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Jim RosicaNovember 11, 2015

Of the groups behind two solar-power constitutional amendments competing to get on the 2016 ballot, one currently has more signatures, but the other now has raised gobs more cash. The utility-backed Consumers for Smart Solar has raised nearly $3.8 million, including $2.3 million in October alone, according to online campaign finance reports. The latest disclosures were due […]

Gary FineoutNovember 9, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who loudly opposed a medical marijuana measure that appeared on the 2014 ballot, is staying on the sidelines this time around. Bondi said she is still opposes the effort to legalize medical marijuana, but the state’s top legal officer is remaining silent on whether the Florida Supreme Court should block […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

St. Joseph’s Hospitals, part of the BayCare Health System and a Pediatric and Level II Trauma hospital, is the only hospital campus in the Tampa Bay area with a co-generator plant. That plant consists of a natural gas-fired combustion engine that powers a 1.7 megawatt generator to produce electricity throughout the hospital campus. And for […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

It was an interesting weekend as the Donald Trump skits flopped on Saturday Night Live and Ben Carson media scrutiny reached a new intensity, but can I talk about football? Actually, how about people who watch football? I was at a tavern yesterday afternoon which was unusually crowded, due to the fact that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is financing his super PAC about $10 million in television ads targeting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and three other attorneys general for their opposition to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. “Despite the overwhelming evidence of the clean power plants progress and the lives we’ve saved, the […]

Diane RobertsOctober 29, 2015

LBJ declared the War on Poverty; the GOP waged a War on Women; the state of Florida has never ceased its War on Nature. The latest front: Bears! How often have you come home from a hard day of flipping carcino-burgers at the local McWendyking’s, slaving away at the phosphate plant or working at the […]

Diane RobertsOctober 28, 2015

LBJ declared the War on Poverty; the GOP waged a War on Women; the state of Florida has never ceased its War on Nature. The latest front: Bears! How often have you come home from a hard day of flipping carcino-burgers at the local McWendyking’s, slaving away at the phosphate plant or working at the […]

Jim RosicaOctober 23, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday joined 23 other states in opposing a federal government plan to reduce air pollution by further regulating the smoke from power plants. The “Clean Power Plan,” as enforced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “would result in dramatically higher electricity bills and significantly less reliable service,” according to […]

Ryan RayOctober 20, 2015

Members of the Senate Health Policy Committee discussed a 2011 law designed to crack down on illicit painkiller prescriptions through “pill mills,” which Chairman Aaron Bean said has sent “the pendulum from one direction to the other.” The law, HB 7095, was spearheaded by a newly elected Attorney General Pam Bondi and then-Sen. Mike Fasano in the midst […]

Mitch PerryOctober 15, 2015

Florida Agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam raised over $323,000 in the third-quarter of this year in his amassing nearly $2 million for the political committee he created earlier this year. Florida Grown, the name of the committee, has now raised a total of over $2.3 million – $2,394,383.22 to be exact. Putnam is considered to be one of the leading […]

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Utility-backed solar amendment rakes in campaign cash

AG Pam Bondi won’t ask court to block pot measure

In Tampa, Democratic U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor and Frank Pallone extol St. Joseph’s Hospital energy efficiencies

Mitch Perry Report for 11.9.15 – Peyton Manning in autumn

Bloomberg group to air ads targeted Pam Bondi for challenging Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Diane Roberts: Watch out, you bears, and hold your water

Diane Roberts: Watch out, you bears, and hold your water

Pam Bondi signs on to clean power lawsuit

Senators say anti-pill mill law has seen patients’ pain go untreated

Adam Putnam adds $323,816 to his PAC in 3rd quarter of fundraising