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Rick Scott’s big partner for successful Economic Summit — Disney

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In successfully hosting seven presidential candidates in Orlando earlier this month, Gov. Rick Scott had one invaluable partner — Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts. As first reported by the Tampa Bay Times, campaign finance records show that on June 2 – the day of the Economic Growth Summit – the Walt Disney Co. gave nearly a quarter million dollars to Scott’s Let’s Get to Work fundraising committee. The Summit, held at the Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center, drew…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.3.15 — Could rising crime become a political issue in 2015?

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At Rick Scott’s cattle call in Orlando yesterday (I refuse to call it the Happiest Place on the Earth), the six (potential) presidential candidates were told by the governor to stick to the economy, so the only time they could speak about other issues was generally if they came before reporters after their session on stage. But as news from the Tampa Police Department continued to trickle in on 14-year-old Edward Harris’ death on Sunday, I began to contemplate the…

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High stakes for Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio in Florida presidential primary

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Leading Republican presidential prospects faced off at an event Tuesday in battleground Florida, a state that could prove pivotal to the Florida heavyweights seeking the nomination, not to mention any rival who manages to win here instead. Jeb Bush, a former two-term Florida governor, and Florida’s junior Sen. Marco Rubio, were the home-state stars at a GOP economic gathering that drew a half dozen White House hopefuls to a Disney World convention center – Rubio, tied up by Senate business,…

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Email insights: FDP gets creative with ‘Shady Bunch’

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A number of Republican presidential or prospective candidates in the increasingly crowded 2016 GOP presidential field will visit Walt Disney World this week – something that surely will draw attention. And that’s exactly what happened. A new email from the Florida Democratic Party blasts the entire Orlando Economic Growth Summit – presented by the always unpopular Gov. Rick Scott – with a quick turn of phrase: “The Shady Bunch.” Cute. While Scott is busy “failing to pass a budget or…

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10’s a crowd? GOP prepares for double digits on debate stage

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The first Republican presidential debate will feature no fewer than 10 candidates. That’s according to guidelines released Wednesday by debate hosts Fox News and Facebook, which offer the first clues as to how the GOP will handle its largest presidential class in recent memory. Party officials have been working privately in recent weeks to prevent its first debate in August from becoming a nationally televised circus, while lesser-known candidates have been lobbying for access. Only announced candidates will be allowed…

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Rick Scott defends his call for Florida hospitals to share the wealth

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Rick Scott‘s call for Florida hospitals to share their profits if the federal government refuses to authorize $2.2 billion in healthcare spending has been greeted as a form of socialism by critics, including some from his own party. “That’s government price controls,” Niceville-based GOP state Sen. Don Gaetz said in a recent radio interview. “That really brought the Soviet Union into a ‘Going Out of Business’ sale.” Earlier this month, Scott proposed to the Florida Hospital Association that if the U.S. Health and…

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GOP wrestling with too many ’16 prospects for a TV debate

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Never have more than 10 candidates taken the stage for a televised Republican presidential debate. Wish the GOP luck in trying to keep it that way. With the party’s first debate set for August, Republicans must decide to either allow what could become a nationally televised circus act, or figure out how to fairly whittle down a field likely to include eight current or former governors, four senators, two accomplished business executives and a renowned neurosurgeon. More than a half-dozen…

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