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Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.

Irma’s ‘forgotten’ evacuees struggle to find housing

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It’s been one week since Margherita Lopez has taken a shower. She’s been shuffled to three different shelters since evacuating her home in Key West last week as Hurricane Irma approached. She’s slept on a gymnasium floor without a cot, has struggled to find food and says she feels like emergency management officials have forgotten her. “It’s been a nightmare … there should have been a better plan,” said Lopez, a 43-year-old woman who fled an abusive relationship and entered…

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Sewage spills add to misery in hurricane-battered Florida

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As if loss of air conditioning and refrigeration weren’t bad enough, widespread power outages in hurricane-battered Florida are teaming with structural failures to cause another headache: sewage overflows. Local governments have submitted well over 100 “notices of pollution” to the state Department of Environmental Protection since Hurricane Irma struck, some involving multiple spills and releases of millions of gallons of wastewater in various stages of treatment. Officials in many cities were still scrambling Thursday to determine how much sewage had…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 9.15.17

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. The research and messaging wizards at Sachs Media Group’s Breakthrough Research division have come up a with fascinating instant snapshot of what Floridians have been thinking before and after Hurricane Irma ravaged our state. They conducted a survey of 450 Florida voters – at least, those who had enough power and/or internet access to take a survey by email…

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Rick Baker reloads for general election with contributions from Rick Scott, Adam Putnam

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Political committees linked to Gov. Rick Scott, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and future House Speaker Jose Oliva poured tens of thousands of dollars last month into a PAC supporting St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Rick Baker, according to finance reports posted on the state Division of Elections website.

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Six campaign stories you may have missed during Hurricane Irma

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While you were sleeping, snacking or panicking as Hurricane Irma unzipped the Sunshine State, the political beat went on. Indeed, the 2018 election cycle had been operating at an unprecedented tempo during the first half of this year. It seemed like every day, another candidate was announcing they were running for Governor, Congress, dog catcher, etc. Meantime, there’ve been five special elections for state legislative seats. Then along came Irma.

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