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Mitch PerryJune 21, 2016

Last week both Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi came under heavy criticism for showing a lack of support towards the gay community after the Orlando shootings, and now the Democratic opponent of Polk County Republican Congressman Dennis Ross is making the same claim about his initial comments. Democrat Jim Lange is running against Ross in Florida’s 15th Congressional District this year. In a […]

Mitch PerryJune 21, 2016

One of the weapons Omar Mateen used in his shooting spree last week in Orlando that killed 49 people was a Sig Sauer MCX rifle, which was originally designed for Special Operations Forces. Central Florida area Democratic Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson says if the killer hadn’t been able to purchase that gun, the massacre at the Pulse […]

Jim RosicaJune 20, 2016

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Jennifer Krell Davis is leaving the Florida Ports Council to rejoin The Florida Bar as deputy public information director. The Bar announced the hire Monday. Davis had been special projects coordinator at the Bar, which regulates the state’s attorneys, in 2001-04. She later was communications director for the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Department of State, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2016

A week ago, it was all set. Attorney General Pam Bondi was coming to Jacksonville to fundraise for embattled incumbent State Attorney Angela Corey. When FloridaPolitics.com asked Cathleen Murphy, who handles communications for Corey’s campaign, Thursday morning, Murphy said “AG Bondi will be there this evening, but it’s a private event.” So, despite the fact that the world’s […]

Guest AuthorJune 16, 2016

Much like vacations, road trips, and barbecues, summertime brings with it a seasonal spike in residential energy consumption. The Sunshine State is certainly no exception. We use plenty of power to cool our homes and charge the electronics in the hands of our children. No doubt, this very hot, energy-intensive season is a good time […]

Jim RosicaJune 16, 2016

One of the plaintiffs in the fight to overturn Florida’s gay-marriage ban has penned an open letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the same week of her feud with CNN newsman Anderson Cooper. Christian Ulvert, a Miami-based communications consultant, wrote Bondi that he “dismayed by the response you offered to Mr. Cooper regarding your efforts […]

Jim RosicaJune 15, 2016

CNN’s Anderson Cooper responded Wednesday night to Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying her complaints about their Tuesday live interview were “factually incorrect” and she’s “either mistaken or she’s not telling the truth.” Cooper, who came out as gay in 2012, had mentioned to Bondi “a lot of gay and lesbian people … said they thought you were […]

Jim RosicaJune 15, 2016

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Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested she was the victim of a CNN hit job a day after Anderson Cooper challenged her position on gay rights in a live interview. Bondi was a guest on WOR-New York’s “Len Berman and Todd Schnitt in the Morning” radio program Wednesday. Cooper, who came out as gay in 2012, spoke with Bondi […]

Peter SchorschJune 15, 2016

Editor’s note: Extensive Enterprises Media reporter Jim Rosica made the following inquiry Wednesday of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office. The question itself is noteworthy. An answer from Bondi’s office would be more so. In an interview with CNN Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Anderson Cooper she “was sworn to uphold the constitution of the state […]

Jim RosicaJune 14, 2016

CNN’s Anderson Cooper called out Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for her apparent double standard on sexuality in the wake of the Orlando shooting. Bondi appeared live in a stand-up interview with Cooper in Orlando that became increasingly testy. The CNN newsman came out as gay in 2012. Sunday’s shooting took place in a gay nightclub, and […]

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CD 15 Democrat Jim Lange blasts Dennis Ross for omitting LGBT community in post-Orlando comments

Alan Grayson to introduce bill that would ban assault weapons

Personnel note: Jennifer Krell Davis rejoins The Florida Bar

Pam Bondi won’t fundraise for Angela Corey tonight after all

Dan Peterson: The growing cost of keeping the lights on

Christian Ulvert: Pam Bondi’s criticism of Anderson Cooper is ‘truly unbelievable’

Anderson Cooper says Pam Bondi ‘not telling the truth’ about their interview

Pam Bondi strikes back against CNN, Anderson Cooper

After Anderson Cooper interview debacle, a pointed question for Pam Bondi

Anderson Cooper to Pam Bondi: Gays think you’re a ‘hypocrite’