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Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday urged all Floridians who are customers of Anthem to take extra measures in monitoring their credit. The company, one of the nation’s largest health care insurers, stored the Social Security numbers of 80 million customers without encrypting them. Hackers then broke into their database, the largest-ever computer breach […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

The much-anticipated meeting of the Florida Cabinet post-Gerald Bailey scandal got off to an intense beginning Thursday morning when Gov. Rick Scott switched on his microphone and apologized, sort of, for the actions involving the ouster of the now-former FDLE head, likely the greatest crisis of his time as governor. “Good morning. I want to […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

This morning we’ll learn how serious Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam believe in being independent agents, and not just handmaidens to the leader of their party, Gov. Rick Scott. Today’s Cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fairgrounds in east Tampa could be interesting, or maybe […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

This morning we’ll learn how serious Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam believe in being independent agents, and not just handmaidens to the leader of their party, Gov. Rick Scott. Today’s Cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fairgrounds in east Tampa could be interesting, or maybe […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 1, 2015

It’s time we heard what Charlie Crist thinks about Rick Scott’s latest scandals. It might help us make better sense of the mess Scott made out of firing Gerald Bailey, longtime and widely respected commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), not to mention new whistleblower allegations that Scott ignored and covered up fatal failures of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

Next week the Florida Cabinet meets in Tampa for the first time since they unanimously approved Rick Swearingen as the replacement for Gerald Bailey to lead the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement. Bailey announced his resignation in December, but told members of the media after Swearingen’s appointment in early January that in fact he had […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

Presidential elections only come around once every four years, and the Oscars don’t pull in the numbers nearly like they used to, so the Super Bowl has become truly the premiere American event over the past few decades. And that event is much longer than the 3 1/2 hours that the game is actually played on […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2015

OK, let’s game this out… U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is giving all indications that he will announce sometime in the spring his decision whether he will run for president. Last Friday, Rubio kicked off an election-strategy powwow at Miami Beach’s Delano Hotel by announcing a fundraising team that looked like a presidential campaign-in-waiting, reports Marc Caputo […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2015

There’s been no official announcement, but veteran Tallahassee insiders know when Gov. Rick Scott is about to push a senior aide under the proverbial bus. Based on today’s comments by the governor, Melissa Sellers’ days have to be numbered. Never mind the fact that Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam strongly implied that Sellers lied to the Cabinet. Never mind the fact […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 29, 2015

OK, let’s game this out… U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is giving all indications that he will announce sometime in the spring his decision whether he will run for president. Last Friday, Rubio kicked off an election-strategy powwow at Miami Beach’s Delano Hotel by announcing a fundraising team that looked like a presidential campaign-in-waiting, reports Marc Caputo […]

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Paula Stark is hosting Buenaventura Lakes' 'first-ever' event to honor veterans.

More timely than ever, the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at USF opens

Rick Scott says buck stops with him in Bailey scandal

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.15 – Pressure's on Jeff Atwater, Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam in Tampa today

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.15 – Pressure’s on Jeff Atwater, Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam in Tampa today

Daniel Tilson: Charlie Crist should weigh in on Gov. Scott's scandals

Jack Latvala blasts Cabinet members in Gerald Bailey affair

Mitch Perry Report for 1.30.15 -So when does the Super Bowl come back to Tampa?

Peter Schorsch: Charlie Crist in 2016?

Rick Scott gives Melissa Sellers the unofficial kiss of death

Charlie Crist in 2016?