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Drew WilsonApril 3, 2017

Volunteer Florida is gearing up for a busy April with a slew of initiatives and activities celebrating Florida Volunteer Month. “Volunteer Florida is proud to recognize Florida’s outstanding volunteers, who work hard every day to make the Sunshine State the best place to live, work, and raise a family,” said Volunteer Florida CEO Chester Spellman. […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 8, 2016

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum Thursday said he “trusts” that state Sen. Jack Latvala isn’t unduly politicizing the city’s hurricane recovery efforts. Gillum spoke with reporters after a meeting with Leon County Commission Chairman Bill Proctor on the progress of local recovery after Hurricane Hermine. On Tuesday, Latvala said he was considering calling for legislative action next session […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 10, 2016

Build Something That Lasts, Lenny Curry‘s PAC, had a quiet April, taking in just $19,000. But one contributor stood out: Comcast. Comcast donated $5,000 of the total taken in by the PAC in April. Money otherwise came from the usual names — Michael Munz and The Stellar Group among them. Comcast is noteworthy as Google Fiber is still negotiating with Jacksonville to […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2015

In late October, Jacksonville public officials trumpeted Google considering Jacksonville for Google Fiber implementation. In the past two months, meetings between public officials and Google representatives have laid out terms, point by point, and a review of city emails reveals a potential sticking point: the pole attachment agreement. Paul Cosgrave, PIO for JEA, lays out […]

Drew WilsonNovember 9, 2015

After a six-figure haul in October Republican George Gainer has passed Shalimar Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz in on-hand money in the race for Senate District 1. The Gainer campaign brought in $118,590 last month and spent $46,887, leaving the Bay County Commissioner with just under $573,000 cash on-hand heading into November. Gaetz’s report wasn’t as […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 23, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says it’s high time America “did a better job regulating the regulators,” calling for a retrenchment of federal regulations in just about every area, including the financial sector, health care and the environment. Bush, the former Florida governor, outlined his plan in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published online Tuesday. “My […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2015

Will the Kosher Kowboy saddle up once more? Last month, we wrote of the plans of Comcast in Jacksonville to get rid of local public access programming. That did come to pass on June 20, and the results have been catastrophic. For the most part, there is no programming at all on this channel now, […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2015

Uh oh. He did it again. Keith Olbermann is on paid suspension for the rest of this week, after a few angry tweets to a Penn State supporter got him in hot water with his ESPN bosses. While the tweeter sent Olbermann a link about the university’s $13 million fundraising for pediatric cancer research, Keith […]

Adam WeinsteinOctober 9, 2014

The capital of Florida used to have a good newspaper, I’m told. It’s hard to know, because by the time I started working there — 2006 — Knight Ridder had sold the Tallahassee Democrat to Gannett, the cigarette-perfumed, drunken used-car salesman of media corporations, and the paper was a ghost of itself. There was always […]

Guest AuthorApril 30, 2014

The definition of a common carrier is a person or company that transports goods or passengers on regular routes at set rates. Last year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had a tough time with labeling Internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers, despite the fact that they provide transportation of data at a set rate. […]

Tag: Comcast

Volunteer Florida ready for the start of Florida Volunteer Month

Andrew Gillum ‘hopes’ Jack Latvala’s storm concerns are legit

Comcast donated to Lenny Curry PAC in April

Could Jax Google Fiber deal fall through?

After October haul, George Gainer passes Matt Gaetz in on-hand cash for SD 1 race

Jeb Bush declares war on federal regulations

Will Comcast crush the Kosher Kowboy?

Mitch Perry Report for 2.25.15 — Keith Olbermann and the golden age of MSNBC

Adam Weinstein: Another bloodbath at the deteriorating Tallahassee Democrat

Jon Tietz: How municipalities can end the net neutrality debate