Drew WilsonFebruary 8, 2019
7min941
Gambling expansion is a bad bet, but smokable pot is even money.
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Drew WilsonFebruary 8, 2019
Jim RosicaMarch 14, 2018
6min661
If passed, a proposed constitutional amendment to redirect dollars from tobacco-prevention efforts to cancer research would turn “a bad idea into a hard reality,” one opponent said Wednesday morning. Later that same day, however, the amendment’s sponsor deleted the section about cancer research funding. Longtime Tallahassee PR man Ron Sachs joined former Attorney General Bob Butterworth […]
Phil AmmannDecember 20, 2017
4min425
Sachs Media Group is starting 2018 with a bang, adding five new partners in a major expansion to strengthen leadership and the firm’s ability to service clients well into the future. Ron Sachs, founder and CEO, and President Michelle Ubben announced the partner additions Wednesday, among the most significant growth in the 22-year history of […]
Drew WilsonApril 12, 2017
3min481
Republican Vance Aloupis’ first finance report shows more than $100,000 in contributions for his campaign to take over for Rep. Michael Bileca in House District 115. Aloupis, an attorney, took in $104,505 across 267 contributions since filing for the seat on March 1. The haul puts him far ahead of his two Republican Primary challengers, […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2016
2min476
A storm may be coming to Jacksonville, but on the other side of Florida’s 5th Congressional District, Democratic nominee Al Lawson has a fundraiser planned at Tallahassee’s Governor’s Club on the evening of Oct. 6. The host committee is impressive, including Scott and Kay Dick, Barney Bishop, Doris and Rudy Maloy, Ron Sachs, Doug Bell, Doug Mannheimer, Eli Nortelus, […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2016
6min697
The downtown restaurant that first brought corned beef sandwiches to Tallahassee will live on under new ownership. Andrew’s, known as the capital’s “longest lived restaurant business in the same location,” is changing hands from original owner Andy Reiss to general manager Jack Penrod. The passing of the baton includes the metamorphosis of its downstairs sister eatery, Andrew’s […]
Peter SchorschAugust 19, 2016
2min205
Congressional candidates Al Lawson and Annette Taddeo out-raised and outspent their Democratic Primary opponents over the last two months, according to newly filed campaign finance reports. Lawson is running against longtime Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, which was redrawn to run from Gadsden County in the west to Jacksonville in the […]
Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2016
6min509
Ed Mansouri, the nationally renowned software pioneer who developed the cutting-edge learning management system used by the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) since 2003, will be transitioning away at the end of this year, after a proud partnership with FLVS, to focus his efforts more fully on his equally impressive new WeatherSTEM educational technology. Mansouri will continue […]
Peter SchorschApril 28, 2016
6min308
Were it not for Nicholas V. Iarossi, I may very well have won election as student body president at Florida State University. During my time on college, I probably was the most involved Greek (fraternity, not nationality) guy on campus. By my senior year, my ego told me I deserved to be SG president. I […]
Peter SchorschApril 1, 2016
3min376
Sachs Media Group announced changes in its public affairs division Friday with the promotion of Herbie Thiele to Vice President/Director of Public Affairs, Drew Piers as the Deputy of that division, and the departure of veteran communicator Ryan Banfill, who is hanging out his own shingle. Banfill, with the firm’s support and encouragement, is opening his own […]