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Phil AmmannOctober 26, 2016

George Soros is supporting the effort to mobilize Puerto Rican voters in Orlando and Central Florida, reaching out to the highly valued electorate in the country’s biggest battleground state. Matt Dixon of POLITICO Florida reports the billionaire Democrat mega-donor is funding “United for Progress,” the committee launched in September by Marcos Vilar, a Miami political […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

Former Gov. Charlie Crist reported another $27,900 in contributions for his congressional campaign over the weekend, including donations from several high-profile donors. Among the big names on the donor roll were billionaire George Soros, financial author Howard Dvorkin, Diametriq CEO Anjan Ghosal, Sembler Company executive Craig Sher, FSU trustee Kathryn Ballard, and Avram Glazer, whose family owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and controls Manchester United. […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2016

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Democratic candidates running in Central Florida for the Florida Legislature are making the Zika threat to Florida their next big reason to push for Medicaid expansion and protection of women’s health centers. At the annual “Political Salsa” hobnob and debate forum in the heart of Orlando’s Puerto Rican east side, dozens of local, state and […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2016

A political action committee associated with George Soros has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on television commercials and other advertising to get Aramis Ayala elected state attorney in the Orlando-based 9th Judicial Circuit. Florida Safety & Justice, which shares the “Safety & Justice” name and its chairwoman, Whitney Tymas, with other Soros-funded political committees, […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 6, 2014

It can no longer be said that the country is going to hell. We have arrived. The worst disappointment isn’t the re-election of the kleptocrat Rick Scott, or U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s defeat by a Koch stooge in North Carolina, or even the fact that Ted Cruz is now running amok in a Senate majority. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 6, 2014

Now that Amendment 2 on medical marijuana has been defeated and relegated to the trash pile of poorly worded constitutional amendments, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Well, not really. You see, John Morgan, the lawyer who spearheaded the drive to adopt Amendment 2, can’t stay silent even for a nano-minute. It’s just […]

Guest AuthorNovember 3, 2014

We now know that more than half of Florida’s voters are deciding not to vote this year. Your vote matters more than ever. Like you, I have faith in our state and believe Florida is moving in the right direction again. I believe if we focus less on the left, the right, or who’s right […]

Guest AuthorMarch 25, 2014

The recent congressional special election in the Tampa Bay area was a painful process to watch. Two decent major party candidates, sincere in their desire to serve the people, displayed their wares, offering different philosophies and different political positions on the issues of the day. Each identified with a political party that has differing plans […]

Tag: George Soros

George Soros spending big to mobilize Central Florida Puerto Rican vote

George Soros among the latest donors to Charlie Crist’s congressional campaign

Political Salsa in Orlando: Dems tie Zika to Medicaid expansion, women’s health

George Soros-related PAC spending big to elect Aramis Ayala as state attorney

Martin Dyckman: This is what’s worse: Now we auction our government to the highest bidders

Barney Bishop: Some unsolicited advice for Amendment 2 crusader John Morgan

Mark Wilson: Your vote matters more than ever

John Grant: Get ready for the fall elections and a flood of PAC-paid attack ads