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A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2017

When Gov. Rick Scott comes to your town to hold a “Fighting for Florida’s Jobs” round table, that means your GOP State Representatives crossed him on an incentive vote. Scott started off March in Rep. Travis Cummings‘ district, where he repeatedly jabbed at Cummings and Rep. Paul Renner for opposing Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. Cummings was just one […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Readers looking for a deal on a storied home in Davie, FL, may want to keep Apr. 12 open, as that is the date of the foreclosure sale on Rep. Kim Daniels‘ former “parsonage.” Freedom Mortgage Corporation, the plaintiff, is selling a home once co-owned by Spoken Word Ministries, Rep. Daniels, and her former husband, Ardell Daniels. The […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Jacksonville may be Ground Zero for the debate about economic incentives. Local leaders want them, but the local Florida House delegation does not. This week, yet another prominent person in Jacksonville’s City Hall sounded the alarm for state incentives via Enterprise Florida. The Jacksonville Daily Record reports that local OED head Kirk Wendland made the case for […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 15, 2017

Before Rep. Kim Daniels ran for the State House in 2016, she ran for re-election for the Jacksonville City Council. In that capacity, Daniels had some campaign finance issues, as Jacksonville’s Folio Weekly reported in February 2015. Daniels used $4,000 of campaign funds to promote her book, The Demon Dictionary, in a religious magazine called Shofar. Daniels also offered editorials […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2017

Legislation that could extend the concept of religious expression in public schools cleared its second and final Senate committee, and now awaits a floor vote. The “Florida Student and School Personnel and Religious Liberties Act” [SB 436], carried in the Senate by Sen. Dennis Baxley, was passed along party lines by the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. The […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2017

Legislation that could extend the concept of religious expression in public schools will have committee hearings in the Florida House and Senate Tuesday. The “Florida Student and School Personnel and Religious Liberties Act” [HB 303 / SB 436] is being carried on the House side by Democratic Rep. Kim Daniels and the Senate side by Sen. Dennis Baxley. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2017

No Northeast Florida incumbents face competitive races in 2018. Yet the fundraising continues anyway, as February evidenced. Notable for performance: two Northeast Florida political committees that cleared the $100K threshold for February money. And one Clay County legislator who had a strong month. ____ One of the PACs that hit six figures: “Build Something That […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2017

A priority for Jacksonville Rep. Kim Daniels this term: a bill she’s sponsoring in the Florida House to protect “religious expression in public schools.” Her House Bill 303, a measure intended to give religious and secular expression equal weight in public schools, has a Senate companion being carried by Ocala Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley. Senate Bill 436 — the […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 14, 2017

With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. On and off: Tiffany Harrington has replaced Heather Williamson as House staff director of the Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining. On: Teri Cariota, formerly an aide to former Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2017

The city of Jacksonville, plagued by gun violence in certain parts of the city, has gotten behind ShotSpotter technology as a solution. And a former city councilwoman turned state legislator, freshman Rep. Kim Daniels, has filed a bill to augment the city’s $435,000 investment in the pilot program. House Bill 2703 would allocate $325,000 for Jacksonville’s two-year […]

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Rick Scott harangues Duval Delegation, pushes incentives in Jacksonville

April foreclosure sale for Kim Daniels’ $800K ‘parsonage’

Jacksonville leaders’ arguments for state incentives fall on deaf ears in Tallahassee

Campaign finance trouble bubbles up for Kim Daniels

‘Religious expression in public schools’ ready for full Senate vote

Religious expression legislation slated for Tuesday committees in House, Senate

Lenny Curry, Rob Bradley committees and Travis Cummings pace Northeast Florida February fundraising

Kim Daniels compels fasting in support of religious expression in schools

Latest on the legislative staffing merry-go-round

Kim Daniels files ShotSpotter appropriations bill