This week one by one the other members of the Florida Cabinet voiced displeasure with Rick Scott’s decision regarding Medicaid expansion. While Scott clearly can read public opinion polls and seems to have taken some steps to reinvent himself following a poor elections cycle for core Republican issues (best evidenced by the failure of ideologically […]
The great Lucy Morgan has some great advice for Speaker Will Weatherford.
As Charlie Crist weighs another run for Governor, now as a Democrat and Rick Scott changes his positions out of political convenience, let’s take a look back at some of the other populists that have run for or obtained the Governorship in this state. Note that I distinguish populism from mainstream political philosophy by noting […]
Our crack research team has uncovered the numerous federal and state of Florida donations by Harry Sargeant III the subject of today’s excellent Lucy Morgan piece in the Tampa Bay Times. Our chart includes all donations made between 2000 and 2008 to either federal of state of Florida races. We have not researched donations by […]
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Last month I reported on The Political Hurricane about accused war profiteer Harry Sargeant and his role in the Jim Greer trial. This morning the Tampa Bay Times’ legendary Lucy Morgan has a profile of the man whose activities have had a huge impact on Florida political life recently.
With Boca Raton based Office Depot announcing last week they would merge with Office Max which is based in Illinois. Office Depot is the 8th largest company based in the state of Florida and has received millions of dollars in tax “incentives” from the state and just over a million dollars from financially struggling Palm […]
When Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda’s bill to abolish the Death Penalty in Florida was filed we heard snickers from a number of political insiders including many Democrats. When the bill was killed in committee earlier this month it seemed like a mere formality. Florida after all is a state where the Death Penalty generally has […]
Through the years Associated Industries of Florida has become an extreme organization, more or less advocating unfettered free enterprise in the state and tort reform as the solution for just about every situation that may involve a degree of liability. While AIF has the usual list of dangerous tax breaks in this year’s agenda (which […]
You would think Senator Joe Abruzzo (D-Wellington) had more pressing matters. But this week he asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the NCAA. For those living under a rock since the summer of 2011, the University of Miami’s Athletics program has been probed by the NCAA for potential rules violations. I went to the […]
