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Peter SchorschMay 17, 2016

Allyce Heflin, budget chief for the Florida House of Representatives’ Education Appropriations Subcommittee, is heading to lobbying firm Southern Strategy Group. Heflin has been with the House since late 2006, according to her LinkedIn profile. Two years before that, she started in state government working in the budget office for the Florida Department of Education. “The Florida House’s loss is SSG’s […]

Jim RosicaNovember 16, 2015

“Though she be but little, she is fierce!” — William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Death first came for lobbyist Stacey Smelser Webb decades ago but she wouldn’t let it take her. Surviving cancer taught Webb that life was a gift to be savored every day, through good food, wine, and the joy of being […]

Jim RosicaNovember 16, 2015

Stacey Smelser Webb, a Tallahassee-based lobbyist with Southern Strategy Group, died Sunday. She was 46. Webb died after experiencing complications from recent heart surgery at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, said her husband, John Webb. Her firm issued a statement saying Webb “saw each new challenge as an opportunity to grow and learn.” “Although small in stature, she […]

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Personnel note: Allyce Heflin leaving Florida House for lobbying firm Southern Strategy Group

Friends remember lobbyist Stacey Smelser Webb’s “immense heart,” “kind soul”

Stacey Webb, admired Tallahassee lobbyist, dies after heart surgery