Earlier this week, the Florida Society of News Editors, which represents more than 30 news organizations, felt compelled to formally thank Florida Governor Rick Scott for essentially providing them with a gold mine of statewide political news fodder. They called it “a positive step to ensure transparency.” Specifically, they are thanking Scott for making his [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

Last Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court Thursday either reversed or receded an earlier decision and now, the 20 charter counties in Florida can impose term limits on local elected offices. Because of that ruling, counties are trying to figure out what happens next. » In Broward, four long-time commissioners will be terming out in the next [...]

A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Reader reactions: “Ease edge & early insight make this a must.” — Tony Carvajal, The Collins Center; ”Nothing like Sunburn to start the day off right!” – Stephen Gately, aide to US Rep. Dennis Ross TWEET OF THE DAY ABOUT SUNBURN: @steevfitz: I must say, @SaintPetersblog’s Sunburn is [...]

Florida is calling on county election supervisors to remove more than 53,000 dead people from the state’s voting rolls, reports the Associated Press. State officials this year checked Social Security files and concluded that people who died were still registered to vote. This was the first time the state checked the files. It was allowed [...]

This certainly qualifies for Facebook rant of the day, no? From Lisa Greer, wife of ex-RPOF chair Jim Greer, who Charlie Crist accused of attempting to extort him: “So, a convicted felon and Charlie Crist whining like the girl that he is are the best the papers and others can come up with today to [...]

Former Gov. Charlie Crist told state law enforcement agents last year that he thought former Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer might be trying to extort money from him, based on a long voice mail warning that “hurtful” things might be released about Crist, the Tampa Bay Times reported Wednesday. Greer, who is set to go [...]

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday said he thinks his new chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, will “do a great job,” and praised him for help in the past. Scott said when he was running for governor he had never been in a debate before. “He helped me a lot with debate prep, he was helpful [...]