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Mitch PerryJune 30, 2015

When House Speaker Steve Crisafulli abruptly called on the Florida House of Representatives to depart Tallahassee three days before the regularly scheduled legislative session was scheduled to conclude in late April, he angered many Floridians, including Senate President Andy Gardiner. The division between the Florida House and Senate this spring prevented the Legislature from producing […]

Ryan RayJune 23, 2015

Tallahassee attorney and political newcomer Mary Thomas is “considering” a run in Congressional District 2 in the eastern Panhandle. Thomas was seen working the tables, looking very much like a candidate, all the while sounding very conservative at Tuesday night’s Leon County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner. “I think we’ve found a candidate that can beat Gwen […]

Bob SparksMay 8, 2015

As the Florida Senate debated itself in Tallahassee last week, a smoldering issue re-ignited thanks to the National Football League draft. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with the very first pick, looked to Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston as the player best suited to lead them to the playoffs. Millions are aware of the Winston story. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2015

Try as it might to Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet, the controversy over the handling of former FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey isn’t going away. This morning the conservative editorial page of the Tampa Tribune weighed in, writing that, “Gov. Rick Scott is sorely mistaken if he thinks a steady stream of press releases […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 19, 2015

So we’ve got this Sunshine Law in Florida. It’s supposed to be all about “open” government decision-making and freedom of information, including unrestricted access to public records. As many of us now know more than ever before, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet have made a farce of the law. And they’ve had plenty […]

Guest AuthorApril 17, 2014

There might not have been any new bombshells in this week’s New York Times investigative piece on the Jameis Winston rape allegations, but when the pieces are put together in one coherent narrative, they make this entire episode even more disquieting than we first suspected. What comes across in The Times’ piece, written by Pulitzer […]

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Justice-2-Jesus’ Brian Pitts’ lawsuit calls for repealing every law passed this year because of Legislature’s premature exit

Republican Mary Thomas considering challenge to Gwen Graham in CD-2

Bob Sparks: Jameis Winston sideshow relocates from Tallahassee to Tampa

First Amendment Foundation wants special prosecutor to investigate Rick Scott, Baileygate

Daniel Tilson: Ain’t no sunshine: Make our legislators clean the mud off Florida government ‘transparency’

Andrew Skerritt: Details of Jameis Winston case even more troubling than first suspected

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