Joe HendersonAugust 7, 2022
20min0
Marco Rubio had a good week, but Florida Power & Light did not.
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Joe HendersonAugust 7, 2022
Anne GeggisAugust 3, 2022
6min0
Members of the group have political service that stretches back to the 1960s.
Jacob OglesNovember 3, 2018
4min336
Lakeland political leader Paul Dockery endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum today just as Republican Ron DeSantis campaigned in her hometown. “Andrew Gillum is the governor that Florida needs right now,” said Dockery, who was elected as a Republican representing Lakeland in the state House and Senate over the course of 16 years. “Our state […]
Jacob OglesAugust 26, 20184min260
Former state Sen. Paula Dockery has made an endorsement for Congress, backing Brandon businessman Danny Kushmer in the Republican primary for Florida’s 15th Congressional District. Dockery, a lawmaker-turned-syndicated columnist, said Kushmer was the strongest Republican in a five-candidate primary field. “I would encourage all of my Republican friends in FL Congressional District 15 to vote […]
Peter SchorschApril 30, 2018
4min580
Ban Assault Weapons NOW on Monday announced the first wave of members for its steering committee as it ramps up efforts to put an amendment banning assault weapons on the 2020 ballot. U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch and Coral Springs Mayor Skip Campbell will serve as campaign co-chairs, while nine individuals – four with ties to […]
Bill RuftyJanuary 24, 2016
5min270
The president of the Florida Federation of Republican Women said that the League of Women Voters, whose proposed congressional and state Senate redistricting maps were adopted by the courts after it and other groups sued, is liberal in its policies and its membership is largely from Democrats. Dena DeCamp of Lakeland said the Florida Federation […]
Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2015
6min200
I was going to opine on John Kasich entering the GOP presidential contest this morning, but let’s get to that Wednesday. Instead, let’s talk about Florida’s U.S. Senate race, now that David Jolly is officially is in the race, along with Congressman Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and retired CIA contractor Todd Wilcox. Lately […]
Phil AmmannMay 31, 2015
4min436
A group of local residents, including businessman Gregory Fancelli, have hired an attorney and a public relations firm in an effort to change the City of Lakeland to a strong-mayor form of government. If that should happen, writes John Chambliss of the Lakeland Ledger, Fancelli would not be opposed to Republican former state Sen. Paula Dockery […]
James CallFebruary 26, 20154min232
Friday we got another chapter in an on-going series about the ouster of Gerald Bailey. The Tampa Bay Times secured a draft of an opinion piece Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam had prepared last month about the abrupt dismissal of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement director. A spokesperson explained the commentary wasn’t submitted to state […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 26, 2015
2min133
Former State Sen. Paula Dockery, who served 16 years in the Florida Legislature, is joining the board of the League of Women Voters of Florida. Term limited from running again for the State Senate in 2012, Dockery has since launched a new career as a political columnist. Her syndicated columns appear in more than 20 newspapers […]