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Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018

Two gubernatorial candidates running behind in the polls heading toward the Aug. 28 primaries and in need of good news, Democrat Chris King and Republican Adam Putnam, tied for first in a straw poll taken at a political mixer hosted by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Thursday night. King, a hometown favorite as a […]

Scott PowersMarch 20, 2018

Three fathers of murdered students, three sheriffs, and state Sen. Lauren Book are among the appointees to the newly created Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission established to investigate the Feb. 14 massacre and identify and address what could have been done differently. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri will chair the commission established through […]

Bill RuftySeptember 6, 2017

Hurricane Irma may be days away from Florida, but national, state and local agencies are at work now to deal with the second weather threat to the nation in two weeks. The crews and hurricane hunter aircraft of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration moved to their new home at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport by […]

Scott PowersJune 16, 2017

Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to a nearly 10-year low of 4.3 percent with the addition of 21,900 new private sector jobs in March, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday in Orlando. While visiting the DusoBox plant, a 62-year-old, family-owned company which recently added 20 jobs to its high-tech corrugated box manufacturing and marketing plant in Orlando, Scott said […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 29, 2016

The Rick Scott-led PR campaign to confirm Dr. John Armstrong as the state’s surgeon general and Secretary of Health continues apace. As of Monday, Scott’s press shop and that of the Health Department had sent out at least 20 ICYMI emails (“in case you missed it”), with a different individual or organization encouraging the Florida Senate to confirm […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 23, 2016

A Senate panel postponed Surgeon General John Armstrong’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, but the committee’s chairman said he hopes to take it up before the end of the 2016 Legislative Session. The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee was scheduled to discuss the confirmations of three governor-appointed department heads. However, Sen. Garrett Richter, committee chairman, said Armstrong’s […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 3, 2014

Our texts today are not Biblical, but they are definitely topical. A wise man changes his mind often, a fool never -Spanish proverb. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines –Ralph Waldo Emerson. In every political campaign since the Stone Age, it has been an […]

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Chris King, Adam Putnam tie in Winter Park chamber’s straw poll

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to lead Douglas High commission with Lauren Book, three fathers

As Florida prepares for Irma, NOAA aircraft working nonstop

Florida’s unemployment dips to 10-year low of 4.3 percent

PR campaign for John Armstrong confirmation in high gear

Senate panel delays John Armstrong’s confirmation as surgeon general

Martin Dyckman: Wise politicians learn, evolve — and change their minds