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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — March 23

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Today’s SachsFact is brought to you by the public affairs, integrated marketing and reputation management experts at Sachs Media Group: Happy birthday to Florida’s last Democratic governor, Kenneth “Buddy” MacKay, who celebrated his 82nd birthday over the weekend. MacKay served as the state’s 42nd chief executive for 23 days after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles in 1998. MacKay spent eight years redefining what a lieutenant governor could be – unlike most LGs before…

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Pier survey results buried in city’s website

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St. Pete Polls president and avid Pier process watcher Matt Florell posted a screen shot of the results from a city-run survey where the public overwhelmingly chose Destination St. Pete Pier as their clear favorite. In his Facebook post, Florell noted that the results had inexplicably been removed from the city’s website. They haven’t. However, the results are now considerably harder to locate on the city’s website dedicated to all things Pier. Up until this weekend, the results were front…

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The week ahead in the Florida Legislature

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This week in Florida Politics we shall seek clarity. By week’s end we will know about the House and Senate’s competing budget proposals, how Rob Bradley intends to solve the Charlotte’s Web mystery and whether service in the Confederate Army is Hall of Fame material. The highlight of a busy week comes Wednesday when both the Senate Appropriations and the House Appropriations committees will work on their respective budget proposals. The House’s opening bid is $76.2 billion and the Senate’s…

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Why is St. Petersburg listening to Tampa about the future of its Pier?

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Trouble for the Destination St. Pete Pier design for a new pier began last Monday when the Tampa Bay Times editorial board essentially weighed in against the concept, despite it being the top choice of residents in the city’s official online survey and a recent poll conducted by St. Pete Polls. “This is what compromising to please everyone looks like,” is how the editorial describes the DSPP design. “An unfortunate mix of old Pier wrapped by a scaled-down version of the more graceful Lens…

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David Johnson’s spot-on gaffe

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When writing about political gaffes, columnists invariably cite the Michael Kinsley quote that defined such foot-in-mouth moments as “when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” By that standard, David Johnson, the Interim Executive Director of the Republican Party of Florida, committed one helluva gaffe. Quoted by the New York Times for a story about the still-not-declared Jeb Bush campaign’s plan to build a firewall around the Sunshine State, Johnson said that a candidacy…

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In Florida’s “beer war,” the growler appears to be winning

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After a two-year political and public relations battle, Florida’s craft beer fans may soon be able to leave their local brewery with the preferred half-gallon refillable jug of the microbrew they love and retire their “Free the growler” T-shirts. The Florida Legislature appears poised to pass a bill that would legalize 64-ounce refillable beer jugs or “growlers,” which are legal in every other state. Florida already allows quart and gallon growlers, but the popular half-gallon became a pawn in a…

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Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to launch presidential campaign Monday

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will announce Monday his plans to run for president, becoming the first high-profile Republican formally to enter the 2016 presidential contest. Cruz has hinted openly at his intentions to seek the White House for months, and his intention to jump into the race was confirmed by a strategist for the first-term Republican senator, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity so as not to preclude the formal announcement. While Cruz is the first…

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