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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.

Worried about unemployment, Haiti, Afghanistan? Put your worries aside – LegoLand is coming to Florida

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Governor Charlie Crist today joined Merlin Entertainments chief executive Nick Varney for the company’s announcement that they will open a LEGOLAND® family theme park at the 145-acre Cypress Gardens site in Winter Haven. Merlin recently purchased Cypress Gardens and expects LEGOLAND® Florida to open by late 2011. “Today’s announcement is exciting news for Florida and the millions of people who visit our state each year,” said Governor Crist. “LEGOLAND® Florida will be an ideal combination of family fun and economic…

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St. Petersburg faces $12M shortfall in next year’s budget

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The city budget is facing its fourth year of property tax reductions, setting the scene for another round of heated budget discussions and difficult cuts, Mayor Bill Foster said Thursday. Property value are expected to drop by 10 percent, leaving the city with a projected $8.3 million loss. Rising city salaries could bring the total deficit to more than $12 million. Read the rest of Cristina Silva’s report here.

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St. Petersburg faces $12M shortfall in next year’s budget

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The city budget is facing its fourth year of property tax reductions, setting the scene for another round of heated budget discussions and difficult cuts, Mayor Bill Foster said Thursday. Property value are expected to drop by 10 percent, leaving the city with a projected $8.3 million loss. Rising city salaries could bring the total deficit to more than $12 million. Read the rest of Cristina Silva’s report here.

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The Marco Moneybomb

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From National Review: Sen. Jim DeMint — a.k.a., “Wellington,” since he appears to be winning the Battle of Waterloo — writes his supporters: I am writing to ask you to help build support for former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio who is running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate against Governor Charlie Crist. The Senate Conservatives Fund (SCF) is launching a “moneybomb” today for Marco Rubio that is set to go off on February 10, the one-year anniversary of…

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St. Pete TweetUp tonight

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Welcome to the new year! It’s the dead of winter, we’re all still pulling out of our respective holiday hazes and it’s TweetUp time. Shake off the snow, knock off the icicles and join us on Wednesday, the 20th of January. There’s nothing like a room full of social media types to warm the cockles. Paddy Burke’s Irish Pub, right in the heart of St. Petersburg, has graciously offered to host our first TweetUp of the decade. Never been to…

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Legendary Buster Cooper and Nate Najar jam together for one night only as BayWalk welcomes hermanHOME with free event

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Buster Cooper has recorded with greats like Ella Fitzgerald and has played to packed houses at downtown establishments for years. Nate Najar opened last year¹s Clearwater Jazz Fest, plays to sold-out crowds at the Palladium and just released his third CD. Together, they are St. Pete’s own jazz greats and this Thursday, January 21st, from 6-9pm, they will join together for a rare three-hour jam session at BayWalk. The FREE event is made possible by the new hermanHOME store of…

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Is Kendrick Meek’s sisyphean signature-gathering effort further behind than campaign wants to admit?

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Kendrick Meek’s effort to qualify for the ballot by petition is dangerously behind where his campaign says it is, according to a real-time sampling of the ten Supervisor of Elections’ offices which have, to date, processed more than 85% of Meek’s verified signatures. In a conference call two weeks ago with a pool of new media writers and bloggers, Meek’s campaign manager, Abe Dyk, responded to a series of questions about the campaign’s signature-gathering efforts. Dyk would not (and has…

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