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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

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

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 […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2015

Speaker Crisafulli is right: no one has really made the case to him or anyone that the statutory language of SB 1030 is flawed; but it absolutely is and must be fixed legislatively. I’m willing to accept partial blame here. The conversations surrounding 1030 have largely been driven by two groups of political actors: advocates […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2015

Speaker Crisafulli is right: no one has really made the case to him or anyone that the statutory language of SB 1030 is flawed; but it absolutely is and must be fixed legislatively. I’m willing to accept partial blame here. The conversations surrounding 1030 have largely been driven by two groups of political actors: advocates […]

James CallFebruary 19, 2015

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

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 […]

Melissa RossFebruary 19, 2015

Term limits mean nine Jacksonville City Council seats are up for grabs in the city’s unitary election March 24. A powerful group of local women is working to make sure women win as many of those elections as possible. The movement is called “9 in 15,” referencing the number of open seats in play this […]

Melissa RossFebruary 19, 2015

Term limits mean nine Jacksonville City Council seats are up for grabs in the city’s unitary election March 24. A powerful group of local women is working to make sure women win as many of those elections as possible. The movement is called “9 in 15,” referencing the number of open seats in play this […]

James CallFebruary 19, 2015

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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Alvin Brown navigates a triangulation strategy

Karen Cyphers to lead Sachs Media new Breakthrough Research division

Personnel note: Florida is for Veterans names Joe Marino as Chief Operating Officer

Ben Pollara: Legislative action needed on Charlotte’s Web

Ben Pollara: Legislative action needed on Charlotte's Web

Charlotte’s Web rule hearing to be held March 2

Charlotte's Web rule hearing to be held March 2

“9 in 15” movement pushing to get more women elected in Jacksonville

"9 in 15" movement pushing to get more women elected in Jacksonville

Mark Pafford agrees on stadium funding act, wants talks on pot