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Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

It hasn’t been much of a honeymoon since Rick Scott won his re-election last November, and it may not get better anytime soon. The controversy regarding the dispute circumstances surrounding the firing of FDLE head Gerald Bailey continue to dog him on a daily basis, and a new poll conducted by St. Pete Polls commissioned […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 2, 2015

A Senate tax panel on Monday gave the nod to a bill that increases the level of income from $50,000 to $75,000 that is exempt from Florida’s 5.5 percent tax on the net income of corporations, one of the tax reductions that is contained in Gov. Rick Scott’s $673 million tax reduction package. The bill […]

Christine Jordan SextonFebruary 2, 2015

A Senate tax panel on Monday gave the nod to a bill that increases the level of income from $50,000 to $75,000 that is exempt from Florida’s 5.5 percent tax on the net income of corporations, one of the tax reductions that is contained in Gov. Rick Scott’s $673 million tax reduction package. The bill […]

Shannon NickinsonFebruary 2, 2015

Tim Wyrosdick has a big idea that could change the educational and economic future of the Pensacola metro area. If you have $55 million, he says he can provide the staff and students to fill it. “It’s a pie-in-the-sky dream kind of thing,” says Wyrosdick, Santa Rosa County School District superintendent. The idea – Innovation […]

Associated PressFebruary 2, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is refusing to turn over financial information that could answer whether he is flouting a state ethics law. Lawyers for Democrat George Sheldon want Scott to turn over detailed information about his various holdings. They also want information on investments controlled by first lady Ann Scott. Scott’s attorneys contend the information […]

Associated PressFebruary 2, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is refusing to turn over financial information that could answer whether he is flouting a state ethics law. Lawyers for Democrat George Sheldon want Scott to turn over detailed information about his various holdings. They also want information on investments controlled by first lady Ann Scott. Scott’s attorneys contend the information […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 2, 2015

Happy Monday! (Well, maybe not if you’re a Seahawks fan). As we lean into the work week, what do we have here on the front page of today’s Tampa Bay Times? A story by the Miami Herald’s Julie Brown and Mary Ellen Klas that features another deposed government agency head in Tallahassee — in this case, former Department of […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 1, 2015

It’s time we heard what Charlie Crist thinks about Rick Scott’s latest scandals. It might help us make better sense of the mess Scott made out of firing Gerald Bailey, longtime and widely respected commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), not to mention new whistleblower allegations that Scott ignored and covered up fatal failures of […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce leaders will not enter the debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Cabinet members about longtime state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. Chamber President Mark Wilson told reporters that McCarty was “doing a good job,” during the tenure of Gov. Charlie Crist, who Wilson called “the worst governor” in U.S. history. However, Wilson clarified that the entire agency failed to do a good job […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 1, 2015

Mike Crews, former secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, is coming out with allegations Gov. Rick Scott and his administration was more concerned about optics and less worried over allegations his agency involved in the death of a mentally ill inmate from a blistering shower at Dade Correctional Institution. In an interview with the Miami Herald, Crews, a […]

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Senate F&T gives nod to tax reduction

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Gov. Rick Scott won't give financial information in ethics case

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Daniel Tilson: Charlie Crist should weigh in on Gov. Scott's scandals

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