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An old fashioned potato gun is needed in St. Petersburg’s Old Northeast neighborhood

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If one Googles “how to build a potato gun,” it will take only a few seconds before the Internet delivers a cornocopia of ideas on how to accomplish this task. According to the first website listed on this search, an old fashioned hairspray-powered “potato cannon” can be constructed in about an hour at a cost of approximately $30. Follow the instructions found on this site and you can build a device that can shoot a spud more than 100 yards. I’m…

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Andrew Gillum, um, meets his match in Kathy Fernandez Rundle

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In the pantheon of bad campaign launches, it would be hard to match Andrew Gillum’s email-gate rollout from hell. However, on Monday, we witnessed worse. Somehow, Gillum’s been out done. It is fair to say that Miami-Dade State Attorney Kathy Fernandez Rundle’s not-so-subtle trial balloon was a sh**-the-bed moment. Why was it so bad? Well, yes, thank you very much for someone disclosing – seemingly without permission – the names of the attending consultants. Some amazingly talented people were there, but,come on, it was…

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Sunburn for 6.7.17 – Special Session already not so special?; There’s a bear in the election woods; David Richardson aims for D.C.; op-eds galore

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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. — SO MUCH FOR A DEAL — Special Session hasn’t even started yet, and stuff’s already starting to blow up. Take House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s Tuesday evening reaction to the Senate’s filed bills on education, economic development and tourism marketing. “We stand with the Governor in his commitment to increase funding for our K-12 public schools and…

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Would it really be so bad if lawmakers didn’t take up pot during special session?

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What!? No medical marijuana in the call for a Legislative Special Session? OMG! Cue the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Would it be so awful if lawmakers returned and did not take up medical marijuana? Now, don’t get me wrong. I think they should. If they don’t, the Florida Department of Health will be left to develop emergency rules. The Board of Medicine will tinker. The current crop of licensees will continue to produce and sell products. The courts may…

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Sunburn for 6.6.17 – Graham trumps King; Ashley Moody’s BFF; WTF CRC?; Deal on pot for Special Session?; Rosanna Catalano’s new gig; Prayers for Orlando

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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 … Madeira Beach. That’s right, after 26 days, we’re back home and likely not leaving again for a very long time. As wonderful as our adventure was, there truly is no place like home. Let’s begin this edition with a scoop from the campaign trail. — GWEN GRAHAM TRUMPS CHRIS KING — Gwen Graham…

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Sunburn for 6.4.17 – Where’s Jack?; The new ‘Veto Corleone’; Jeremy Ring hits the trail; Steve Bousquet looks back

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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. If you know him, it should come as no surprise that it was Gus Corbella, the well-traveled Greenberg Traurig lobbyist, who first reached out to me Saturday night. “Y’all ok?” At that moment, I had no clue about which Corbella was referring. In fact, since it was late Saturday night, my first assumption was the Tampa Bay Times had…

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Takeaways from Tallahassee — Governors Inn fight heads to court

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A nasty squabble between two brothers, both owners of Tallahassee’s Governors Inn, is now the subject of a lawsuit filed in Leon County. First, some explanation: The 34-year-old inn, described by its website as “a 41-room boutique hotel located just steps from Florida’s Capitol … in what was originally a livery stable,” isn’t owned by a single entity. Rather, it’s set up as a condominium, with the guest rooms owned by different individuals and businesses that “place them in a…

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