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Staff ReportsSeptember 1, 2017

The League of Women Voters of Florida has hired Marty Monroe as its lobbyist for the 2018 Legislative Session. Monroe has worked in the Florida Department of Education as a regional coordinator, and was a part-time lobbyist for the Florida Association on Aging/Florida Council on Aging, a press release said. She also was a sales […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2017

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Citing email obtained through open-records requests, NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer declared the League of Women Voters of Florida as “Florida’s newest gun ban organization,” working in secret. “The League of Women Voters is not who you think they are. The Florida League of Women Voters is Florida’s newest gun ban organization,” Hammer wrote in a letter […]

Michael MolineJanuary 3, 2017

Donovan Brown has added Employers Insurance Group to his roster of lobbying clients. Brown registered to represent Employers as of December. 6. He canceled his registration to represent a dozen or so insurance and other clients when he left Colodny Fass during the summer to strike out on his own. He now operates GDB Group […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 11, 2016

On one of my earliest days covering the Florida Legislature, I was walking along the main hall a few feet behind Jack Lee, the lobbyist for Associated Industries, when a document dropped out of his portfolio. He didn’t seem to notice, so I picked it up, intending to return it to him. I barely had […]

Scott PowersSeptember 16, 2016

Sharon Smoley has left the government relations team at Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts to take over as the new state director for Charter Communications. Charter Communications is the new entity created when Charter Spectrum completed its $71 billion acquisitions of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable earlier this summer. Smoley will be […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 15, 2016

Thomas Griffin, a former chief of staff to state Sen. Rob Bradley, is joining Tallahassee’s Smith, Bryan & Myers lobbying firm. “Tom has earned a reputation as a trusted and respected voice with key stakeholders throughout Florida,” said Matt Bryan, the firm’s president. “We are excited to be growing our firm with up and coming bright minds like his.” Griffin previously […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016

A plea negotiation conference and possible sentencing for lobbyist and former Apopka city official Richard D. Anderson have been set for early August in the hit-and-run driving case he faces in Lake County. Anderson, 62, of Apopka, is out on bond after being arrested in late May in connection with a hit-and-run vehicle crash April […]

Jim RosicaApril 7, 2016

A former lobbyist pleaded no contest on Thursday to a charge that he ran a drug house out of his Tallahassee home, according to Leon County court dockets. A judge withheld adjudication for Ben G. Parks, 62, meaning no formal finding of guilt. He was sentenced to time served of one day in jail and ordered […]

Associated PressJanuary 17, 2016

A major ethics and anti-corruption bill that advocates say is long overdue – but critics say may go too far – faces a rocky path in the Legislature. The legislation seeks to end what a 2010 grand jury called a “corruption tax” on Florida citizens amounting to millions a year in extra taxes, government fees […]

Julie DelegalDecember 9, 2015

First the lobbyist from the Florida Charter School Alliance wanted to meet with a sitting Duval School Board member — privately. But when former Duval School Board Chairwoman Becki Couch suggested they “notice” the meeting and invite her fellow school board members to join them, lobbyist Ralph Arza said no. He asked her again to […]

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Personnel note: Marty Monroe hired as League of Women Voters of Florida lobbyist

NRA declares League of Women Voters as ‘gun ban organization’

Employers Insurance Group retains Tallahassee lobbyist Donovan Brown

Martin Dyckman: Richard Corcoran brings wisdom to reign in Tallahassee lobbyists

Personnel note: Sharon Smoley leaves Disney for Charter Communications

Personnel note: Thomas Griffin joins Smith, Bryan & Myers

Richard Anderson plea negotiation, possible sentencing in hit-and-run case set for August

Ben Parks pleads no contest to drug house charge

Anti-corruption bill faces rocky path in Legislature

Julie Delegal: 3 Duval School Board members should get ready for hardball