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ICYMI: HuffPo features Lauren Book’s latest publication

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For most people, organizing a multi-city walk from Key West to the Capitol would be plenty enough. For most, the stress of organizing literally hundreds of volunteers, in places as disparate as Palm Beach and Perry, would check the “I’m kind of busy” box. But Lauren Book is not “most people.” She is in the Big Apple this week promoting the release of her second book, Lauren’s Kingdom – a children’s book designed to help kids spot the signs of…

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Campaign team drops candidate Matthew Wooddall days before Sarasota elections

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Just four days ahead of city elections in Sarasota, Democratic City Commission District 3 candidate Matthew Wooddall has been dropped by Keen Campaigning, the consulting firm directing his campaign amid revelations that Wooddall misled Keen and others about his employment history. “I’ve worked on more than 100 races up and down the ballot all over Florida and I’ve never come across this situation before,” Andrew Torkelson, a political consultant with Keen, told Florida Politics.  The bizarre turn of events has blown a competitive three-way race —…

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Instagram photo side-swiping coming soon, but only to advertisers

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The Facebook photo-sharing app Instagram is launching a new way to browse photos and it makes tons of sense. Instead of scrolling up and down to look for photos, the new feature allows users to swipe left to right in order to view multiple photos from a similar user. But there’s a catch. The feature is only available to advertisers. So when a sponsored post wants to tell a story through photos, it’s easy peasy for users to scroll through.…

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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

Ken Plante eulogized for love of his work, dedication to personal principles

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A cry could be heard in the voice of Father Pat O’Neil as he spoke of the love Ken Plante generated in his work in his community and throughout the state of Florida. O’Neil, the director of the Miami Diocese’s Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, celebrated a Mass in Tallahassee Friday for his friend, a former Senate Minority Leader, adviser to a governor, founder of a think tank and a professional association, as well as a prominent lobbyist. Plante…

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Clearing up our reporting about Tampa City Council candidate Susan Long

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On Election Day in Tampa, yours truly went to two different voting precincts in Seminole Heights to try to interrogate voters’ opinions on the most interesting race on the ballot, the District 6 City Council race between Jackie Toledo, Guido Maniscalco and Tommy Castellano. As we reported in our story, we went to different locations: the Seminole Heights Garden Center on Central Avenue, and at the American Legion Post 111 on Florida Avenue, approximately 7 blocks north. We had extremely mixed success…

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ACLU & other groups now oppose police body camera bill in Tallahassee

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After the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of law enforcement agencies last year, there was a nationwide clamor for police officers to begin wearing body cameras as a way to provide transparency and accountability for both the police and the citizenry. President Obama announced $263 million in funding for law enforcement agencies to buy body-worn cameras and improve training, and police departments throughout the Tampa Bay area said they would begin implementing their usage as well.…

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Today on Context Florida: No Casinos, Scott’s threat, graduation rates and the Permanent Campaign

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Today on Context Florida: For decades, casino lobbyists have tried to turn Florida into Las Vegas, says No Casinos president John Sowinski. But gambling lobbyists are back again, this time pushing for the biggest expansion of gambling in Florida’s history. There is a reason why they are so desperate to move into Florida and why responsible legislators should once again turn them away. Gov. Rick Scott wrote a letter to President Obama this week. Daniel Tilson asks, “Isn’t that special?” Well,…

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