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Personnel note: Greg Fournier joins Gravis Marketing

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Gregory Fournier recently joined the team at Gravis Marketing as director of campaign development. The Winter Park-based nonpartisan political market research company announced the addition of Fournier to its expanding group of political and marketing experts -– a move that founding partner and Gravis Marketing CEO Doug Kaplan believes will be of exceptional value to political campaign clients. “It’s an honor to bring a political veteran like Gregory Fournier into the Gravis Marketing family,” noted Kaplan, who lauched Gravis Marketing in 2010.…

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FMA priority bill gets second Senate hearing but it’s lingering in the House

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The Florida Medical Association is championing a bill that would limit an HMO or insurance company’s ability to restrict access to pharmaceuticals or other covered services is being heard by its second committee in the Senate this week. The Senate Health Policy Committee will take up the Right Time Right Place bill, SB 784, when it meets today at 1:30 p.m; it’s the second committee stop for the bill. If approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee, the measure will head to…

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Senate’s Charlotte’s Web fix to be released Monday

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Florida Medical Cannabis Association lobbyist Louis Rotundo nailed it last month when he said, “we’re about to smoke them out.” Rotundo commented after the Department of Health released a proposed Charlotte’s Web rule, a product of a negotiated rule making session with stakeholders in a medicinal marijuana industry. “I think the department did as good of a job that can be done with the law as it is written. Any problem now is not with the rule but with the law not getting people where they…

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Gov. Scott announces 28 regulatory boards appointments

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On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 28 appointments to a variety of regulatory boards and panels statewide. Board of Professional Geologists Scott began by reappointing Louie Bush and Mervin Dale to the Board of Professional Geologists, which regulates the practice of professional geology. Bush, 64, of Lakeland, is the southeast regional manager for Underground Imaging Technology, a Caterpillar affiliate. His reappointment is for a term ending October 31, 2018. Dale, 55, of Fort White, is a staff scientist with Environmental…

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Democrat Patrick Murphy announces run for U.S. Senate

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South Florida Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy has declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Florida in 2016. “It just boils down to where I think being in the U.S. Senate, we can really have a great impact,” Murphy told SaintPetersBlog late Sunday afternoon by phone, giving his first interview after declaring that he is a candidate for office. Murphy becomes the first official entrant from either party to announce his intentions for the seat currently occupied by Marco Rubio.…

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A fun story about Eric Johnson, Patrick Murphy’s Yoda

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A good tattoo is made a great tattoo if it comes with a story. And I’m not talking about the Chinese word for “honor” or the “God Bless ‘merica” kind of story. I’m talking about the homage-to-my-father or a remembrance-of-a-Yeats-poem kind of ode — the kind of tattoo that reveals an insight into the soul of the bearer. Anyone who knows Patrick Murphy’s Chief of Staff Eric Johnson knows that he is far more than a trusted confidant or political…

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Steve Schale: Patrick Murphy gives Democrats a real shot at Senate seat

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The revolving door that is Bob Graham’s old U.S. Senate seat will continue to turn in 2016. Barring a surprise, Florida will have its fourth senator representing that seat since Graham retired – and for Democrats, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy gives us the best chance to return the seat to the party of Graham. At this point, there is little doubt that Marco Rubio is running for president, as frankly he should. Rubio’s presidential ambitions are well known, and even if he falls short in…

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