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Jim RosicaDecember 17, 2015

Cissy Proctor, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity‘s chief of staff, will now lead the agency, Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday. She takes over as the department’s executive director, succeeding Jesse Panuccio, on Jan. 9 — three days before the beginning of the 2016 Legislative Session. FloridaPolitics.com first heard word of Proctor’s likely appointment earlier this […]

Peter SchorschDecember 17, 2015

As much as we would like to think otherwise, in politics, not everyone can be a winner. To put it another way, as Judge Smails did in the eminently quotable Caddyshack: “The world needs ditch-diggers, too.” Few will disagree that 2015 was a particularly fertile political year, one that produced a bumper crop of political disappointments – that’s what we get […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry just returned from his first JEA bond rating trip to New York; he says it went well, and that a lot of that had to do with the story of economic growth he could tell because of Governor Rick Scott. “I was able to tell a very succinct story,” Curry said at a […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2015

Florida Governor Rick Scott made another in an extended series of visits to Jacksonville Monday. The reason for the visit: job creation. The locale: Sweet Pete’s, the Cowford Confectionary just across the street from City Hall. Yet for Governor Scott, the draw is not the gourmet chocolate marshmallows, or is it the Grand Marnier cherry cordials, […]

Peter SchorschDecember 11, 2015

Republican Mary Thomas, running for Florida’s 2nd Congressional District, would be happy to have supporters think her state government career began with the election of Gov. Rick Scott. It doesn’t. The North Florida attorney is working hard to promote her staunch conservative credentials as she seeks to unseat Democrat Gwen Graham. Campaign materials are quick to point out her service in […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Let’s Get to Work, Florida Gov. Rick Scott‘s political action committee that may be a vehicle for a potential run for the Senate in 2018, added $116,300 to its coffers in November. All told now, the PAC has raised close to $50 million since its creation in April 2014. Panama City rail management executive Michael Durden […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Wednesday night, organizers with the group Regulate Florida told supporters in a conference call that they’re ending their attempt to put a pro-legalization of marijuana on the ballot next year in Florida. FloridaPolitics.com was on that call, and posted the story soon after. In a statement sent shortly after that call was completed, Regulate Florida […]

Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015

Florida Governor Rick Scott has been targeting the Florida public hospital industry for much of this year, after the Florida Hospital Association made a strong pitch for the Legislature to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a push that failed for the third straight year in Tallahassee, and after the federal government announced deep cuts in hospital funding […]

Jim RosicaDecember 9, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has told reporters he’ll “respect the decision” of the Legislature about the deal he struck with the Seminole Tribe of Florida renewing exclusive rights to offer blackjack at its casinos in return for $3 billion over seven years. Scott briefly answered questions after this week’s Cabinet meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday […]

Associated PressDecember 8, 2015

Want a sure bet? The gambling agreement between Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe is going to face changes during the next three months – if it’s approved at all. The deal signed Tuesday calls for a guaranteed $3 billion over seven years for Florida in exchange for the state agreeing to limit the […]

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Cissy Proctor named new head of Dep’t of Economic Opportunity

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For Rick Scott, nothing is sweeter than job creation

Mary Thomas leans hard on “conservative” label while omitting ties to Charlie Crist

Rick Scott’s PAC grows by $116,300 in November

Mitch Perry Report for 12.10.15 – Recreational pot measure supporters back off 2016 ballot bid

Tampa house Democrats blast Scott administration’s investigation into public hospitals

Is Rick Scott already getting cold feet on Seminole blackjack deal?

Gambling deal with Seminole Tribe still has long way to go

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