Dave Heller

Democratic candidate for Governor Charlie Crist says he’s excited about running for governor again and he intends to reverse virtually every policy implemented by Gov. Rick Scott. Crist talked with reporters outside a fundraiser in Tallahassee Thursday night and offered his thoughts on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie coming to Florida this weekend to help raise money for Gov. Scott’s campaign. Crist said, “For them, it’s all about the money.” Crist also reacted to comments from some Republicans, saying they…

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Former Department of Children and Families Secretary George Sheldon will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi. Sheldon says he plans to file paperwork Monday to run for the seat. He recently resigned from his position as acting assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He served as the DCF secretary under then-Republican Gov. Charlie Crist. Crist has since become a Democrat and is likely to run for governor. Sheldon also…

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Do you think it’s appropriate for the state of Florida to postpone an execution because of a political fundraiser? That’s exactly what happened in the case of convicted killer Marshall Lee Gore and now Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi are facing tough questions about it. Gov. Scott scheduled Gore’s execution for Tuesday night at 6 p.m. But Attorney General Pam Bondi had already scheduled a political fundraiser in Tampa for her re-election campaign that night, so she asked Scott to…

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Members of the Dream Defenders who recently staged a 31-day sit-in at the state Capitol experienced a very disappointing moment at Wednesday’s commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington. Their executive director, Phillip Agnew, was scheduled to speak for two minutes during the ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial. But as he prepared to walk on stage as the next speaker, Agnew was tapped on the shoulder and told his speech was cut from the program. He would not get the…

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