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As the financially strapped Tampa Bay Times enters its post-voluntary buyout stage, in an effort to shed as much as 10 percent of its workforce, the initial round of layoffs has now begun. The first casualty of the Times’ layoffs was features writer Patti Ewald, who also edits the monthly LifeTimes section. According to a former Times employee, Ewald was let go after a lunch meeting with one of newspaper’s VIPs. Over the past month, more than two dozen staffers…

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U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland is locked in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country as he tries to fend off a challenge from Democrat Gwen Graham. The race is for a seat in the U.S. House. Just don’t tell that to the good folks at Safari Club International, which is responsible for the mailer pictured to the right touting Southerland for, um, the U.S. Senate. The postcard started arriving in north Florida mailboxes this week. While hunters may indeed more…

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Earlier this week, a charge of violating Florida’s open meeting laws against Chris Dorworth, a former state lawmaker who was once slated to be the next House speaker, were dropped. Dorworth had been charged for his lobbying work with the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority. Prosecutors say Dorworth, an authority board member and a Department of Transportation public affairs worker participated in meetings and communicated about expressway business through “conduits, intermediaries or third parties.” Dorworth’s attorney had argued it was the first time…

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Today’s TBT commemorates what would have been Johnny Carson’s 89th birthday. The late night icon and so much more wasn’t too keen on expressing his own political views, and was even hesitant to bring political guests on his show for fear of it becoming used as forum to influence the views of his audience. But politics didn’t, and couldn’t, stay out of ‘late night’ for long. Here are some “throwback” political appearances in the late nights of past. Enjoy! 1960:…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Today’s Rise and Shine Fact-iversary is brought to you by Sachs Media Group, the firm best known for smart, strong and strategic counsel across the diverse and ever-changing media landscape: The University of Miami football team is one of the nation’s most storied programs, and it all began on this date in 1926. That’s when the school’s freshman football team played its first-ever game, beating Rollins College 7-0. Later in…

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First, do not read the release sent out by St. Leo University’s Polling Institute as it was wrong and stated that the poll was conducted in late September and early October.  The current poll, according to a now-posted re-release, is comprised of 500 likely voters and was taken 10/16-10/19. Attention to details aside, one has to seriously wonder about an analysis that includes the cutting-edge assessment that, “we won’t see a big swing in the partisan composition of the state legislature…

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Can there be any doubt that Florida’s race for Governor is coming in for a photo finish? It’s been a while since we have seen a valid poll showing this race as being anything but a squeaker… and the latest submission from Quinnipiac is no exception. So how does it square with the saltshaker test? For starters, Quinnipiac did a good job of making sure cell phones were included and ensuring a +3 GOP universe. It is important to note…

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