The following is a post from Ben Kirby of the Spencerian. You can — and should — read his blog here. It was spring in 2002, I was trying (and mostly failing) to manage Jan Schneider’s congressional campaign in the 13th Congressional District. At one point, I got in a large, well-air-conditioned car driven by a wonderful man [...]
A House panel Monday approved a proposal to overhaul the state’s public-health system, shifting responsibilities — and potentially thousands of jobs — from the Florida Department of Health to counties, according to the Hill. The proposal (PCS for HB 1263) drew concerns and, in some cases outright opposition, from pediatricians, a statewide public health group [...]
Mark Sharpe was prepared for the news Friday afternoon from Tallahassee. He suspected the new political district maps for congressional and legislative races would pass the state House, and he knew what it would mean to his plan to run for Kathy Castor’s District 11 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. So he didn’t [...]
About that proposed open congressional seat in Pasco County? It lasted about a week. Florida’s House Redistricting Committee switched gears Friday, approving a new congressional map that shifts the state’s 12th District farther west. “This map has big political ramifications for Pasco County,” Rep. John Legg said. “To my disappointment, the map includes north Pinellas [...]
Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner announced Wednesday he would abandon his U.S. Senate bid and run in the 22nd Congressional District instead, finalizing a three-way dance that also accounts for the futures of Republican Congressmen Allen West and Tom Rooney, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. “The call to serve [...]
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
