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Guest AuthorDecember 1, 2014

I see these groups everywhere I go in Florida. They take over tables in restaurants for breakfast or lunch, muttering here, laughing there, flirting with waitresses a third their age. I’m talking about those gangs known as ROMEOs — Retired Old Men Eating Out. Their membership varies widely — ex-business tycoons sit with former ditch-diggers, […]

Guest AuthorDecember 1, 2014

For Florida, innovation is more than an experiment in the latest trends. Innovation improves the lives of consumers and creates jobs and economic opportunity. When it comes to better health-care outcomes, disruptive innovation can be an issue for consumers and our state’s competitiveness. Consider telemedicine. By using electronic communication to share data, physicians in rural […]

Shannon NickinsonDecember 1, 2014

What happens when the residents of Pensacola won’t have the Main Street wastewater treatment plant site to kick around anymore? For at least the last decade — make that decades — everything that was wrong with Pensacola could be linked to Old Stinky, a sewer plant that sat on the downtown Pensacola waterfront for at […]

Phil AmmannDecember 1, 2014

State Rep. Jamie Grant, most recently of Tampa’s House District 64, will be seeking another term in his seat. By filing paperwork the day before Thanksgiving, the 32-year-old Republican was the first candidate in the race, according to the state Division of Elections. First elected in 2010, Grant was re-elected in November, except that the House […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2014

A familiar face has been representing clients with issues before Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi: Her predecessor. Former Attorney General Bill McCollum, who directly preceded Bondi in office, has used his knowledge of the office’s inner workings to represent at least three companies navigating state legal issues. The cruise line Royal Caribbean, e-cigarette company NJOY […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2014

She’s had the audacity to do what no one else in Tampa has been willing to do – challenge Bob Buckhorn in his bid for re-election next March. But Becky Rubright now says it’s doubtful she’ll be a candidate for mayor, because she’s not sure she’ll be able to generate enough signatures on her petition […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2014

She’s had the audacity to do what no one else in Tampa has been willing to do – challenge Bob Buckhorn in his bid for re-election next March. But Becky Rubright now says it’s doubtful she’ll be a candidate for mayor, because she’s not sure she’ll be able to generate enough signatures on her petition […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2014

Welcome back to the working week. This holiday weekend I did what I do most weekends – see a motion picture at a local movie theater. Actually I saw two over the holiday break; the Jon Stewart directed “Rosewater,” and “Citizenfour,” the documentary directed by Laura Poitras on NSA leaker Edward Snowden (of which I’ll […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2014

Everyone knows how Charlie Crist lost: votes. But not enough has been said about how Charlie Crist won. First, the People’s Governor willingly walked into a $100 million wall. Rick Scott had $25 million in negative ads waiting to bully any challengers on day one and his campaign was boasting about an unprecedented, and almost […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2014

After an easy win in November, state Representative Ross Spano took the first steps for a 2016 re-election run in House District 59, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Spano, a 48-year-old attorney, took 58 percent of the vote Nov. 4 to win a second term for the seat covering parts of Hillsborough County. […]

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Buccaneers QB Teddy Bridgewater. Image via AP.

Mark O’Brien: O ROMEO, ROMEO, quit whining

Mark Wilson: For a healthier Florida, embrace innovation through telemedicine

Shannon Nickinson: What will Pensacola do without Old Stinky to kick around?

Jamie Grant, Miriam Steinberg file to run in HD 64 special election

Bill McCollum representing clients before Attorney General Pam Bondi's office

Bob Buckhorn's only opponent dropping out of the race before it begins?

Bob Buckhorn’s only opponent dropping out of the race before it begins?

Mitch Perry Report – 12.1.14

Kevin Cate: How Charlie Crist won

Rep. Ross Spano files paperwork for 2016 re-election bid