Jacob OglesSeptember 30, 2021
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Starting in October, she will replace John Tupps in the role.
Tag: John Tupps
Jacob OglesSeptember 30, 2021
Jason DelgadoNovember 19, 2020
3min885
A new communications director is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Jacob OglesApril 26, 2019
3min494
Gov. Ron DeSantis will get chance to assess.
Staff ReportsJanuary 21, 2019
4min782
Tupps most recently was Rick Scott's communications director.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 19, 2018
8min230
Constituents in Jacksonville City Council District 10 had an opportunity Thursday to meet the man Gov. Rick Scott appointed to represent them. Terrance Freeman, a Republican who up until last week lived in Mandarin in southern Duval County, met his new constituents (in a 19 percent Republican district) at the Legends Center, at the same location suspended […]
Jim RosicaApril 4, 2018
5min446
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet will appeal a federal judge’s order to devise a new process for restoring voting rights to felons. The Governor’s Office announced the move Wednesday morning. The appeal will be filed with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “People elected by Floridians should determine Florida’s clemency rules for […]
Washington PostFebruary 23, 2018
13min288
The governor is planning to roll out his legislative proposal Friday that, according to a spokesman, will be “aimed at keeping Florida schools safe and keeping firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people.” With Florida now at the epicenter of a fast-changing national gun debate, the state’s Republican governor is so far refusing […]
Staff ReportsMay 25, 2017
2min273
John Tupps is heading back to the Governor’s Office. Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday that Tupps would be returning to the Governor’s Office as his communications director beginning June 5. He will replace Jackie Schutz Zeckman, who has been tapped to serve as Scott’s chief of staff. “John has demonstrated an incredible commitment to supporting […]
Jim RosicaMay 12, 2017
5min217
VISIT FLORIDA is saying ‘oops’ over what it calls a “clerical error” showing it made advertising buys in several Middle Eastern countries, including Syria, listed by the feds as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” The state’s embattled tourism marketing arm “was recently alerted to a clerical error in a short-term contract with the international advertising agency […]
Phil AmmannMarch 10, 2015
4min187
Gov. Rick Scott is pushing back against a report on Sunday claiming an “unwritten rule” in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) banned the terms “climate change” and “global warming” in official communications. “It’s not true,” Scott said, writes the Miami Herald. “Let’s look at what we’ve accomplished. … Significant investments in beach renourishment […]