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Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

Marco Rubio may insist that Jeb Bush‘s entrance into the GOP presidential sweepstakes won’t affect his own chances of competing, but the early indications aren’t very encouraging for Florida’s junior Senator in his home state. A St. Pete Polls survey of Florida Republicans released this morning shows Rubio getting just 15 percent support in the […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

It hasn’t been much of a honeymoon since Rick Scott won his re-election last November, and it may not get better anytime soon. The controversy regarding the dispute circumstances surrounding the firing of FDLE head Gerald Bailey continue to dog him on a daily basis, and a new poll conducted by St. Pete Polls commissioned […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

It wasn’t that long ago when Time magazine was proclaiming Rand Paul the most interesting politician in America. Rand was by far the mainstream media’s favorite idea of a Republican: a man speaking out about the poor and disenfranchised; who spoke in Berkeley and at Howard University; a saner version of his old man, Libertarian […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 3, 2015

Foley & Lardner announced the addition of Karen Bowling as public affairs director to its government and public policy team in Jacksonville. Bowling is the former chief executive officer of Solantic urgent care, a company she cofounded with Gov. Rick Scott in 2001. After Solantic’s sale in 2011, Bowling joined the senior staff of Jacksonville […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

Showing once again that she’s determined to make a mark on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit board, member Kathleen Shanahan expressed frustration today that she wasn’t aware of any financial requests that the transit agency had made of its local legislative delegation, a month before the 2015 legislative session in Tallahassee. “I feel like we’re going […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

Showing once again that she’s determined to make a mark on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit board, member Kathleen Shanahan expressed frustration today that she wasn’t aware of any financial requests that the transit agency had made of its local legislative delegation, a month before the 2015 legislative session in Tallahassee. “I feel like we’re going […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 3, 2015

This morning, I’ll be going on WJCT radio in Jacksonville on the show of my FloridaPolitics.com colleague Melissa Ross to talk about the collapse of a section of Liberty Street here in downtown Jacksonville. It’s an interesting news item for a number of reasons. For one, it’s a prominent local street. For another, it comes […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 3, 2015

A first look at three critical swing states — Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania — for the 2016 presidential election is good news for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who tops possible Republican contenders in every match up, except Florida, where she ties former Gov. Jeb Bush, and Ohio, where she ties Gov. John Kasich, […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 2, 2015

Former Jacksonville City General Counsel Jim Rinaman is supporting Bill Bishop in this spring’s mayoral race. Rinaman sat on the commission that proposed the elimination of a separate county executive or legislature, announced his endorsement of Bishop – an underdog in the race — in a letter last week. Initially, the prominent attorney threw his […]

James CallFebruary 2, 2015

In two weeks Florida’s lobbying corps will know which firms will be subjected to state-mandated audits. The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met Monday and laid out a time line for implementing a 10-year old law mandating audits of lobbying firms quarterly compensation reports. The firms to be audited will be selected Feb. 19 and the […]

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U.S. Rep. Cory Mills delivering Starlink systems to Florida Highway Patrol. Image via Mills.

Marco Rubio still struggles in Florida in new GOP presidential poll

New poll shows Rick Scott hurt by Baileygate

Mitch Perry Report for 2.3.15 – Rand off the rails?

Personnel note: Karen Bowling, former Solantic CEO, joins Foley & Lardner's governmental affairs team

Some HART board members fret they'll miss out on state funding

Some HART board members fret they’ll miss out on state funding

Liberty collapses in Jacksonville

Q-poll: Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush in virtual tie in Florida

Former Jacksonville general counsel endorses underdog Bill Bishop

Lobbying firms will know February 19 whether they’ll be audited