March 2017 - Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Staff ReportsMarch 31, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday announced sixteen reappointments and fifteen appointments to fourteen Judicial Nominating Commissions (JNCs), the panels charged with making recommendations for judgeships. They “submit three to six names of the most highly qualified applicants to the Governor, who must make a final selection from the list,” according to The Florida Bar. “Each Judicial Nominating […]

Mitch PerryMarch 31, 2017

Governor Rick Scott announced one appointment and one reappointment to the Governing Board of the St. Johns River Water Management District on Friday. The Governor named Susan Dolan, 51, of Longwood to succeed Maryam Ghyabi. Dolan’s term will end on March 1, 2021. Dolan is currently the director of community affairs for Waste Pro of Florida, Inc. Her appointment […]

Mitch PerryMarch 31, 2017

Governor Rick Scott has appointed Martha Lanahan to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Lanahan, 52, of Tampa, is the executive vice president of Regions Bank. She succeeds Brian Katz and is appointed for a term beginning March 31, 2017, and ending November 13, 2020. This appointment is subject to Senate confirmation.

Peter SchorschMarch 31, 2017

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Hmmm, they don’t seem that provocative. On Thursday, members of the Women’s Legislative Caucus wore purple T-shirts with the slogan, “A Woman’s Place is in the House and the Senate.” Once on the House floor, however, an alarm rose among some: Were they appropriate? Rules Chair Jose Oliva, slated to be Speaker in 2018-20, soon put […]

Mitch PerryMarch 31, 2017

Governor Rick Scott announced the appointment of Kristin Incrocci to the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority on Friday. Incrocci, 51, of Sarasota, is the owner and pilot of SRQ Aviation. She received her bachelor’s degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. Incrocci fills a vacant seat and is appointed for a term beginning March 31, 2017, […]

Staff ReportsMarch 31, 2017

Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, who represented the state in its losing fight with the Seminole Tribe over blackjack, has won an appointment to sit on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court. Gov. Rick Scott announced Moe’s and five additional trial judge appointments late Friday. Moe, 38, of Tampa, is a shareholder with Bush Ross who served a […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2017

The national Democrat Party stands at a defining crossroads. In the wake of an epic fail over health care on the part of Republicans in Congress and the dilettantes in the White House, Democrats have a choice to make: either become a reprehensible copycat “Party of No” or embark on a nobler path for the common […]

Scott PowersMarch 31, 2017

The company planning the Brightline passenger train service has won a key State Administrative Court decision in a case that was holding up an environmental permit needed for the West Palm Beach to Orlando leg of the train line. On Thursday Administrative Judge Bram Canter sided with Brightline and the St. Johns River Water Management […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2017

In my previous role as Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, it wasn’t often I would find consensus on issues involving local water management districts, the state and federal government. But after years of studying the options to best reduce the occurrence of discharges used to lower Lake Okeechobee, those involved in these three […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2017

The alphabet of American culture – the NEA, NEH and NPR – won’t lose public funding. No, the president and Congress didn’t have a Eureka moment and realize art and cultural and the capacity for creative expression differentiate us from the primordial slime from which we came. And, it’s not because lawmakers got all warm […]

Month: March 2017
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Rick Scott names 31 to state’s Judicial Nominating Commissions

Governor appoints two members to St. Johns River Water Management District governing board

Rick Scott appoints Tampa’s Martha Lanahan to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation

T-shirts cause clothing kerfuffle in House

Kristin Incroci appointed to Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority

Attorney in state’s blackjack case one of six appointments to bench

Michael Richardson: Is there an adult in the room?

Brightline railroad wins key court decision for environmental permit

Herschel Vinyard Jr.: Listen to water experts in Lake Okeechobee debate

Donato (Danny) Pietrodangelo: It won’t happen