Governor Charlie Crist today announced the following reappointments and appointments: Third Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission Joe C. Peavy, 78, of Madison, retired Madison County Sheriff, reappointed for a term beginning December 30, 2010, and ending July 1, 2014. Fourth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission Dexter V. Davis, 46, of Jacksonville, attorney and owner of Davis Law [...]

From Jason Wilson’s campaign: Thanks to the hard work of my volunteers over the past month, I will be able to qualify for the March 1 ballot by petition instead of paying a fee. We are officially ending our petition drive today with 1,471 signatures – well above the number required by Florida election law! [...]

Nearly 100 political action committees, corporations and individuals gave at least 50 checks of the maximum-amount to various state office candidates in Florida for the 2010 election, including 33 contributors who cut more than 100 such checks, according to an Orlando Sentinel review of campaign contributions. The king and queen of Florida campaign contributions are Broward County attorney and lobbyist Ronald Book [...]

Former Florida Republican chairman Jim Greer released this statement today: “In response to those seeking comment regarding my resignation as RPOF Chairman, Governor Crist’s Senate Campaign loss and the upcoming RPOF Chairman’s election, I am limited in my ability to address these issues at the present time. However, during my term as Chairman, many Republican [...]

Editor’s note:  This is a re-post of one of my favorite stories from New York – the night before New Year’s Eve when I walked into the gilded kitchen of Per Se.  Enjoy! The original intent of what was my second foray into the city was to see There Will Be Blood, the critically acclaimed film [...]

Via The Associated Press: A circuit court judge sided with the Florida Legislature on Thursday in a lawsuit over who has authority to set tuition for the state’s 11 public universities. Chief Circuit Judge Charles Francis ruled against former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, who sued to establish the Board of Governors as the [...]

Joseph V. Citro, Candidate for Tampa City Council, District 4 was today the first in this race to qualify for the March 1 ballot by submitting candidate nominating  petitions. Citro  submitted over 1000 petitions to the Supervisor of Elections, the petitions were certified and he has qualified for the March 1, 2011 ballot. Citro commented [...]

From the Huffington Post: There’s Big Pharma, Big Agra, Big Oil — and then there’s Big College Football. Forget aluminum bleachers, homemade jerseys and dinky marching bands. According to 2010 Department of Education data (PDF), the old pigskin toss-n-kick brings in the serious bucks at some universities. At the University of Texas, total football revenue in [...]

Charlie Crist has appointed three new members and reappointed 10 members to the Workforce Florida Board of Directors. A catalyst for developing world-class talent, Workforce Florida’s No. 1 priority is getting unemployed Floridians back to work and bolstering Florida’s job creation and retention efforts through workforce development. The seasoned viewpoint brought by the new and [...]

Dominic Calabro, president and CEO of Florida TaxWatch, announced on Thursday that his organization has a number of new board members. “It is my distinct pleasure to announce the new chair and board of trustees members of Florida TaxWatch,“ said Calabro. “These distinguished Floridians, through their commitment and contribution to the future of Florida, will [...]