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Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2016

Along with lawmakers, lobbyists and journalists who are back in Tallahassee this week for the beginning of the 2016 Legislative Session will be immigration activists, concerned about a number of bills being proposed this session. Two busloads of activists are scheduled to depart from Tampa and Homestead on Monday, with two more scheduled to depart from Polk County […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 10, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott spent a portion of Sunday afternoon in Cape Coral, one day after a tornado swept through the community. “Thank God we live in a place where we have great first responders and great law enforcement,” Scott said during a news conference at the Cape Coral Fire Department. “They all take care of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 10, 2016

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Marco Rubio disparaged Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn on Sunday, calling all of the attention on his just published interview in Rolling Stone this weekend with famed Mexican drug lord El Chapo “grotesque.” El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was captured on Friday in Mexico, six months after a daring prison escape last July through a […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will be in Tallahassee Tuesday for the State of the State address. With a pension tax plan to sell, Curry will be meeting with Rick Scott also. The meeting will be just a 15-minute block of time, from 4:30 to 4:45 p.m. Scott has given no indication regarding his support for the Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 8, 2016

In the early morning hours of July 18, 1987, a parolee, Mark Asay, gunned down two Jacksonville men on the streets of downtown. On Friday, after a tortuous process involving many appeals, Gov. Rick Scott issued a death warrant to serve Asay his final justice on March 17. The details of Asay’s murders are lurid, senseless, and revealing […]

Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2016

As All Aboard Florida tries to get everyone onboard its proposal to run higher-speed passenger trains between Orlando and South Florida, my wife and I boarded the closest thing last week, Amtrak’s Silver Meteor train, for a getaway from Orlando to South Beach. All Aboard Florida wants to run 16 passenger trains a day on […]

Associated PressJanuary 8, 2016

Here is the latest in the scheduled execution of Oscar Ray Bolin in Florida. All times are local: 10:18 p.m. Oscar Ray Bolin, who was convicted of killing three women then married a member of his defense team while on death row, has been executed in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott‘s office said Bolin was pronounced […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 7, 2016

While absolutely owning it as the Beast on Halloween, I accurately predicted the fall of the last rose petal on the latest Rick Scott socialist scheme. That came today as Rep. Chris Sprowls, being a conservative, refused to spread the wealth with his health care transparency bill. Christine Jordan Sexton said Scott’s office gave this […]

Ryan RayJanuary 7, 2016

A pair of influential GOP legislators will file legislation to require health care providers to provide more upfront information about the cost and quality of their services, they said Thursday. Sen. Rob Bradley of Fleming Island and Rep. Chris Sprowls of Palm Harbor said in a joint statement their plan to file transparency bills was informed in part by […]

Rich TemplinJanuary 6, 2016

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Once again, the media is abuzz and many in the Florida Legislature are absolutely giddy at the prospect of what they call a budget surplus this year. State fiscal analysts are predicting a surplus of about $635 million and the Governor’s Office, using a bit of fuzzy math that no one outside of his administration […]

Tag: Rick Scott

Immigration activists to descend upon Tallahassee this week

Rick Scott tours Southwest Florida community hit by tornado

Marco Rubio calls Sean Penn’s interview with El Chapo “grotesque”

Lenny Curry to meet with Rick Scott Tuesday

Death warrant issued for white supremacist killer Mark Asay

Amtrak is no All Aboard Florida, but it’s rolling

Florida executes convicted serial killer

I predicted this sad socialist Rick Scott defeat months ago

Rob Bradley, Chris Sprowls to file health care cost transparency legislation

Rich Templin: The great Florida surplus myth