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Former Rick Scott general counsel Pete Antonacci lines up controversial lobbying client

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As reported earlier this week in Florida Politics, Pete Antonacci –– former general counsel for Gov. Rick Scott – is back in the influence business at his former firm GrayRobinson. Last week, Antonacci’s roster of clients were relatively anodyne, but not so as of today with the registration of his fourth client. Antonacci has signed up private prison giant Corizon, a firm that does a great deal of sensitive business with the state. New Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones is looking to overhaul exactly the kinds of facilities run by Corizon amid reports…

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Senate committee opposes the opening of a Cuban consulate in the Sunshine State

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Although many people in Tampa are hoping that a Cuban consulate is built in Tampa, a committee in the state Senate today officially disapproved of any such diplomatic outpost coming to Florida. The Senate Rules Committee today approved SM 866, a largely symbolic bill that puts the committee on the record as expressing “profound disagreement” with President Obama’s decision to open diplomatic relations with the communist island. “Stand with us on behalf of freedom,” said Miami Republican Anitere Flores, speaking on…

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‘Going Clear’ documentary unites voices against Scientology

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Mike Rinder had spent virtually all of his life in the Church of Scientology. From the age of 6 he was raised in the church, eventually rising to become its chief spokesman. Everyone he knew was a Scientologist, including his wife, his two children, his mother, his brother and his sister. But after spending more than a year in a disciplinary facility known as “the hole,” where Rinder says he and other Scientology executives were confined, an increasingly disillusioned Rinder…

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Southern Alliance for Clean Energy main funder for Floridians for Solar Choice

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As we reported on over the weekend, no group has appeared more bothered by the prospect of a constitutional amendment giving Floridians the opportunity to install rooftop solar energy in their homes than Americans for Prosperity. The Koch Brothers-funded libertarian group has been feuding with Conservatives for Energy Freedom, which has been spearheading the effort to get that measure on the 2016 ballot. AFP has been saying that Floridians for Solar Choice, the political committee formed to get the measure on…

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Jeb Bush set to name Justin Muzinich as policy director of likely presidential campaign

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Jeb Bush is set to name finance expert Justin Muzinich as policy director of an increasingly likely 2016 presidential campaign, writes Eliana Johnson of the National Review. Muzinich comes from the finance industry, having worked first at the Morgan Stanley mergers and acquisitions division, and later at EMS Capital. Currently, he serves as vice-chair of New York-based investment firm Muzinich & Co. With a background in hedge funds, critics question whether the addition of Muzinich to Bush’s team will do…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.12.15 — Charlie Crist for Senate?

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The other day Mason-Dixon did a poll on the 2016 Florida race, and it’s content was somewhat pedestrian. Pedestrian in the respect that it only put four names into the ring: Marco Rubio and Jeff Atwater for the Republicans; Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Murphy for the Democrats. With over a year and a half until the actual contest, couldn’t Mason-Dixon throw a few more names in the mix, since as of today, none of these people have actually committed to running for…

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Email insights: Tom Rooney takes on ATF

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Federal regulators took it too far when they tried to ban the popular M855 sporting ammo, says U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney. Now, in a new email blast, Rooney is promoting the steps he is making to ensure government overreach as that does not happen again. Public pressure forced the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to withdraw plans to ban M855. That close call drove the Florida Republican – as well as 40 cosponsors — to press the ATF, among…

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