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Ukrainian officials have told U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson they need more help from Washington in their fight against separatists they say are backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nelson, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, this week has been meeting with high-ranking Ukrainian government officials, including the prime minister and minister of defense. He’s on a fact-finding trip and will report back to the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Sen. Carl Levin. “What is bell-clear is that…

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Redistricting, elections and the American Dream were only a few of the concerns of Floridians addressed by Steve Crisafulli at a meeting of the James Madison Institute in Pensacola on Wednesday. Crisafulli, the Florida House Speaker-Designate, spoke to the audience of more than 100 community members, businesses owners and elected officials gathered for a luncheon hosted by JMI, the Florida-based research and educational organization devoted to limited government, financial freedom and individual liberty. Joining Crisafulli onstage were state Rep. Mike…

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On Wednesday, a reported 378 people “paid it forward” at a St. Petersburg Starbucks by buying the drink of the customer next in line. Regardless of whether people in the line knew they were part of a “Pay It Forward” chain, each of those 378 purchases were true acts of kindness. What is not an act of kindness is what is happening today at the same Starbucks, where customers are being told that they had had their drink paid for and…

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So just like my morning coffee with sugar, or my occasional sweet treat in the afternoon, it seems like no one can get enough of sugar stories these days. Case in point, two of my highlights in Sunburn yesterday were about the sugary stuff – The Times/Southerland debacle and subsequent crap correction and, of course, the ridiculous paragraph and the Correction of the Day. Oh wait, that is actually four mentions of sugar. Sorry, my confusion must be from a sugar…

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Liberty Partners of Tallahassee — led by Jennifer Green, Melanie Shanks Bostick, Ashley Dieguez, and Thomas Hobbs — has carved out an interesting, never-a-dull-moment type of niche for itself amid Florida lobbying firms. Its 17 legislative clients and 15 executive clients include Expedia, Humana, AT&T, No Casinos, and the AAA Scholarship Foundation. Though there is no clear common thread between some of these, there is one in the firm’s style of representation. Each quarter, lobbyists who are registered to represent clients before Florida’s legislature or executive branch must submit reports detailing…

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With a client list crowned by one of the most contentious names in Florida, RSA Consulting Group — led by founder/president Ron Pierce, Vice President Natalie King and consultants Sara Gross and Edward Briggs — reported a maximum of nearly $420K for the second quarter of 2014. RSA’s 27 legislative clients provided $209,980 during 2Q and the same from its 27 executive principals, the total maximum second quarter revenue is $419,960, a slight drop from its first quarter compensation. In…

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Larry Williams Consulting brought in nearly $170, 000 in the second quarter of 2014 through a roster of charter schools and educational interests. For the second quarter of 2014, Williams, the one-man lobbying team for his eponymous Fernandina Beach firm, brought in up to $89,991 in legislative fees and $79,992 in executive, for a total of $169,983. With $229,981 taken in for Q1, Williams’ year-to-date lobbyist compensation is at $399,964. The firm has a lineup of eight clients for both…

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