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A 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: On this date 56 years ago, the University of South Florida officially began to take shape. On September 5, 1958, Governor LeRoy Collins sank a shovel into the sandy soil to officially break ground on the new university. From that modest beginning, USF now boasts an…

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U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland is proving he is not necessarily a friend of “the ladies.” As uncovered by reporter Kate Nocera of BuzzFeed, in March, organizers held a fundraiser for the Panama City Republican that was advertised as a meeting of a “small group of concerned men.” Attendees were instructed to tell the “misses not to wait up,” because the “after dinner whiskey and cigars will be smooth, and the issues to discuss are many.” No women need apply there. “Good…

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The next generation won’t appreciate the etiology of “dial” relative to a phone number, nor will they appreciate that the “camera roll” on their iPhone refers to what was once an actual roll of film. And were it not for something that happened 126 years ago today, perhaps no such reference would be needed. On September 4, 1888, George Eastman patented the first roll-film camera and registered his company, “Kodak.” A few billion selfies later, we commemorate this event with a…

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A 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: If you ever wondered why Florida’s capital is in out-of-the-way but beautiful Tallahassee, you can thank a man who was born 230 years ago today. William Pope Duval, Florida’s first civilian territorial governor, selected the small Native American village to be the…

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Few Florida motorists are unfamiliar with attorney John Morgan; his ubiquitous figure is on just about every highway in the cities of Orlando, Tampa and much of Central Florida. Indeed, a local driver would be hard pressed to find a street without a sign emblazoned with Morgan & Morgan’s populist tagline “For the People.” They have become so much part of the region’s zeitgeist that during the holidays, billboards go up with Morgan’s face made up to look like Santa…

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Ballard Partners today announced the addition of Wansley Walters, a nationally recognized leader in juvenile justice, as a new partner in the Tallahassee office. Walters will co-chair the firm’s public policy team with a strategic focus on children, youth and justice issues. “Wansley is a highly-respected voice in Florida government and she’s a proven leader with a track record of success,” said Brian Ballard, president of Ballard Partners. “We are excited to bring her level of expertise and knowledge to…

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With sixty-two days before the election, the Tampa Bay Times and its partners at Bay News 9 and the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center have served up a poll that gives incumbent Republican Rick Scott an outside-the-margin-of-error lead over Democrat Charlie Crist. As much as I shook my fist at the poll on Twitter, there is no denying the power of this poll. A poll from the Tampa Bay Times will be picked up by all of the tip…

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