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Phil AmmannFebruary 19, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Wednesday three new appointments and four reappointments to a variety of state regulatory boards. Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority Scott began by appointing former state Rep. Doug Holder to the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority. Holder, 48, of Osprey, served in the Florida House from 2006-2014 and is currently serves as a […]

Ryan RayFebruary 18, 2015

Hobe Sound Republican state Rep. Mary Lynn Magar is teaming up with state Sen. Dorothy Hukill from Port Orange to push a sales tax exemption on industrial equipment in an effort to stimulate employment in Florida’s manufacturing sector. “Florida’s economy continues to improve and making this sales tax exemption permanent will provide companies with greater economic security, allowing […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 18, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will not be getting a sunny reception on his trip to Philadelphia next week, at least from Pennsylvania’ s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. Scott’s journey north, says the Governor’s Office, is to urge companies to think about moving to sunny, warm, no-income-tax Florida. According to a release, the trip is a “business-development […]

James CallFebruary 17, 2015

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Gov. Rick Scott’s call for to cut in half the Communications Services Tax got a unanimous send off at its first committee stop Tuesday; a Senate committee approved a 3.6 percent cut dropping it to 3 percent. Sen. Dorothy Hukill is sponsoring SB 110. Scott called for the cut in his budget recommendation last month, saying […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 17, 2015

Rick Scott’s Baileygate scandal isn’t going quietly into the night, despite what some conservative media outlets say. A political advocacy group is delivering 10,000 petition signatures from Floridians urging U.S. Attorney Pamela Marsh and State Attorney Willie Meggs to launch an investigation into Gov. Rick Scott’s controversial termination of Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

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Although Democrats Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman are close political allies, they definitely don’t always share the same public policy prescriptions. Throughout much of 2014, there was a demand among progressives in Florida and across the nation to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. The minimum wage in Florida currently is $8.05 an […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed Presidents Day. What? You didn’t get the day off? Well, hey, it is a federal holiday, but other than students and government workers (and a few folks we know in the private sector), it was pretty much a working Monday for the rest of us. Not for Congress, though. As […]

Susan ClaryFebruary 16, 2015

I finally saw “Selma.” The Oscar-nominated film depicts Dr. Martin Luther King’s push for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – the federal legislation that was a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Many protesters, both black and white, were sacrificed during the brutal efforts to make the 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, […]

Ryan RayFebruary 16, 2015

The 2016 Republican presidential field will have little problem finding veteran hands in Florida. Everybody knows Brett Doster, Randy Enwright, David Johnson, Marc Reichenfelder etc. will end up be gainfully employed this cycle. The last few GOP bumper crops — including 2010 and 2014 — though, have produced talented operatives, some perhaps off the radar of the […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott finished the week with ten reappointments to a variety of state University and college system Boards of Trustees. All appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees Scott started with two reappointments: Dr. Jeffrey Feingold and Robert Rubin to the Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees. Each […]

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Governor announces seven board appointments

Dorothy Hukill, Mary Lynn Magar file sales tax exemption for manufacturers

Rick Scott might not get a sunny reception in chilly Philly next week

Cell phone tax cut clears panel; TaxWatch says move will attract business

Progress Florida to deliver 10,000 petitions Wednesday calling for investigation into Baileygate

At NAACP forum, Tampa City Council candidates talk livable wages, red-light cameras and body cameras for police

Mitch Perry Report for 2.17.15 — Will the GOP fold on DHS funding?

Susan Clary: Future 'Selma' will depict gay-rights struggle

5 Florida political operatives GOP presidential candidates should hire — now

Governor caps off week with ten university board of trustee reappointments