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Phil AmmannFebruary 19, 2015

Anfield Consulting, the Tallahassee-based boutique public affairs firm, hired longtime Miami-Dade County administrator Edgar Fernandez on Thursday. Fernandez brings more than 25 years of legislative experience, including 16 years with Miami-Dade County. His most recent role was as senior assistant overseeing policy and governmental affairs for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department. Fernandez begins with Anfield […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2015

This month, former Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman blew some minds when he told The Tampa Tribune that he’s probably going to attempt a return to local politics, as he eyes the countywide District 6 commission seat being vacated next year by a term-limited Kevin Beckner. Norman was a county commissioner 18 years, before he […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2015

With a little more than a month before the March 24 election, the First Coast Tiger Bay Club will hold an at-large City Council candidate forum at 11:30 a.m. Friday during its monthly meeting, at the venerable University Club in Jacksonville. With five at-large races, it will be a crowded forum, and in its monthly newsletter, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2015

The Campaign of Jacksonville Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry announced plans for his “Duval Door Brawl” event earlier this week, an event described by Campaign Manager Brian Swensen as follows: “The rules are simple: organize a group and start knocking doors. Whichever group can walk the most doors in one day will win a VIP invite for a personal […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 19, 2015

The Campaign of Jacksonville Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry announced plans for his “Duval Door Brawl” event earlier this week, an event described by Campaign Manager Brian Swensen as follows: “The rules are simple: organize a group and start knocking doors. Whichever group can walk the most doors in one day will win a VIP invite for a personal […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2015

Among the many links on this morning’s Drudge Report is a story by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Marco Rubio essentially saying that Congress should pass a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security without conditions. There are just eight days remaining before funding for DHS will run out, with the House and Senate at […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 19, 2015

With 1.6 million enrollees Florida is the state with the highest number of consumers buying health coverage through the new insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act, according to statistics released Wednesday. Most, 93 percent, of the consumers who signed up through the federal exchange were eligible for an average tax credit of $297 per […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 19, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Wednesday three new appointments and four reappointments to a variety of state regulatory boards. Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority Scott began by appointing former state Rep. Doug Holder to the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority. Holder, 48, of Osprey, served in the Florida House from 2006-2014 and is currently serves as a […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 18, 2015

It’s not often you see the word “liberalize” coming from a conservative/libertarian advocacy group, but in the debate over Florida’s “Growler bill,” almost anything is possible. “R Street welcomes bill to liberalize Florida liquor laws,” is the headline of a press release from Washington D.C.-based think tank. R Street Institute was praising the passage of […]

Associated PressFebruary 18, 2015

Former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday there can be no diplomacy with Islamic State militants, but only a U.S.-led coalition of Middle Eastern countries committed to “tightening the noose and taking them out.” In a wide-ranging speech outlining his vision of America’s place in the world, part of the Republican’s run-up toward a likely campaign […]

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Personnel note: Anfield Consulting adds Miami-Dade water expert Edgar Fernandez

Brian Willis considering bid for Hillsborough County Commission

First Coast Tiger Bay Club plans at-large City Council candidate forum

Jeff Atwater at Lenny Curry's "Duval door brawl" kickoff Saturday

Jeff Atwater at Lenny Curry’s “Duval door brawl” kickoff Saturday

Mitch Perry Report for 2.19.15 — Rubio, immigration and the political right

1.6 million Floridians enroll in Obamacare; 56 enroll in Florida Health Choices

Governor announces seven board appointments

R Street Institute welcomes repeal of Florida alcohol/grocery separation law

Jeb Bush: U.S. must ‘tighten the noose’ in fight against IS