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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 […]

Ryan RayJanuary 6, 2016

Hours after Gov. Rick Scott released an op-ed praising the 2016 presidential bid of Donald Trump, Scott took to the Fox News airwaves to chat with “Your World” host Neil Cavuto. Asked whether his attaboy for the New York real estate mogul was meant to defend Trump against recent criticisms, Scott replied he just wants what’s best for his […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2016

The Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity organization has 36 state chapters across the nation, but none bigger than its operation in Florida, established in 2008. With 80 full- or part-time staff members, AFP has been aggressive in getting involved in legislative matters in recent years, sometimes to the consternation of Republicans who it ostensibly sides with ideologically. […]

Ryan RayJanuary 6, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott says he won’t endorse in the 2016 GOP presidential contest, but he did come out Wednesday morning with kind words for Donald Trump. In an op-ed piece for USA Today, Scott said he feels affinities for the New York real estate mogul, comparing Trump’s “nontraditional” run for the White House to his own outsider campaign […]

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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

Rick Scott affirms support for Donald Trump, declines jabs at Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio

Americans for Prosperity says it’s ready for 2016 Legislative Session

Rick Scott: Fellow outsider Donald Trump “has America’s pulse”