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Drew WilsonDecember 21, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott announced that drugstore chain CVS will add 500 jobs in Orlando and build a new 112,000-square-foot facility in Orange County. “We are excited to announce the creation of 500 new jobs for families in Orlando,” Scott said in a news release. “With hundreds of locations already in Florida, CVS’ decision to expand […]

Phil AmmannDecember 21, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday the appointment of Betty Viamontes to the Hillsborough Community College District Board of Trustees. Viamontes, 50, of Odessa, is corporate controller of Tampa General Hospital and vice chair of the Florida Institute of CPAs. She is also the author of “Waiting on Zapote Street: Love and Loss in Castro’s Cuba,” […]

Phil AmmannDecember 21, 2015

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 31 appointments to a variety of state regulatory boards. Commission on Ethics Scott started with three appointments and one reappointment to the Commission on Ethics, a nine-member board that serves as a guardian for standards of conduct for officials and employees of the state of Florida. Dr. Daniel Brady, […]

Phil AmmannDecember 21, 2015

With the end of 2015 less than two weeks away, Gov. Rick Scott announced a wave of seven statewide judicial appointments. Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Scott began by naming John Guy and Steven Whittington to the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, which serves Clay, Duval and Nassau counties. Guy, 51, of Jacksonville, has served as an […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Friday the appointment of Jacksonville Assistant State Attorney John Guy and Orange Park attorney Steven Whittington to the 4th Judicial Circuit Court. Guy, a University of Florida alum, has served as Assistant State Attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit since 1993; he fills a vacancy created by the resignation of […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2015

The Florida job numbers have been a primary talking point of Gov. Rick Scott, whose office announced adding a million jobs since 2010. Jacksonville has been no exception to the rule, with jobs being added throughout the period, and 16,000 of them over the year in November. Scott said, “I am proud to announce that […]

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 […]

Peter SchorschDecember 17, 2015

It’s good to be the king, except when you’re known as “Slots King of the World.” An email from the Orlando-based anti-gambling group No Casinos says the newly renegotiated Seminole Compact would bestow the dubious title of “Slots King” to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, by allowing “one or more tribal facilities to have the most […]

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 […]

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CVS to add 500 jobs in Orlando, build new Orange County facility

Local author Betty Viamontes named to Hillsborough Community College District Board of Trustees

Gov. Scott announces 31 regulatory board appointments

Gov. Scott announces seven judicial appointments

Rick Scott taps 2 Jacksonville area lawyers for 4th Circuit judgeships

Jacksonville adds 16,000 jobs over last year

Peter Schorsch: The 5 most disappointing Florida politicians of 2015

Email insights: No Casinos says it’s not good to be the king – of slots

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

The 5 most disappointing Florida politicians of 2015