Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2019
4min737
'There was complete coordination between FEMA and our state response teams.'
Tag: communications
Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2019Scott PowersJuly 3, 2019
2min283
Airbnb expects Fourth of July weekend to be biggest in company's history
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 7, 2019
8min1768
She added a social media and digital presence like never before.
Staff ReportsMarch 7, 2019
1min340
The full-service PR shop adds another to its roster of comms professionals.
Peter SchorschApril 16, 2018
1min170
Gov. Rick Scott is making changes to his Capitol communications team as he ramps up a U.S. Senate bid. With press secretary Lauren Schenone having gone to work on Scott’s Senate campaign, Mara Gambineri has left the Department of Health and joined the Governor’s communications office. Also, Ashley Cook has come in from the Department of Corrections to work at “Plaza […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2017
10min636
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry brought his political adviser into the administration Wednesday, naming Brian Hughes as his Chief of Staff. Hughes begins in his new position January 2, 2018. “To me and dozens of other elected officials, Brian Hughes has been a senior adviser on important matters of public policy and communications,” said Curry. “Working with me, Brian […]
Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2017
7min642
Duke Energy not only missed its deadlines for restoring power in Seminole and Orange counties and elsewhere but glitches in its information system provided little and often wrong information to customers, leading its lobbyist to apologize and promise better to Seminole’s lawmakers Tuesday morning. Duke, once faced with 1.3 million customers without power following Hurricane […]
Michael MolineMarch 15, 2017
3min328
A committee test turned into an anticlimax Wednesday for a Senate bill that would trade a tax break for insurance companies for one to benefit phone, cable, and satellite communications customers. The Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax adjourned abruptly after approving a bill making technical changes to align Florida’s corporate income tax to the […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 18, 2016
6min443
Believe it or not, 150 million gallons of waste being dumped into Tampa Bay is not St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman’s biggest political problem. Nor is a broken and breaking water and sewer system Kriseman’s biggest headache. Instead, it’s how Kriseman communicates about these and other issues which reveal the weaknesses in his administration. The sad truth is 106 […]
Guest AuthorDecember 29, 2013
6min149
Villainous actor Strother Martin uttered a classic line in the movie “Cool Hand Luke” that stands at No. 11 on the American Film Institute’s top 100 movie quotations of American cinema’s first century: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” As one whose right brain vastly overpowers his left, I’m compelled to focus on […]