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Drew WilsonMay 30, 2018

Newly filed compensation reports show The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners brought in an estimated $1.14 million in lobbying pay last quarter. Lobbyists report compensation in ranges covering $10,000 each. Florida Politics uses the middle number of a range to estimate pay. The Cardenas team — Al Cardenas, Slater Bayliss, Sarah Busk, Christopher Chaney, Stephen Shiver and Justin […]

Peter SchorschNovember 12, 2017

The 2017 edition of the Harvesting Hope fundraiser is adding a new award named in honor of late Bay-area philanthropists Jack and Ruth Eckerd, who founded the child-focused nonprofit group Eckerd Connects which provides services in Florida and 19 other states. The inaugural “Jack & Ruth Eckerd Legacy Award” award will be presented to Stewart […]

Les NeuhausMarch 13, 2017

A documentary film about Florida’s privatized child welfare and fostering programs — made by a Guardian ad Litem and filmmaker from Palm Beach — casts a draconian look at what happens to children when they are taken from abusive situations at home and become dependents of the state, at taxpayer expense, often to their peril. […]

Les NeuhausMarch 9, 2017

All the red flags were there. There was a toddler with medical needs; a medically untrained, first-time foster parent with occasional problems falling behind on rent and a possible need for extra income in raising her two biological children; and multiple visits to the hospital, according to news reports and information gathered independently by FloridaPolitics.com […]

Les NeuhausFebruary 28, 2017

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A woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 17-month-old toddler in Riverview, according to court records and media reports Tuesday. In addition to the murder charge, Latamara Stackhouse Flythe was also charged with aggravated child abuse against Aedyn Agminalis, who died Dec. 11 after he was rushed to St. Joseph’s Children’s […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 27, 2017

How many adults does it take to get a 4-year-old girl from day care to her “destination?” Quite a few for a 4-year-old in the “care” of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) and its “community partners” at Eckerd Kids and Camelot Community Care. We don’t know the child’s name because #PrivacyLaws. But […]

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Crowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)

The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners tops $1.1M in Q1 pay

Harvesting Hope to celebrate past and present Bay area philanthropists

‘Foster Shock’ documentary takes Florida’s privatized child welfare system to task

New details emerge in case of foster mother charged in murder of Tampa-area toddler

Florida foster parent charged in death of toddler weeks away from adoption

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell, part 3