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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – February 26

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IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE: MARGARET CRIST WOOD via Michelle Todd Some people come into our lives for just a season. However, even after that time has passed, their positive impact is everlasting. Margaret Crist Wood was one such person for me. Margaret’s grace, love for her family, her kindness and laughter left a deep impression with me. We met when I started working with her brother, and was later blessed to work for her and learn from her on her brother’s Senate campaign.…

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Internet-driven ticket reselling a hot issue this Legislative Session

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Editor’s Note: As the 2015 Legislative Session approaches, FloridaPolitics.com is reporting on several “legislative food fights” likely to break out during the annual lawmaking period. These food fights don’t always make the front page of the Tampa Bay Times, but they are the kind of industry vs. industry or intra-industry turfbattles that drive Tallahassee — and expand the economics for state lobbyists. The first profile focused on an expected scrum between Big Tobacco and trial lawyers, a second story focused on the tax exemption on jet fuel purchases.…

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Foundation for Excellence in Education to grade school report cards

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Tallahassee-based education think tank Foundation for Excellence in Education will release a report on the state of school report cards across the nation. Under the monniker ExcelinEd, the report will detail current failings in the realm of school-wide report cards, which the group says parents find cumbersome and inaccessible for most parents seeking to evaluate the inner workings of their children’s school. The report will also unveil the results of an initiative called the “My School Information Design Challenge,” wherein private designers competed to upgrade…

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Paula Dockery joins Florida League of Women Voters board of directors

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Former State Sen. Paula Dockery, who served 16 years in the Florida Legislature, is joining the board of the League of Women Voters of Florida. Term limited from running again for the State Senate in 2012, Dockery has since launched a new career as a political columnist. Her syndicated columns appear in more than 20 newspapers across Florida. “I’ve long admired what the League does for our political process, and I feel that the League stands for many of the things…

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Governor Scott makes 16 regulatory board appointments

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On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced 16 appointments – including 12 reappointments – to a variety of state regulatory boards. All the following are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate. Florida Commission on Community Service (Volunteer Florida) Scott announced two appointments and three reappointments to the Florida Commission on Community Service (Volunteer Florida), which strengthens communities through national service and volunteerism. Sarah “Sam” Seevers, 56, of Destin, is owner and editor of Life’s a Beach Publications and the former mayor of…

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Former Jeb Bush health czar has a message for Florida Republicans: Get a waiver

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He advised former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Republican Governors Association. A go-to health care policy wonk for Republicans, Alan Levine now says he has a message for Florida Republicans in the Legislature: Tap into a 1332 innovation waiver under the Affordable Care Act. The waiver allows the state to essentially circumvent the employer mandate, the  individual mandates as well as provisions on exchanges and premium credits. “If the Legislature wants to be bold and offer a conservative solution,…

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House committee will look Monday at moving back Florida’s presidential primary date

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The Florida House’s Rules, Calendar & Ethics Committee is set to consider a proposed committee bill Monday that would move both of the state’s partisan presidential primaries back to the third Tuesday in March, to March 15. The later primary elections — which will coincide with the mythical ides of March when no less a leader than Julius Caesar was felled by former political allies — will prevent Florida from being an early bellwether state like its smaller counterparts in South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa, but…

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