Scott PowersJune 25, 2019
8min870
DeSantis also thinks financial requirements for Amendment 4 'will be upheld in court.'
Tag: Parkland massacre
Scott PowersJune 25, 2019
Joe HendersonJanuary 13, 2019
7min539
Gov. Ron DeSantis did the right thing by suspending Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. As much as the soon-to-be-former Sheriff might argue otherwise, a massacre of innocents happened on his watch and it was obvious his department wasn’t ready to respond. Seventeen people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. That was 11 months […]
Scott PowersAugust 22, 2018
3min454
The father of one of the victims of the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is angrily calling out Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for taking NRA money in a new ad for his Democratic opponent Mary Barzee Flores. In the one-minute, 10-second digital ad launched Wednesday, Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie was […]
Scott PowersMay 26, 2018
5min700
Publix’s decision, in the face of protests over its Adam Putnam donations, to suspend its political giving this year could mean more than $1 million that the company will not donate this year to various political campaigns and groups. The company, whose slogan, “Where Shopping is a Pleasure” has graced Florida and other states it […]
Drew WilsonApril 9, 2018
7min277
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King blasted Gov. Rick Scott for having the temerity to launch his U.S. Senate bid from Orlando, where in 2016 a single gunman killed 49 and wounded 58 at the Pulse nightclub. “Rick Scott launching his campaign from Orlando takes some gall –– 612 days passed between the shootings at Pulse […]
Scott PowersApril 6, 2018
4min233
A town hall to talk about guns that Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto set for Saturday in St. Cloud is drawing criticism from his Republican election opponent Wayne Liebnitzky because the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School girls’ softball team is also in town. Liebnitzky called the town hall “a political stunt.” Soto earlier this week […]
Scott PowersMarch 22, 2018
3min231
Florida’s U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson on Friday announced a federal bill that would encourage other states to follow Florida’s lead with legislation allowing law enforcement to seek court orders removing guns from dangerous individuals. Republican Rubio and Democrat Nelson were joined Thursday by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, in […]