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A major Florida non-profit senior advocacy group is endorsing Charlie Crist for Governor. Representing more than 200,000 members statewide, The Florida Alliance of Retired Americans (FLARA), actively pursues legislation and public policies supporting both current and future retired Floridians. “On behalf of seniors across this state, we are proud to endorse Governor Crist as the next Governor of Florida,” said FLARA President Tony Fransetta said in a statement released Friday. “His entire career, Governor Crist has been a tremendous advocate for…

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Republican candidate Paul Renner received solid support for his House District 15 bid, through a straw poll at Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Hob Nob event Thursday evening. Renner, who faces Jay Fant in the GOP primary to succeed term-limited Republican state Rep. Daniel Davis, received 60 percent of the vote. Hob Nob, which gives the public a chance to meet with candidates and other local politicos, was held at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in Jacksonville. JAX Chamber and WOKV News 104.5 were joint sponsors…

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While discussing a Department of Health proposal to use a lottery to award five Charlotte’s Web licenses, Rep. James Grant, R-Tampa, demonstrated how a lawmaker fires a shot across the bow. “I certainly have some concerns,” said Grant, chair of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, which oversees agency rulemaking. The Department of Health is constructing a regulatory framework for the Charlotte’s Web law which authorizes doctors to order a cannabis extract for patients starting Jan. 1. Grant’s committee gets the…

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Poor Steve Perman, he can’t seem to catch a break, not even from his own Supervisor of Elections. Apparently Perman had an awkward exchange with his own Supervisor of Elections at a public meeting in his (new?) backyard. BrowardBeat.com’s, Buddy Nevins reports this back-and-forth between Perman and Broward Supervisor of Elections, Dr. Brenda Snipes, during a public meeting in Coral Springs after someone had apparently asked about the HD 96 primary: Snipes: “Kristin Jacobs and another candidate in that race.”…

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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 state’s dominant public affairs PR firm: On this day in 1968, Richard Nixon accepted his party’s nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Exactly six years later he announced to the nation that, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, he would become the only president in history to resign the nation’s highest office.…

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SAVE, one of South Florida’s leading organizations committed to protecting individuals in the Miami-Dade LGBT community, has announced its support of Charlie Crist for governor. In a statement released on Thursday, SAVE Executive Director Tony Lima said his group is “proud to support Governor Crist for another term leading Florida.” “He has stated in no uncertain terms that he supports LGBT people,” Lima added. “He has put actions behind his words by announcing his support for marriage equality in Florida…

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Republicans who control the Florida Legislature kicked off a special session Thursday by proposing to tweak seven of the state’s 27 congressional districts in order to comply with a judge’s ruling. The session is scheduled to last up to nine days, but legislative leaders are moving ahead quickly with a new map that would make changes to a handful of districts located in north and central Florida. The session is being sparked by a judge’s July ruling that found two…

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