It’s the final week before the start of the new legislative session, beginning with a holiday and including the deadline for registering to vote to be able to cast a ballot in the presidential primary at the end of the month. It remains quiet at the Capitol, with no meetings scheduled, but amendments to the [...]
Instead of rounding up the week’s news, which again was in short supply this week – Michael Peltier and David Royse look forward to next year with a roundup of the stories we think may be the biggest next year in state government and politics. Happy New Year. 12. A NEW LEGISLATURE, OR MORE OF [...]
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack has a strong lead on his competitors for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, according to a new poll by TelOpinion Research via Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. The survey of 780 Republican voters, conducted from Dec. 15-19, shows Mack — the son [...]
In his year end review, Creative Loafing columnist Mitch Perry mentions aloud what many political elites in St. Petersburg are thinking, but keeping to themselves – that Mayor Bill Foster may just serve “possibly” one term in office. Whether this is because Foster decides not to seek a second term or is defeated at the ballot box, [...]
With Florida’s gambling industry in flux, an influential senator this week filed a bill that would block barrel racing at pari-mutuel facilities and repeal a law allowing some new jai-alai operations, reports Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida. Regulated Industries Chairman Dennis Jones, a Seminole Republican who has long been a key lawmaker [...]
Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam at the Florida State Fair
Mike Fasano’s 2011 Farm Share feeds 500 families
Bob Graham, Alex Sink campaigning for Keith Fitzgerald
The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi asking Rep. Darryl Rouson to ‘pee in a cup’
Jeff Brandes fundraiser at BayCities in Tampa
Rep. Dana Young receives ‘Defender of Liberty’ award from ACU’s Al Cardenas
