Drew DixonDecember 18, 2024
The veteran employee was appointed as Interim Director of the historic lighthouse in St. Augustine.
Tag: Kevin Sweeny
Drew DixonDecember 18, 2024
Brendan FarringtonApril 19, 2020
6min311
Local governments are revising beach closures.
A.G. GancarskiNovember 26, 2019
5min347
Beat Sweeny in a 5K, win a pie.
Jacob OglesJune 10, 2019
8min730
The Israel visit was a "big win" for Gov. DeSantis.
Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2019
8min549
Republicans were a near monolith in saying former Congressman had outperformed their expectations.
Drew WilsonFebruary 8, 20197min941
Gambling expansion is a bad bet, but smokable pot is even money.
Peter SchorschAugust 22, 2016
8min461
They say politics makes for strange bedfellows, but it’s difficult to image a stranger pairing than Associated Industries of Florida and the state’s trial lawyers. But that is the suggestion of ace reporter Jason Garcia of Florida Trend. Few political journalists covering Florida politics are better at connecting the well-hidden dots of the state’s byzantine […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2015
3min310
Everyone wants good schools, but getting people (and politicians) to pay for them is a different matter. In St. Johns County, they may have found a way forward … despite the resistance of powerful politicians and “civic leaders” who stood in their way. In November, a referendum passed resoundingly in St. Johns County. It was […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2015
4min653
The cash strapped St. Johns County School Board can anticipate some relief coming in the very near future. St. Johns County’s half cent sales tax referendum, which was polling with 53 percent approval in September, toppled resistance to pass by a resounding margin. For the first time in more than a quarter century, St. Johns County […]
Peter SchorschDecember 26, 2014
3min209
On Saturday, two veteran Tallahassee politicos will be launching a slightly different type of campaign: running more than 100 miles across Florida to support at-risk youths. Rick Kendust, chief of staff to State Sen. Thad Altman, is joining lobbyist Kevin Sweeny for the 116-mile run, starting 9 a.m. in Levy County’s Yankeetown, along Highway 40, and […]