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Scott PowersApril 16, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham has launched a new digital advertisement in which she says she thinks about the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre as a mother, and about gun laws as someone who wants to be Governor The minute, 41-second video, “It’s Time,” released Monday shows Graham getting emotional talking about how the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 10, 2018

At a meeting of the “Collier for [Donald] Trump Club” over the weekend, Republican candidate for governor Ron DeSantis staked out a provocative position regarding the case of Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who went to his former high school in Parkland in February and shot 17 people dead. In response to an audience question suggesting that “nefarious” […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 10, 2018

Not more than a day after Gov. Rick Scott‘s entrance into the U.S. Senate race against incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland are making it known whose side they aren’t on. Dylan Baierlein, a student at Stoneman Douglas, where 17 people were fatally shot on Feb. 14, […]

Peter SchorschApril 7, 2018

Predictions of bad weather are befouling plans for the annual Springtime Tallahassee festivities in the capital. Organizers on Friday canceled the Jubilee in the Park, which usually features arts and crafts booths from hundreds of vendors, and rescheduled the parade for 10 a.m., the Tallahassee Democrat reported late Friday. The National Weather Service was forecasting “showers and […]

Scott PowersApril 6, 2018

A town hall to talk about guns that Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto set for Saturday in St. Cloud is drawing criticism from his Republican election opponent Wayne Liebnitzky because the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School girls’ softball team is also in town. Liebnitzky called the town hall “a political stunt.” Soto earlier this week […]

Scott PowersMarch 29, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is turning his support for the “March For Our Lives” movement into his latest video ad, releasing a 40-second spot on the internet that features a speech he gave during last Saturday’s protests. King uses the video to promote his strong positions to ban assault weapons, require universal background checks, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 24, 2018

Less than six weeks since a disturbed former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland gunned down 14 of his former colleagues and three teachers, the survivors have taken their case against guns and the gun lobby to the world via March for Our Lives. Arguably, this is the single biggest protest event in fifty […]

Jim RosicaMarch 21, 2018

House Speaker Richard Corcoran is telling the Constitution Revision Commission that a pending gun proposal is “inappropriate for inclusion in the state Constitution.” The speaker sent a one-page letter to commissioners Wednesday. He pointed to “an ‘assault’ weapons ban, a ban on specific magazines, and an extended waiting period,” saying he had “grave concern.” An amendment, filed […]

Joe HendersonMarch 21, 2018

When someone complains the government did something they don’t like, I sometimes engage in a fun little exercise known as “name your lawmaker.” Sure, everyone knows Donald Trump, and Stormy Daniels is on the way to becoming a household name. However, the laws that most directly affect our lives are made closer to home. So, I’ll ask […]

Scott PowersMarch 13, 2018

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Washington D.C.’s mayor and representative to Congress, joined by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch from Florida, called Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio a hypocrite Tuesday because of his proposal to repeal gun laws in the District of Columbia while offering support for tighter gun laws in Florida. Deutch, of Boca Raton whose district includes […]

Tag: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Gwen Graham ‘the mom’ addresses Parkland, guns in new digital ad

Ron DeSantis charges that ‘liberal’ Broward school district could have stopped Nikolas Cruz

The Parkland effect: Student-made parody trumps Rick Scott’s Senate ad

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Weather affects ‘Springtime’

Darren Soto’s guns town hall draws criticism from Wayne Liebnitzky

Chris King releases ‘March for Our Lives’ video ad

March for Our Lives: ‘Welcome to the revolution’

Richard Corcoran: ‘Grave concern’ about gun-related CRC measure

Joe Henderson: Do we really need amendment about teaching civics? Maybe

D.C. officials, Ted Deutch call Marco Rubio a hypocrite, phony for his D.C. gun bill