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Ryan RayOctober 27, 2015

CFO Jeff Atwater kicked off the Florida Chamber of Commerce‘s annual Insurance Summit convention in Orlando Monday with a message of optimism Citing a list of past successes for state insurers including reforms to the state workers’ compensation regime back in 2003 (“I thought that was a busy summer!” he noted wryly, referring to the Tallahassee budget travails of this year), Atwater told the […]

Jim RosicaOctober 21, 2015

Just reading Chelsi Henry‘s online biography can you make you out of breath, realizing all she’s accomplished at the age of 27. She’s a lawyer (Florida Coastal School of Law, 2013) as well as “entrepreneur, columnist, political strategist, motivational speaker, and business consultant,” her website says. Add to that government official. She’s a former supervisor of the Duval Soil and Water Conservation […]

Staff ReportsOctober 4, 2015

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, also the State Fire Marshal, is promoting National Fire Prevention Week starting Sunday. This year’s theme is “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm.” Atwater sponsored a resolution at the last Cabinet meeting designating Oct. 4-10 as Fire Prevention Week in Florida. “More than 54,000 fires broke out in the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 1, 2015

Imagine you are a well-heeled, card-carrying member of Florida’s Republican establishment. It’s already a difficult election cycle with your having to choose between supporting Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio for president. Now, because of Jeff Atwater, your election cycle just became even more difficult. After FloridaPoltics.com first reported that the Florida Chamber of Commerce has poll numbers showing […]

Peter SchorschOctober 1, 2015

Imagine you are a well-heeled, card-carrying member of Florida’s Republican establishment. It’s already a difficult election cycle with your having to choose between supporting Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio for president. Now, because of Jeff Atwater, your election cycle just became even more difficult. After FloridaPoltics.com first reported that the Florida Chamber of Commerce has poll numbers showing […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 18, 2015

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater this week turned in his budget request for 2016-17, asking for $311.2 million. “The agency’s most important budget priority was $45.3 million to upgrade FLAIR, the state’s three decade old accounting system,” LobbyTools reported. “The agency is in the second year of replacing FLAIR with the Florida Planning, Accounting and Ledger […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 17, 2015

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater Thursday compared Democratic members of the U.S. Senate to the man who ordered the execution of Jesus Christ for obstructing a vote on the pending nuclear deal with Iran. In an blistering statement, he said, “History will remember them as the cowards who abdicated their duty to vote on one of the most […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 4, 2015

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater on Friday said the pending nuclear deal with Iran was a “direct assault” on the state’s own position not to support “sponsors of terror.” The deal, worked out between Iran and a group of world powers including the United States, will limit Iran’s ability to use nuclear technology in return […]

Peter SchorschAugust 30, 2015

Starting in September, Florida’s Department of Health will be under new leadership. Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong announced the promotion of Alexis Lambert to Chief of Staff, moving Jennifer Tschetter to Chief Operating Officer, and Nathan Dunn will become Deputy Chief Operating Officer. All three appointments begin September 11. “Leadership excellence remains a hallmark of […]

Guest AuthorAugust 18, 2015

By now the videos of Planned Parenthood executives casually discussing abortion outcomes over lunch have been broadly distributed and widely viewed. They have occasioned an appropriate and long overdue conversation on the nature of women’s health care, its availability and adequacy. Merely marketing oneself as a source of women’s health care is insufficient. Health care, […]

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Jeff Atwater kicks-off Florida Chamber’s Insurance Summit with message of optimism

Meet Chelsi Henry, one of the “30 Under 30” rising stars of Florida politics

Jeff Atwater marking Fire Prevention Week in Florida

Peter Schorsch: Jeff Atwater’s ‘to run or not to run’ peeves the Florida Republican establishment

Did Jeff Atwater just hand a U.S. Senate seat to Florida Democrats?

Jeff Atwater pitches $311.2 million budget request

Jeff Atwater: U.S. Senate Democrats are like Pontius Pilate

Jeff Atwater slams Iran nuclear deal

Florida Dept. of Health unveiling new leadership team; Alexis Lambert named Chief of Staff

Jeff Atwater: Planned Parenthood and the consequences of speech