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Scott PowersNovember 8, 2017

Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam sees a wake-up call in the Democrats’ victories in Tuesday night’s elections in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere and declared Wednesday that it’s a call for a campaign to convince grassroots voters that the state’s conservative-principaled prosperity is at stake. “We are at a crossroads. Make no mistake. Look what […]

Ana CeballosNovember 7, 2017

Steven R. Andrews, the attorney hired by Sen. Jack Latvala, wants to have a former law enforcement official conduct the Senate investigation into claims the senator sexually harassed or groped six women. Andrews sent a letter to Senate President Joe Negron on Tuesday, asking him to also have a retired judge preside over the case […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

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Monday may have been one of the biggest days for Northeast Florida in Tallahassee in some time. State Sen. Audrey Gibson won a contested election Monday evening to become the Leader Designate for Senate Democrats, replacing Jeff Clemens, who resigned after news of an affair with a lobbyist broke. And before that, Sen. Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2017

Janet Cruz has no idea whether sensational sexual harassment charges leveled over the weekend against state Sen. Jack Latvala are true. But the House Democratic Leader from Tampa says some of the passages she read in the POLITICO Florida story made her skin crawl. “I was heartbroken when that girl just sat there and cried and then when (former […]

Jim RosicaNovember 6, 2017

Sen. Jack Latvala on Monday asked to be relieved of his chairmanship of the chamber’s Appropriations Committee, a request that Senate President Joe Negron quickly obliged. Until further notice, Fleming Island Republican Rob Bradley is Senate budget chief. Bradley did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “I understand that you are in the […]

Ana CeballosNovember 6, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott addressed the sexual allegations against Sen. Jack Latvala for the first time on Monday and said they were “disgusting” and that if anybody engages in such behavior they should “get out of office.” “I can’t imagine this, I can’t believe (this),” Scott told reporters in Fort Myers. “Hopefully this is not happening. […]

Joe HendersonNovember 6, 2017

If Jack Latvala is guilty of even some of the tawdry allegations of sexual harassment and miscreant behavior detailed in a damning story about him about him in POLITICO Florida, he should be banished from Tallahassee as quickly as possible. If he is guilty, it’s a given that his career in politics is finished. He should […]

Ana CeballosNovember 6, 2017

A push to make anti-sexual-harassment training mandatory in the Senate gathered momentum Monday after Democratic Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez sent a letter to Senate President Joe Negron urging him for a “more aggressive” sexual harassment policy. The letter comes after six unnamed women accused Sen. Jack Latvala of sexually harassing and groping them, according to a […]

Ana CeballosNovember 5, 2017

After six women anonymously accused Sen. Jack Latvala of sexually harassing and groping them, at least five women who have worked closely with the powerful senator have come to his defense. The allegations against Latvala, a Republican candidate for governor who turned 66 Friday, range from him grabbing a female lobbyist’s buttocks to making unsolicited […]

Peter SchorschNovember 4, 2017

Senate General Counsel Dawn Roberts is recusing herself from the sexual harassment investigation of budget chief Jack Latvala, citing years of a professional relationship with the Clearwater Republican Senate President Joe Negron ordered an investigation Friday evening into allegations published by POLITICO Florida that Latvala sexually harassed or groped six unnamed women staffers and Senate […]

Tag: Jack Latvala

Adam Putnam sees wake-up call in Virginia elections

Jack Latvala attorney wants ex-law enforcement official to head Senate probe

Rob Bradley will ‘hit the ground running’ as Senate budget chief

Janet Cruz ‘horrified’ reading allegations of sexual harassment in capital

Jack Latvala out as Senate Appropriations chair, Rob Bradley in

Rick Scott calls Jack Latvala sexual allegations ‘disgusting’

Joe Henderson: The avalanche is building around Jack Latvala

Jose Javier Rodriguez calls for anti-harassment training in the Senate

Jack Latvala allies come to his defense after sexual harassment claims

Senate Counsel to recuse from Jack Latvala investigation, calls for 3rd party