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Duke Energy is not taking the latest meter-reading kerfuffle lying down, and is blasting the Tampa Bay Times for its history of “inaccurate reporting.” Representatives for Tampa Bay’s leading utility company are striking back against a story that appeared Thursday in the Times over a proposed plan to adjust reorganizing the way the utility reads energy meters. Reporter Ivan Penn, who covers Florida utilities, wrote a follow up to an earlier piece about the temporary extension of the length of Duke’s billing schedule, by as much as 12…

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Expressing a deep love for Bay County, business executive Jay Trumbull released the final video in his GOP primary campaign for House District 6. Trumbull faces three GOP opponents on Tuesday — Tho Bishop, Melissa Hagan and Thelma Rohan – in the race to succeed term-limited state Rep. Jimmy Patronis for the district covering southern Bay County and Panama City, Panama City Beach and Tyndall Air Force Base. In the video, Trumbull outlined his vision for creating jobs, and restated…

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In the last 13 days of fundraising before the Aug. 26 primaries, former state Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff collected a blockbuster $100K for her rematch with Democratic Sen. Maria Sachs in Senate District 34. The Fort Lauderdale Republican raised $104,865 in campaign cash from Aug. 9-21, according to the Florida Division of Elections website. This brings her total to $278,010 since she entered the race on June 11. With $2,000 in loans and $42,033 in expenditures, Bogdanoff’s cash on hand now…

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Tampa Bay’s two prominent Republican lawmakers have now entered the fray over a story appearing in the Tampa Bay Times about the proposed plan by Duke Energy to adjust the way the utility reads energy meters. On Friday, state Sen. Jeff Brandes, who represents parts of Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, sent a letter to Florida Public Service Commission Chair Art Graham, with copies to the other four Commissioners, requesting him to “investigate this matter and correct any wrongdoing wrought on ratepayers.”…

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Charlie Crist will be making the rounds in South Florida this weekend, hosting several get-out-the-vote, canvassing and phone bank events to mark the days of early voting in advance of Tuesday’s primaries. On Saturday, August 23, the likely Democratic nominee for governor will appear at three GOTV events in the Miami area: Miami Gardens at 10 a.m., 4797 NW 183 Street; Liberty City at 11 a.m. 675 NW 62 Street; and Deerfield Beach at 12:30 p.m., 10 Fairway Drive. Annette Taddeo,…

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Hot summer months – especially FLORIDA summer months – make the challenge of keeping cold beer cold a difficult one. That’s especially true if you are storing, cataloguing, sorting, packing and shipping literally acres of the stuff. Nobody wants their beer sitting in an oven as it moves through the system, because it can ruin the beer and shorten its shelf life. That is why Florida’s wholesalers keep their warehouses at a relatively cool 60° F for cans and bottles…

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A compelling argument can be made that Jack Cory of Public Affairs Consultants is worthy of the title “most socially conscious lobbyist.” After all, Cory received the 2013 Leading Lobbyist Award from Association Trends, the nation’s leading organization to track key legal and regulatory issues in the association community. The group recognized Cory for years of nonprofit service with Florida Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, where he helped secure $23 million for youth members statewide since 2006. Florida regulations…

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