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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.

With fond remembrance, John Spencer

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Leo to Josh: “This guy’s walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up: “Hey, you! Can you help me out? ” The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up: ” Father, I’m down in this hole. Can you help me out? ” The priest…

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There’s a sale on italic letters at The Mallard Group

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Imagine, you are a political candidate still searching for a graphic identity…you’ve wavered between Times New Roman or Arial…serif or sans serif…bold or reversed-out. Oh, the decisions a candidate has to make. You never thought it was going to be this difficult when you first decided to run for office, but here you are months into your campaign and all you have is a stupid badge you bought at Office Depot. It doesn’t even have your name spelled right. Then,…

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Entries due today for the Tampa Bay Advertising Federation’s ADDY Awards

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Today is the final day for all you creative types to submit your entries into the Tampa Bay Advertising Federation‘s annual Addy award competition. The ADDY® Awards are the largest and most comprehensive creative competition in the industry, honoring creative excellence in nearly every area of advertising. It is the only major national creative competition with three rigorous levels of judging – at the local, regional and national levels. Work is entered into the ADDY® competition on the local level…

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Florida’s landmark voucher program struck down

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The bells of victory are ringing throughout Florida with the Florida Supreme Court decision to throw out the state’s voucher system that allows some children to attend private schools at taxpayer expense, saying Thursday that it violates the state constitution’s requirement of a uniform system of free public schools. The 5-2 opinion struck down the Opportunity Scholarship Program, championed by Gov. Jeb Bush, effective at the end of the current school year. It was the nation’s first statewide system of…

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Cadillac Williams wins rookie of the year honor

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The time and place will be forever sealed in the collective memory of my fantasy football league. I’m at Sherwin’s. The nachos and salsa are flying. I had the first overall pick and I had already screwed up by taking Peyton Manning over LT. I figured it was a lot easier to get a top back in the second round then a top QB. The end of the second round approached, with me slated to pick the best back on…

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‘Like A Hurricane’ rude to Saints, Bucs fan says

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Bucs fan Bob Corry, 51, seethed in the stands Sunday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneer cheerleaders danced. It was not the dancing but the choice of music — the Scorpions’ 1984 anthem Rock You Like A Hurricane — that angered him. The Bucs opponent was the New Orleans Saints, a team still homeless from Hurricane Katrina. Bucs spokewsman Jeff Kamis said the song has been in the cheerleaders’ routine all season and did not intend to offend.

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