Tag: Jeff Atwater

Phil AmmannDecember 19, 2014
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Republican Lenny Curry is building an impressive team to defeat incumbent Democrat Alvin Brown in the Jacksonville mayoral race next year. Nate Monroe of the Florida Times-Union reports that many of Curry’s latest additions include some of the minds behind the success of Louisiana Republican Sen.-elect Bill Cassidy over an entrenched incumbent Democrat. Curry’s campaign […]

Phil AmmannDecember 10, 2014
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Gov. Rick Scott is turning to a veteran of state government to try to turn around Florida’s troubled prison system that has been under scrutiny for inmate deaths, abuse and allegations of cover-ups. Scott on Wednesday announced he was appointing Julie Jones, who once led the agency that oversees the state highway patrol, to take […]

Phil AmmannNovember 14, 2014
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After examining the 2014 election results, the Florida Chamber of Commerce team hit upon one central theme. When it comes to voters, jobs matter. The Florida electorate clearly wanted to go forward with the state’s private-sector jobs agenda. So does the Chamber. In announcing its post-election wrap-up on Thursday, Chamber President Mark Wilson pointed out that […]

Phil AmmannNovember 14, 2014
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After examining the 2014 election results, the Florida Chamber of Commerce team hit upon one central theme. When it comes to voters, jobs matter. The Florida electorate clearly wanted to go forward with the state’s private-sector jobs agenda. So does the Chamber. In announcing its post-election wrap-up on Thursday, Chamber President Mark Wilson pointed out that […]

Diane RobertsNovember 9, 2014

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Florida can congratulate itself on yet another dubious distinction: political parties, corporate patrons, gazillionaires, dark money groups, and the candidates themselves spent $345 million on the 2014 elections — the most expensive in the nation. With that kind of money, India could send four missions to Mars and have enough left over to throw a […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 3, 2014

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It may be the most undervalued, overlooked race on the Election 2014 Florida ballot. But mysuncoast.com has reported that none other than former Gov. Jeb Bush will appear with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam on the final day of his re-election campaign. The high-profile appearance in a low-profile race makes sense, given […]


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