Jacob OglesMarch 12, 2020
4min382
Poll checked on priorities of Florida's most reliable voting bloc.
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6min508
Among other tidbits: "Republicans (are) at the end of their majority, and they can feel it."
Jacob OglesDecember 3, 2018
6min834
Former congressional candidate Neil Combee didn’t know what hit him in the final days of the Republican primary in Florida’s 15th Congressional District. He’d outraised his opponent — by enough, he thought, he could keep money in the bank for the general election. Then came the barrage of attack mailers. “We didn’t know what was […]
Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2018
60min906
Remember back, say, two years ago? The 2018 governor’s race was supposed to be Adam Putnam’s to lose. And then he did. Then it was Gwen Graham’s to lose. And she lost. Then it was Andrew Gillum’s. And so did he. So here we are with Ron DeSantis getting sworn-in in January (we think, maybe, […]
Scott PowersSeptember 26, 2018
3min411
Rachel Perrin Rogers is seeking court testimony from a who’s-who list of Tallahassee powers and insiders in her lawsuit alleging discrimination and retaliation against her from the Florida Legislature regarding the sexual harassment claims she raised last fall against former state Sen. Jack Latvala. Perrin Rogers, who is pursuing a lawsuit case through the U.S. […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 24, 2018
4min241
A former Democratic candidate for the Florida House is suing a former Chris Latvala campaign staffer, claiming she wrongly accessed his Facebook account to obtain damaging information. In 2016, David Vogel ran and lost against the Republican Latvala for House District 67, which covers parts of north Pinellas County. After announcing his campaign, Janice Silva sent Vogel […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 10, 2018
4min445
Janelle Irwin Taylor, formerly Tampa Bay correspondent for Florida Politics and the now-retired SaintPetersblog, is returning to the platform after more than two years at the Tampa Bay Business Journal. “Her reporting and writing has always been infused with smarts, sass when allowed, and sensitivity when required,” said Peter Schorsch, owner of Extensive Enterprises Media, […]
Phil AmmannDecember 22, 2017
5min437
Thanks, but no thanks. Citing unfinished business in the Florida House, state Rep. James Grant is dismissing any talk of running for the Senate seat vacated this week by Jack Latvala, who stepped down after facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Grant was responding to a tweet from Peter Schorsch, who was, in turn, answering […]
Peter SchorschDecember 11, 2017
14min512
For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you may have wondered how much holiday eggnog I had to drink Friday night after I launched a series of tweets directed at Republican political consultant Brian Hughes. I ain’t even gonna lie. @GoMeteoric snitched to @FLPressCorps about @FredPiccoloJr moonlighting for me. Hughes thinks that would […]
Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2017
6min257
It’s fair to say that a considerable number of people on the political left are emboldened (and embracing party politics) since the stunning election of President Donald Trump. That’s certainly the case with Sarasota businesswoman and activist Ruta Jouniari. Like a lot of people she knows, the 50-year-old House District 72 candidate was frustrated by […]