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With Pride parade in the past, can St. Pete’s mayoral race finally move beyond identity politics?

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The three-day St. Pete Pride celebration wrapped up Sunday with a festival that drew thousands to Central Avenue. One big change to this year’s festivities, however, had plenty of people talking, reports Fox 13. For the first time in the event’s 15-year history, its famous parade was taken downtown to Bayshore Drive. According to St. Pete Police, this year’s parade brought a crowd of 30,000 to downtown St. Pete on Saturday. Whether former mayor Rick Baker was one of those…

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Sunburn for 6.26.17 – Captain Anderson’s owner to be named CFO; Rick Scott to D.C.; Jack Latvala makes the rounds; Andrew Gillum blames the GOP; Seaward dogged; Weatherford hearts Gaetz

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Independence Day is a week from tomorrow. This should be a slow period in state politics. But 2017 continues to move at a breakneck pace. And it’s Rick Scott who is setting the tempo. He will name a new CFO, travel to Washington, D.C., to lobby on health care, deal with the final bills of the 2017 Session,…

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Hoop dreams laid to rest (or why I have Nike tattoo on my leg)

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Editor’s note – Republishing this on the anniversary of the events described. I am often asked why I have a Nike Swoosh tattooed on my right leg. Allow me to share the story on the 16th anniversary of the event which led to the tattoo. With a lawyer, a contractor and a real estate developer among the dozen or so members of my church’s informal basketball league, the fiercest competition often took place before the first basket was shot. These…

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Takeaways from Tallahassee — That time Aaron Bean ‘chickened out’

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State Sen. Aaron Bean was at his carnival-barker best this week—including some surprises—when he spoke to teens attending this year’s American Legion Boys State at Tallahassee’s Civic Center. The idea of the non-partisan event is to “gain hands-on experience to leadership by taking part in the political process through role-play civic exercises,” its website explains. VISIT FLORIDA CEO Ken Lawson also was there just before Bean spoke. Bean, a licensed auctioneer, is a Boys State alum, as are all three of…

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Of course Andrew Gillum should drop out

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The most difficult job in Florida politics right now is the one held by Brice Barnes. She is the finance director for the gubernatorial campaign of Andrew Gillum, the besieged Democratic mayor of Tallahassee making his first foray into statewide politics. Part of Barnes’ job is to persuade well-heeled donors to contribute to Gillum rather than his primary opponents, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham and Winter Park businessman Chris King. Just imagine how challenging Barnes’ job is today now that…

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Sunburn for 6.23.17 — ‘Somebody’s going to emergency, somebody’s going to jail’

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. — GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE — When one of Tallahassee’s top white-collar criminal defense attorneys won’t talk about a case, you know things are bad. An assistant to Steve Andrews ‘no comment’ed on Thursday to Jim Rosica, our man in Tallahassee, when Rosica asked if the firm was representing any of those named in federal subpoenas…

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Sunburn for 6.22.17 — Postcard from the City Beautiful; Rick Scott vs. Conn; Corcoran PAC brings in the bucks; More endorsements for Ashley Moody; New Game of Thrones trailer drops

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Good morning from the City Beautiful. I’ve spent the last three days in Orlando presenting to two groups of hedge fund managers and analysts (all of whom were very interested in Sunshine State politics) as well as meeting with several elected officials and candidates. I also spent time interviewing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King who may just…

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