Former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon has been saying for a few days he was very likely going to jump into the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat open this year in Florida. He’s made up his mind On his website, Weldon says “someone has to provide a conservative solution to the problems the administration has created [...] Read More
Big 3 and Bill Edwards Presents, and more specifically Bill Edwards himself, were greatly lauded stars of Thursday’s City Council meeting for its management of The Mahaffey. And rightly so as The Mahaffey is already boasting a 60 percent revenue increase and decreased city subsidies. The Mahaffey also has 67 shows under contract today with [...] Read More
The ‘Lens’ contract was approved at the St. Petersburg City Council meting yesterday by a 7 to 1 vote, but that likely won’t be the last you hear of this. A local group has formed — you may have heard of them – voteonthepier.com. It appears that the group is well on its way to collecting [...] Read More
Republican Aaron Bean, a small business owner and former Florida State Representative, today announced that Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has endorsed him in his candidacy for the newly-drawn Florida Senate District 4 seat, which includes Duval and Nassau Counties. “I give Aaron my complete support in his bid for the Florida Senate,” said CFO [...] Read More
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointment of James H. Kimbrough to the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. Kimbrough, 72, of Crystal River, has been the vice chairman of the Tampa region for SunTrust Bank since 1967. He has served on the Tampa Bay Partnership Transportation Committee since 2002 and is a former member [...] Read More
Marco Rubio’s stock as a potential vice-presidential candidate continues to slip. He’s now at third on the National Journal’s Veepstakes Power Rankings. Here’s what they had to say in their latest edition: “No candidate has been hurt more by the Republican Party’s Sarah Palin experience than Rubio. It’s not that he has anything to hide [...] Read More
A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. AWWW, YOU’RE MAKING US BLUSH: “New morning essential” — Doug Bush; “I just wanted to let you know know that the daily Sunburn is AWESOME!!!” — Sydney Riley, aide to Rep. Dana Young; “Quick and witty” — our friends at Corcoran & Johnson. FIRST THINGS FIRST: [...] Read More
Think Progress: “In January 2009, before President Obama had even taken the oath of office, annual spending was set to total 24.9 percent of gross domestic product. Total spending this year, fiscal year 2012, is expected to top out at 23.4 percent of GDP.” “Here’s another interesting fact. Taxes today are lower than they were [...] Read More
There is already a scrum of candidates fighting to take on one of the most visible national Democrats in Florida: Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schulz, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. At least six candidates have filed to run against Wasserman Schultz, though only three have raised more [...] Read More
Facing fallout over potentially significant rate hikes, members of a Citizens Property Insurance Corp. committee said Thursday they need to do a better job working with lawmakers, the media and the public as they formulate 2013 premiums for the state-backed insurer, reports Michael Peltier of the News Service of Florida. Members of Citizens’ actuarial and [...] Read More
