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Peter SchorschSeptember 15, 2016

A spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Scott wouldn’t confirm or deny the governor had urged University of West Florida trustees not to pick state Sen. Don Gaetz as the school’s next president. UWF Board of Trustees Chair Lewis Bear said during Thursday’s meeting his board had been “interfered with,” that certain people in “high office” had tried to intimidate them […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 1, 2016

Matt Gaetz may have enjoyed an easy victory in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, beating State Sen. Greg Evers and others in the crowded Republican primary Tuesday night. But in reality, the double-digit win — 37-21 percent over second-place Evers — was far from simple. Much of Gaetz’s triumph came by way of an aggressive digital media effort, spearheaded […]

Jim RosicaAugust 30, 2016

Tuesday’s Congressional primary election results suggest that north Florida is about to get redshifted. State Rep. Matt Gaetz trounced six opponents for the GOP nomination for the 1st Congressional District. As of 9 p.m., urological surgeon Neal Dunn seemed to eke out a win against state government lawyer Mary Thomas for the Republican nameplate in the 2nd Congressional District. “Congratulations to […]

Michael MolineAugust 30, 2016

Candidate Mary Thomas was the target and beneficiary of late injections of political action committee money into Florida’s 2nd Congressional District race. The “North Florida Neighbors” super PAC dropped $3,540 into telephone calls intended to boost Neal Dunn, the Panama City urological surgeon fighting Thomas in the GOP primary. Thomas is general counsel to the Department of Elder Affairs […]

Associated PressAugust 30, 2016

A legislator who backed comments describing Black Lives Matter as a terrorist group and another who held an online giveaway of a semi-automatic rifle are among eight Republicans trying to succeed a retiring congressman in Florida’s conservative Panhandle. U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller‘s heavily conservative 1st Congressional District, which is home to five military installations and […]

Jim RosicaAugust 29, 2016

As the clock ticks down to Tuesday’s primary election, a super PAC backing Matt Gaetz in Florida’s 1st Congressional District has made another media buy to support his candidacy. Campaign finance records show that “North Florida Neighbors” paid Dallas’ Scott Howell & Co. advertising firm a little more than $24,000 last Thursday. The group recently financed a pro-Gaetz spot burnishing his conservative bona fides on veterans’ advocacy and anti-terrorism. The deeply conservative 1st District […]

Jim RosicaAugust 16, 2016

Matt Gaetz will “host a medical marijuana delivery to a Northwest Florida family,” his legislative office announced Tuesday. And the Fort Walton Beach Republican invited reporters to join him as he tags along for the ride. Surterra Therapeutics will deliver the first shipment of medicinal pot Thursday morning to an as-yet-undisclosed location in the Panhandle. Gaetz, a candidate for the 1st Congressional […]

Jim RosicaAugust 15, 2016

Matt Gaetz released his latest ad, called “Veterans,” on Monday. He’s aiming to win Florida’s conservative-leaning 1st Congressional District in the Panhandle, home to Hurlburt Field, Eglin AFB and the Pensacola Naval Air Station, home of the Blue Angels. The district “is home to some of our nation’s most important military installations and thousands of brave men and women who […]

Guest AuthorAugust 12, 2016

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In the age where cannabis is finally being re-recognized as treatment for a vast plethora of human ailments and regaining the stature it had for centuries before it was degraded by lies, bigotry and greed, it’s time that the media grow up, and start by using the appropriate nomenclature for the plant that has been […]

Peter SchorschAugust 8, 2016

Congressional candidate Matt Gaetz wants friends and supporters to know the F-35 fighter is ready to join the fight against terrorism, thanks — in no small part — to his work as a young North Florida attorney. A new email from Gaetz reminds voters in Florida’s 1st Congressional District that Eglin Air Force Base has been at […]

Tag: Matt Gaetz

Rick Scott won’t say whether he lobbied against Don Gaetz as UWF prez

Aggressive digital strategy made Matt Gaetz’s CD 1 primary victory look deceptively easy

In conservative CDs 1, 2, it’s the GOP’s night

Mary Thomas targeted, boosted by late super PAC money in CD 2

Matt Gaetz, Greg Evers among candidates in Florida’s 1st District

North Florida Neighbors funds media buy for Matt Gaetz

Matt Gaetz goes out for pot

Matt Gaetz releases latest TV ad

Gary Stein: Time for Northwest Florida Daily News to respect medical marijuana

Email insights: Matt Gaetz boasts of his role in keeping the F-35 program alive at Eglin Air Force Base