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Drew WilsonNovember 10, 2017

Republican Ardian Zika posted a solid fundraising report for October with $23,000 raised and an on-hand total of $124,000 in the race to replace House Speaker Richard Corcoran in House District 37. Zika took in 44 contributions last month, including 15 for the maximum donation of $1,000. His spending clocked in at just $1,250 – […]

Drew WilsonNovember 10, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran is teaming up with Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano and a host of other county officials and corporate sponsors for a holiday food giveaway on December 15. Corcoran and Fasano will be joined by county Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley, Property Appraiser Gary Joiner and Sheriff Chris Nocco for the […]

Phil AmmannOctober 4, 2017

Ed Hooper, in his bid to return to Tallahassee, picked up a major endorsement Wednesday from Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano. Fasano, a former Republican state lawmaker, has been a longtime political force in West Pasco County. Hooper, who served in the House from 2006 to 2014, is running in Senate District 16, covering […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

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Democrat Linda Jack, a veterinarian from New Port Richey, has filed to run for the Florida House District 36 seat currently held by Republican Amber Mariano. Dr.Jack is a Florida native who spent many years traveling, performing and teaching as a professional musician, based in New York, Boston and Nashville. She then switched careers after […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2017

Bill Gunter, a pastor of the Redeemer Community Church in New Port Richey, will make a second run for the Florida Legislature, seeking the House District 37 seat being vacated next year by term-limited Richard Corcoran. “Our great President Donald J. Trump has inspired me with his leadership and direction over the past year,” Gunter said in a statement. I will fight […]

Jim RosicaNovember 16, 2016

Senate President-designate Joe Negron on Tuesday released his chamber’s proposed rules for 2016-18, which didn’t contain the strict provisions of their House counterparts. But the Stuart Republican, set to officially take over next week, still told members in a memo to “review the attached documents carefully” since “the adoption of rules is a significant matter.” […]

Joe HendersonNovember 11, 2016

Mike Fasano, the Pasco County Tax Collector and former state legislator, lives near incoming Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran. They are friends and they speak frequently with each other. Sometimes they agree on policies, sometimes they don’t. But they are in total accord about the dramatic changes regarding lobbyists and other measures Corcoran has planned […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2016

In presidential election years, Florida Democrats perennially have high hopes to increase their meager numbers in the Legislature by winning crucial swing district races. They lost several of them on Tuesday, including most surprisingly in House District 36, where 21-year-old University of Central Florida student Amber Mariano knocked off Democratic incumbent Amanda Murphy in a stunning upset by 732 votes, or […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 2016

An Orlando-based nonprofit says the state’s Department of Corrections is wrongly trying to discredit a POLITICO Florida report showing that it “misled” the public about shutting down community based re-entry centers. Bridges of America, one of several outside organizations helping ex-cons and others, also said DOC “continues to fail to address that they don’t have the […]

Tom JacksonSeptember 13, 2016

Whatever else we might be tempted to say in the aftermath of last month’s recent primary election, for those who live and/or work in Pasco County, this, above all, is beyond dispute: Pasco is Mike Fasano’s county. Everyone else is just visiting. Who but Fasano, the nudging, empathetic, perpetually beatifying champion of the “little guy […]

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HD 37 Republican Ardian Zika adds $23K in October

Corcoran-Fasano Holiday Food Giveaway set for Dec. 15

Ed Hooper nabs Mike Fasano endorsement for SD 16

New Port Richey Democrat Linda Jack to challenge Amber Mariano in state House Distirct 36

Bill Gunter taking another stab at HD 37 seat

Florida Senate light on lobbying in new rules

Joe Henderson: New House rules put lobbyists in their place and increase transparency

Donald Trump ‘tsunami’ in Pasco led to stunning result in Florida’s House District 36 race

Non-profits rebut Corrections’ accusations on re-entry programs

Tom Jackson: In Pasco, all roads lead to Mike Fasano