A measure that could hasten the end of greyhound racing in Florida passed the Senate on Friday after a clash over amendments and the chamber’s process, reports Brandon Larrabee of the News Service of Florida. The bill (HB 1145) would do away with the requirement for dog tracks to run races if they want to [...]
With the Senate scheduled Monday to consider a Medicaid-overhaul bill, top senators said Saturday they are still trying to work out a deal with the House. “We’re working around the clock,’’ said Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart. House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, said late Friday that Negron and House [...]
Every 10 years, St. Petersburg’s mayor and members of City Council appoint nine citizens to a Charter Review Commission to take a look at the City Charter and consider amendments that may be placed before voters on the ballot. This City Charter is the legal document that defines the political powers of city government – in essence, the city’s version [...]
So much for that whispered theory (or to some, hope) that Governor Rick Scott is interested in serving only one term in office. Scott tells WFLA Channel 8′s Keith Cate (father of one of SaintPetersblog.com’s faves, Kevin Cate) that he “absolutely” intends on seeking a second term in 2014. Scott told News Channel 8 reporter [...]
An anonymous Economist writer who seems to share Ryan Avent’s interests and policy preferences has an excellent article via Matt Yglesias about the sorry state of American transportation infrastructure, noting that we spend less per capita on such things than Western Europe despite having a larger land area, faster-growing population, and more money: America is known [...]
Mitt Romney stumbled over an explosive turn of phrase Friday night, telling an audience that Republicans would figuratively ‘hang’ President Obama with bad economic news, reports Alex Burns via Mike Allen’s Political Playbook. Speaking at an Americans for Prosperity dinner, Romney’s comment came as he recalled Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. ‘Reagan came up with [...]
Welcome to a new feature summarizing what occurred in the always-interesting saga otherwise known as Redistricting (with, for the time being, a lot of help from my friends at the House Redistricting Committee). – MyDistrictBuilder Video Tutorials MyDistrictBuilder’s video tutorial library has been revised to reflect recent updates to the application. For the whole library, [...]
Reading Delmar’s…err Del’s comment below, it sure looks like Jim Greer ixnayed him as Godfather to his youngest son. Del W. Johnson I’m so excited that I’m going to be an uncle again!!! Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Adam Shores & Kathryn Shores! I can’t wait to meet Delmar or Delmaria Shores!!! Robert Skidmore Congrats! Delmaria — has [...]
Happy birthday to my friend April Schiff, who is universally considered one of the classiest people working in local politics. An establishment Republican through and through, April has been one of the key reasons why the GOP has done so well in Hillsborough and Tampa Bay. Best wishes to her on her special day.
On Wednesday, I broke a story about the details of the deal over state employee pay and pensions, writing: Hearing that the Florida House and Senate have reached an agreement regarding state employee pay and benefits. The rumored details: A 3% pay cut for all benefits. DROP program basically stays the same. “High 5″ eliminated [...]
