Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2019
8min549
Republicans were a near monolith in saying former Congressman had outperformed their expectations.
Tag: Michelle Ertel
Peter SchorschFebruary 8, 2019
Drew WilsonFebruary 8, 2019
7min941
Gambling expansion is a bad bet, but smokable pot is even money.
Scott PowersMarch 28, 2018
2min1012
Michelle Ertel, a political commentator and government affairs consultant, has been named committee director for BusinessForce, a group that is an independent, pro-business public voice of Central Florida. BusinessForce, originally established as the political arm of Orlando Inc., the Orlando regional chamber of commerce, then taken independent, is composed of regional business and community leaders […]
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2017
6min247
A gun laws debate featuring staunch 2nd Amendment Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon and irrepressible “common-sense reforms” Democrat state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith boiled down Tuesday night between a demand that fundamental rights should not be abridged without compelling reasons, and expressions of perceived compelling reasons. Plakon, a Longwood Republican who sponsored House Bill 6005, […]
Scott PowersFebruary 27, 2017
2min432
State Reps. Scott Plakon and Carlos Guillermo Smith – opposite sides on most gun rights debate in Tallahassee – will headline a debate panel being sponsored Tuesday by the Young Democrats of Orange County. Plakon, a Republican from Longwood who has sponsored a guns on campus bill and supported open carry bills; and Smith, the […]
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2016
4min344
Democratic House District 30 candidate Ryan Yadav is calling for the state to take “all steps necessary to address” missing ballots in Seminole County, suggesting there may be voter fraud at work. Yadav, who’s taking on Republican state Rep. Bob Cortes, is responding to news reports in the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday that the Seminole County […]