Associated PressJune 2, 2023
11min0
‘Right now is not the time to run. It’s not the time to go away.’
Tag: gay pride
Associated PressJune 2, 2023
Kate BradshawFebruary 26, 2021
7min1198
She might not be the most headline-grabbing, but Castor has powerful allies.
Peter SchorschApril 10, 2017
17min500
As coy as he has been with the local media and as busy as he is promoting the Rowdies referendum, Rick Baker is almost certain to run for St. Petersburg mayor this year. Last week, Baker was in Tallahassee for a series of not-exactly-clandestine meetings with top Republican donors like Brian Ballard and Nick Iarossi. […]
Joe HendersonNovember 18, 2016
4min290
All politicians start out by saying how they want to make a difference. Well, Kevin Beckner did. His now-former colleagues at the Hillsborough County Commission acknowledged that Wednesday during his final meeting as a member of the board. He is leaving because of term limits after serving eight years. Yes, Beckner was the first openly […]
Jim RosicaDecember 10, 2015
4min1050
A rainbow-colored pole with a disco ball on top has been cleared for display this holiday season in the state Capitol rotunda, its sponsor told FloridaPolitics.com on Thursday. South Florida blogger Chaz Stevens said the Department of Management Services, which oversees state property, OK’d his Gay Pride Festivus pole to be shown Dec. 21-28. Stevens was previously […]
Jim RosicaDecember 7, 2015
4min341
A rainbow-colored pole with a disco ball on top may not be the only holiday display in the Florida Capitol rotunda this season. On Monday, a Department of Management Services spokeswoman said one other group had filed to place a display: Chabad Lubavitch of Tallahassee and FSU filed to place a 9-foot-tall menorah, representing the traditional nine-taper candle holder […]
Jim RosicaDecember 4, 2015
5min199
The Lord may have said, “I will never leave you or forsake you,” but he’s given up on the Florida Capitol. The private group that has put up a Christian nativity scene inside the statehouse says it’s taking a pass this year because the annual controversy over various displays has become too distracting. Pam Olsen, president of the Florida Prayer […]
Jim RosicaNovember 25, 2015
4min317
‘Tis the season (almost), but so far the Gay Pride version of the Festivus pole is the only display to ask for placement in the Capitol Rotunda. As of Tuesday, South Florida blogger Chaz Stevens had submitted the only application for a holiday display, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Management Services, the […]
Phil AmmannNovember 20, 2015
5min647
Festivus returns to Tallahassee, with a gay twist this year. Political blogger (and all-around s**t-stirrer) Chaz Stevens will once again bring his Festivus Pole – the unadorned metal pole made famous on “The Strike” episode of Seinfeld – as a holiday display in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol. But instead of a modest stack […]
Associated PressJuly 2, 2015
6min276
You may have noticed your Facebook friends getting considerably more colorful. More than 26 million Facebook profile photos have taken on a rainbow hue in the days since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that marriage is a right guaranteed under the Constitution regardless of a person’s sexual orientation. People have been covering their […]