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Personnel note: Rebecca Roman heads to Adams St. Advocates

Published on May 26, 2016 in Statewide by Staff Reports

A former aide to state Rep. Jimmie Smith is joining Adams St. Advocates. Rebecca E. Roman will be the lobbying firm’s newest associate. She’ll focus on health care, technology and environmental issues, the firm said in a press release. Roman grew up in Clearwater, where she worked in her father’s law office from the age of 14. She also managed a Starbucks before graduating from college. She attended Florida State University, where she got degrees in philosophy and in political science. Roman…

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The 12 Days of Christmas, as brought to you by these Florida lobbyists and politicos

Published on December 28, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

‘Tis the season, and the Legislature’s dubious Christmas present this year was moving up the 2016 Legislative Session two months from its usual March start date. We will no doubt have many gifts in store, besides the inevitable policy food fights, such as perhaps seeing some lawmakers in their ugly holiday sweaters (the Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts “T-storms, then sunny, cold” for the first day of session). Of course, there’s the Gay Pride Festivus pole, rainbow-colored with a disco ball on top, but that should be…

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Legislators rake in campaign cash before start of session

Published on April 14, 2015 in Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

It seems lawmakers hit the annual “drink, drop and dash” scene exceptionally hard this year. In the run-up to the legislative session in Tallahassee, when legislators are prohibited from raising campaign funds, statehouse pols pulled in more than $1 million in 11th-hour contributions, much of that coming from lobbyists and business interests who do business with the state and seek to do more. According to recently released donation figures from the Florida Division of Elections, incumbent lawmakers were by far…

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