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Bob SparksMarch 11, 2016

With the state budget set to be passed Friday, attention will soon turn to the process of identifying dubious local projects funded within the budget deal. Budget “turkeys,” as they are called, are held up for scorn by Florida TaxWatch and often vetoed by the governor. As governor, Jeb Bush established firm criteria for funding […]

Ryan RayMarch 10, 2016

New data from Public Policy Polling released Thursday shows former Gov. Charlie Crist leading former Obama administration official Eric Lynn by 60 points in a Democratic primary race for the open 13th Congressional District seat in Pinellas County. Crist leads Lynn by a margin of 71 percent to 11 percent among likely Democratic voters polled on March 8-9, with 18 […]

Bill RuftyMarch 9, 2016

Now in its second year of operation the state’s newest university, Florida Polytechnic in Lakeland, will receive money in this year’s state budget for its second major academic building and funding for a new program. In the budget, and approved earlier by the Board of Governors, are $5 million for the preliminary preparation and construction […]

Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2016

Mitt Romney returns full circle to the political circus today with a speech he’s going to give in Salt Lake City at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Politico has some excerpts from the text. Here’s the killer sound bite.” “Here’s what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2016

Pinellas County Democratic Congressional hopeful Eric Lynn had some news he couldn’t wait to announce before a group of Democrats at the Clearwater Main Library on Monday morning. “Because of my lifelong work on women’s rights, equality, I’ve talked to many in this room about the ERA — how we need the Equal Rights Amendment to make sure […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 29, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera‘s path to the Republican nomination for Florida’s currently contested United States Senate involves grassroots engagement. And to that end, on Monday evening in Jacksonville, CLC held a “grassroots meet and greet” on the Southside. The remarks, delivered off the cuff, were grassroots-centric from the outset, with Lopez-Cantera affirming that he’s a “Florida Republican, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 29, 2016

Monday saw the latest entrant in the Florida race for the GOP Senate nomination, Carlos Beruff, visit Jacksonville, and he had no shortage of quotes. Most notable was his assertion that if he gets a chance to “talk to taxpayers,” he can get “80 percent of the vote across the board.” When asked whether that was […]

Associated PressFebruary 26, 2016

Donald Trump is a part-time Florida resident — and a full-time problem for the home-state senator running for president, Marco Rubio. Rubio is counting on Florida to reshape the Republican contest that Trump has dominated by winning three of the first four states to vote. A loss in Florida on March 15 could doom Rubio’s […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

An active day for the Ron DeSantis press shop continued on Thursday evening, with the GOP Senate campaign trumpeting the endorsement of Dan Bongino. Bongino, who lost general elections in Maryland during the past two cycles, 2012 for Senate and 2014 for House, noted in a statement put out by the DeSantis team that he will “not […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016

More details have come out on Monday’s tour of media markets from newly announced U.S. Senate candidate Carlos Beruff. Beruff, already slated to announce his candidacy at events in Miami and Sarasota, plans to add a 12:15 p.m. stop in Jacksonville and a 2:15 p.m. stop in Orlando to the mix. His entry into the race […]

Tag: Charlie Crist

Enticing JetBlue to Tallahassee offers statewide benefits

New PPP poll: Charlie Crist leads Eric Lynn 71%-11% in CD-13 primary

Once-controversial Florida Poly University gets expansion funds

Mitch Perry Report for 3.3.16 — Mittens returns

Eric Lynn boasts of his NOW endorsement — in front of Charlie Crist

In Jax, Carlos Lopez-Cantera attacks “Washington DC Republicans”

Carlos Beruff’s strategy to get “80% of the vote across the board”

Donald Trump looms as cloud in Marco Rubio’s Sunshine State

Dan Bongino endorses Ron DeSantis for Senate

Carlos Beruff to tour 4 major media markets Monday