphers, who […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 19, 2015
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Joe Marino, a West Point graduate and leader of the Florida Defense Contractors Association, has taken the role of Chief Operations Officer for Florida is for Veterans, Inc. “Joe Marino brings a wealth of experience in working with Veterans’ issues from the non-profit sector, Florida state government experience and corporate recruiter for Veterans,” said Florida […]

James CallFebruary 19, 2015
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5min207
The Florida Department of Health will hold a public hearing March 2 in Tallahassee for a proposed rule on a medicinal marijuana law. The rule was produced by a two-day negotiated rule-making workshop DOH held earlier this month with growers, cannabis business representatives and patient advocates. Medicinal marijuana is available in nearly half of the country but […]

James CallFebruary 19, 2015
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The Florida Department of Health will hold a public hearing March 2 in Tallahassee for a proposed rule on a medicinal marijuana law. The rule was produced by a two-day negotiated rule-making workshop DOH held earlier this month with growers, cannabis business representatives and patient advocates. Medicinal marijuana is available in nearly half of the country but […]

James CallFebruary 19, 2015
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Florida House Democratic Leader Mark Pafford said Thursday he favors a Charlotte’s Web glitch bill and expanding the number of illnesses covered. Pafford also sided with the Speaker  Steve Crisafulli about the Scott’s administration failure to evaluate and rank applications for sports stadium grants. The Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 was to have allowed Florida’s first […]


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