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Battle over solar power heats up as proponents fend off attacks from Americans for Prosperity

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The drive to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot next year that would allow Floridians more choice about using solar power has enjoyed quick success, and furious push-back from their opponents. On Saturday, Conservatives for Energy Freedom, one of the groups pushing for a constitutional amendment in 2016 on solar, blasted the group Americans for Prosperity for what they claim are inaccurate talking points that the group has been issuing.. “AFP frequently mentions the subsidies for solar, but fails to…

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Gov. Scott announces 10 state board appointments

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On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 10 appointments – including four reappointments – to a variety of state regulatory boards. Board of Professional Geologists Scott announced the appointments of Norman Meeks and Stanley Warden to the Board of Professional Geologists, responsible for licensing and regulating the practice of professional geology. Both are for terms ending October 31, 2017. Meeks, 46, of Valrico, is a geologist with CRA Inc. He succeeds Mervin Dale. Warden, 53, of Tallahassee, is a contract manager…

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — March 9

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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: As crowds of frozen college students descend on Florida’s beaches for Spring Break, let’s remember how the annual rite was fueled by the 1960 film Where the Boys Are. Fort Lauderdale played a starring role in the movie, which inspired thousands to come party at the beach. By 1980 the city began to crack down on raucous…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Capitol Preview: Money, press skits and the search for clarity

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This week politics at the state Capitol will be about money and a search for clarity. Legislators will get a better view of the hill they need to climb in building a state budget for the year beginning July 1. The Revenue Estimating Conference meets Tuesday and will count up how much tax money the state has collected so far and project how much more money will roll in by the end of June. These are the numbers lawmakers will use when…

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Powerful photo: U.S. Reps. Gwen Graham and John Lewis on the 50th anniversary of Selma

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Representative Gwen Graham traveled to Selma, Alabama, this weekend, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday Attack on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Graham attended a service at Brown Chapel AME Church, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Civil Rights Memorial, and she joined Rep. John Lewis in a march across the landmark bridge. “It was an honor to join Rep. John Lewis and civil rights leaders in a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,” Graham said in a statement…

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Congressman to argue that estranged wife committed bigamy

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An outspoken liberal congressman from Florida will argue in court Monday that his 24-year marriage should be annulled because his estranged wife committed bigamy, the opening salvo in an acrimonious divorce case a judge likened to an episode of the TV series “House of Cards.” Rep. Alan Grayson says his wife, Lolita, was still married to Robert Carson when she and the multimillionaire congressman married in 1990 in Virginia. Grayson, a Democrat and highly successful trial lawyer, said the marriage…

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Failure to launch not a concern in 2016 presidential race

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Most U.S. presidential candidates really don’t want to spend nearly two years bowing and scraping to voters and campaign donors. Most voters sure don’t want to hear about the presidential race for anywhere near that long. Why, then, does it take so loooong to pick a U.S. president? Blame American-style democracy? Blame the pollsters and consultants who feed off the horse race. Blame the unquenchable thirst for campaign cash. If you’re a candidate, blame other candidates for forcing you to…

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