Renzo DowneyNovember 4, 2020
5min1413
The National Association of Evangelicals and the National African American Clergy Network joined in support.
Tag: Chamber of Commerce
Renzo DowneyNovember 4, 2020Renzo DowneyMay 18, 2020
5min754
The COVID-19 economic recession is unlike other recessions.
Blake DowlingAugust 31, 2019
11min1228
Today’s podcast is going through a revolution, much like blogging in the early 2000s.
Scott PowersNovember 8, 2018
7min276
Few election losses anywhere in 2016 drew more Republican vows for revenge than when Stephanie Murphy came out of nowhere, dubbed the “Girl Rescued at Sea” for her life story as an infant in a family who fled Vietnam on a rickety boat, and stunned 12-term Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica in Florida’s 7th Congressional […]
Scott PowersJune 29, 2017
2min227
Republican John Newstreet has added the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Florida Realtors to his list of endorsers that already included the Florida Chamber of Commerce, in his bid for the special election to fill the House District 44 open seat. Newstreet, chairman and chief executive officer of the Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of […]
Scott PowersSeptember 1, 2016
5min239
Combined spending by super PACS and so-called “dark money” organizations that can hide financial sources is heading toward shattering all records set for outside spending for an election cycle in 2016, according to a new report. And the groups set up to support Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are the most active of all the super PACs and dark […]
Scott PowersJuly 18, 2016
3min298
BusinessForce, the political action arm of Central Florida’s chambers of commerce, has voted unanimously to support all three proposed charter amendments Orange County voters will consider in the November election. Two of the amendments are the Orange County Charter Review Commission’s reaction to a recent judge’s ruling that threw out an earlier charter amendment, approved […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 1, 2015
4min580
A new poll shows Floridians want a tax cut that would save them money on their cell phone and cable bills. Earlier this year Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced a plan to cut $470 million in taxes on those services. The cut would save the average Florida family that spends $100 a month on cable […]
Florence SnyderMarch 31, 20153min185
Skip Foster, the new Publisher at the Tallahassee Democrat, was greeted as a liberator in his maiden speech to the Capital Tiger Bay Club. The gray-haired eminences who make up the club’s membership know the difference between a good newspaper and a Chamber of Commerce rag. They’re embarrassed that the Times — New York and […]
Daniel TilsonJanuary 11, 20157min178
Late last week a statewide alliance of nonprofit advocacy organizations used a “Day of Action” in Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando and Miami to call for an end to the Florida Legislature’s inaction on health insurance coverage expansion in Florida. All Floridians of good conscience now need to join that clarion call, for social progress. The goal […]