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Guido Maniscalco says Jackie Toledo won’t debate him before Tampa City Council runoff

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Guido Maniscalco says that Jackie Toledo won’t debate him before the March 24 runoff election in the Tampa City Council District 6 race. Earlier this week Maniscalco’s campaign manger, Bryan Farris, sent a letter to Toledo’s home and emailed her campaign consultant, Anthony Pedicini, asking her to participate in a debate this Saturday. Farris says he gave Toledo until this afternoon at 3 p.m. to respond, and says she had not. “I find it distressing that my opponent does not…

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4th Floor Files talks with Reggie Garcia about winning, The Fugitive and getting it in writing

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Lobbyist Reggie Garcia is the subject of the newest chapter of the “4th Floor Files.” Garcia is also a clemency lawyer who spends a lot of his time lobbying the governor and Cabinet for clemency on behalf of clients. Garcia has his own practice and his lobbying clients include Clinton Treadway, the Florida Justice Association, the Florida Education Fund, Florida Association of Broadcasters and the Drive Safely Forum. He recently authored How to Leave Prison Early, a do-it-yourself guide for parolees and clemency petitioners…

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Lewd and lascivious? Senate panel eyes living-in-sin ban

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Shacking up in Florida can cost you. Living in sin is a crime that, if found guilty of, can show up on an employment background screening and can be used in civil cases involving child custody. Unmarried cohabitation has been in the state’s lewd and lascivious laws since the 1860s. The crime was included in the state’s Level II screening background laws initially passed in 1995. It was picked up in child protection laws passed in 2007 and grandparent visitation…

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Florida has most to lose in Obamacare subsidy case

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Nearly 8 million people could lose up to $24 billion a year in health insurance subsidies in a Supreme Court case threatening President Barack Obama‘s law, according to a government report released Tuesday. The estimates by The Associated Press show what’s at stake in the case. The biggest potential loser would be Florida, with nearly 1.5 million residents getting an average of $294 a month. That works to $440 million a month currently, or up to $5.2 billion a year for…

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Tampa PD expands business watch program into downtown

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A Tampa Downtown Partnership breakfast on homelessness last October was the spark. The conversation that began there ultimately led to the creation of a program between the Tampa Police Department and the downtown business establishment announced today, designed to make the area a safer place to live, work and play. That meeting at the University Club last fall was a relatively sanguine affair until its conclusion, when a few business owners complained that there were still problems with their employees being harassed by some…

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Rick Kriseman plans to build new baseball stadium at Walter Fuller Park

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman announced plans to expand one of the baseball fields at Walter Fuller Park into a small stadium used for International Baseball games and college games. The new stadium is intended to attract increased baseball-related events to the area. “We believe that quality international and college baseball can serve as an economic driver for West St. Petersburg,” Kriseman said. Kriseman plans to ask the county’s Tourist Development Council to fund the project using existing bed tax…

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Jeff Atwater, Jose Oliva & Florida Senate stars of Capitol Press Corps Skits

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The Florida Senate’s creative use of music and a whimsical self-awareness among members of the Florida Cabinet were among the highlights of the 60th (Sometimes) Annual Capitol Press Corps Skits Tuesday night. Reporters and politicos lampooned each other with the House and Attorney General Pam Bondi paying Times reporter Michael Van Sickler maybe the profession’s highest compliment – the jokes at his expense revealed they are really glad he’s leaving town for a gig downstate. Tia Mitchell demanded attention with…

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