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Mitch PerryFebruary 2, 2015

By a wide margin, Floridians do not approve of Marco Rubio running for president next year, and think it best that he should concentrate his efforts on running for reelection to his Senate seat in 2016, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released on Monday. And that sentiment includes most Republicans. Just 15 percent of those responding […]

Ryan RayFebruary 2, 2015

What a tangled web we weave when we practice to achieve (even admirable) public policy goals via constitutional amendment. That sums up the current state of affairs for presumably millions of Florida voters who support both Amendment 1’s expansion of funding for water and land conservation and affordable housing programs like the Sadowski housing trust fund, says […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 2, 2015

A Senate tax panel on Monday gave the nod to a bill that increases the level of income from $50,000 to $75,000 that is exempt from Florida’s 5.5 percent tax on the net income of corporations, one of the tax reductions that is contained in Gov. Rick Scott’s $673 million tax reduction package. The bill […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 2, 2015

A Senate tax panel on Monday gave the nod to a bill that increases the level of income from $50,000 to $75,000 that is exempt from Florida’s 5.5 percent tax on the net income of corporations, one of the tax reductions that is contained in Gov. Rick Scott’s $673 million tax reduction package. The bill […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 2, 2015

The other night I received a recorded message from my children’s principal. He called to inform parents that a student at my sons’ high school has TB and – that’s all I heard. Like any sleep-deprived mom about ten minutes late for happy hour, I immediately shrieked, dropped the phone and went online for answers. […]

Jac VerSteegFebruary 2, 2015

The city of West Palm Beach provides an example of the astonishing power of politics to make people mimic sociopaths. The Palm Beach Post and WPTV Channel 5 conducted a joint investigation that found that top elected officials in West Palm Beach wrote letters seeking the parole of a murderer in New York state. What […]

Shannon NickinsonFebruary 2, 2015

Tim Wyrosdick has a big idea that could change the educational and economic future of the Pensacola metro area. If you have $55 million, he says he can provide the staff and students to fill it. “It’s a pie-in-the-sky dream kind of thing,” says Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa County School District superintendent. The idea – Innovation […]

Marc YachtFebruary 2, 2015

When King Arthur is about to marry Guinevere, the song notes, “I wonder what the king is doing tonight.” A good question to those who built their house of cards selling the “Big Government is Bad” idea. This effective anti-government campaign plays on fears that those awful tax-and-spend liberals will reach deeper into voters’ pockets. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 2, 2015

On his last day on the job as the executive directors of both the Hillsborough County MPO and the Planning Commission last week, Ray Chiaramonte learned that he would be immediately transitioning to a new gig – after being selected to become the next executive director of TBARTA, the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. The still very vibrant […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 2, 2015

The Jacksonville Daily Record reports today that Lenny Curry has passed a milestone — he has raised over $2.1M for his Jacksonville Mayoral Campaign, which started 8 months ago. Marilyn Young writes that “Curry’s fundraising total topped $2.1 million on the heels of a huge January, which brought in $439,585.” $329,500 of that total came […]

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

Florida GOP voters going big time for Jeb, not so much for Marco in presidential poll

Troubled waters for housing advocates, Senate environmental committee chair

Senate F&T gives nod to tax reduction

Senate F&T gives nod to tax reduction

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Anti-immunization insanity endangers kids

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: The murderer politicians love

Shannon Nickinson: Santa Rosa dreams of Innovation High School

Marc Yacht: I wonder what Republicans are doing tonight

Ray Chiaramonte is high on CSX and the Tampa streetcar as he takes over at TBARTA

Lenny Curry is the Two Million Dollar Man