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Rick Scott proclaims Panther Day, support for environment

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Gov. Rick Scott on Friday wanted you to know that he likes Florida panthers and likes the environment — to the tune of $3 billion for environmental spending requested in fiscal year 2015-16. With the House and Senate this week having delivered blows to the hopes of Amendment 1 land-buying supporters, Scott proclaimed Saturday to be Florida Panther Day. His office and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection also promoted his request of $150 million for land management and acquisition.…

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Pier Selection Committee poised to ignore the public favorite, Destination St. Pete Pier

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Based on preliminary preferences expressed by the six members of the Pier Selection Committee, the group appears poised to approve a design not in the public’s top three choices. Each member of the group took turns ranking the remaining four designs after nearly eight hours of discussion. Those designs include Destination St. Pete, Pier Park, the Alma and Prospect Pier. The committee has officially voted Prospect Pier out of the process at number four. Based on averages of all of…

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Local girl makes good at upcoming Gasparilla film festival

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There will be plenty of features to screen when the Gasparilla International Film Festival takes place next week, beginning next Tuesday March 24, and going through March 30. 140  in all — 60 features and 70 short films, including Odessa, produced and co-starring  Tampa native Grace Santos, who now resides in Los Angeles. The film is described as being about a desperate mother living in a post-apocalyptic Texas who is forced to make a perilous border crossing to save her child’s…

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Jackie Toledo says if she’s elected, she’ll support Charlie Miranda to remain Council chair

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Although Charlie Miranda hasn’t endorsed anyone in the Tampa City Council District 6 race scheduled for next Tuesday, he himself received an endorsement of sorts today from Jackie Toledo, running against Guido Maniscalco in next week’s runoff election. “Chairman Miranda has done a great job as our Council’s chairman and there is no reason to take the gavel away. If elected to the City Council, I will enthusiastically vote for him as our next chairman,” said Toledo. The issue of…

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Hillsborough Aviation board chair Steve Burton’s 2013 death may have been result of malpractice

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One of Tampa’s most prominent leaders died nearly two years ago. Former Hillsborough Aviation Authority chair Steve Burton died following a heart transplant at Tampa General Hospital. Burton’s death was originally reported as a transplant-related complication. According to reports following his death on April 21, 2013, Burton’s new heart functioned perfectly for four hours, but suddenly failed after that. He was never brought out of sedation. Earlier this month, Burton’s heirs filed a request with the Hillsborough County Courts for…

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Mike Deeson raw at Tiger Bay

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There were a lot of laughs when veteran local investigative TV reporter Mike Deeson took to the dais at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting at Jackson Bistro on Harbor Island on Friday, but also a few bits of news. On former and probable future House District 64 Republican Jamie Grant, Deeson said that though no criminal charges were called for in a recent Hardee County grand jury report on Grant’s acceptance of millions of dollars of taxpayer funds for…

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Email insights: As medical marijuana stalls in Tallahassee, Ben Pollara presses on

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As Tallahassee lawmakers finish their third week of the 2015 legislative session, Ben Pollara finds little to cheer this week in Florida’s struggle to legalize medical marijuana. “It ain’t looking good,” the United for Care leader says in a new email update. “Despite the voices of 58 percent of Floridians and our efforts in the Legislature,” Pollara continues, “third week of the session just ended without a hearing in either house.” Elected representatives do just that – represent the people of Florida. As…

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