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Gambling deal with Seminole Tribe still has a long way to go

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Want a sure bet? The gambling agreement between Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe is going to face changes over the next three months – if it’s approved at all. The deal signed Tuesday calls for a guaranteed $3 billion over seven years for Florida in exchange for the state agreeing to limit the tribe’s competition and let it operate table games such as roulette and craps at its seven casinos. If approved as is, it will ensure a…

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Personnel note: Stephanie Grutman joins Ballard Partners’ new Broward office

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For its newly launched Broward County office, lobbying firm Ballard Partners announced today hiring government relations and fundraising expert Stephanie Grutman. Grutman brings more than 17 years of experience, which included being one of Politics Magazine’s most influential Democrats in Florida for 2009. She also spent four years as finance director of Senate Victory for the Florida Democratic Party, working under Democratic leaders such as state Sens. Nan Rich, Chris Smith, and Arthenia Joyner. Ballard Partners President Brian Ballard praised…

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Brian Ballard unveils downtown Tallahassee redevelopment project

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Lobbyist Brian Ballard is poised to expand his headquarters as a man about Tallahassee a few blocks over to Monroe Street, downtown’s main artery: As first reported in the Tallahassee Democrat, the Ballard Partners principal has a six-story office complex in the works. “We love being a part of the fine fabric of Tallahassee, where we have raised our family and also ‘raised’ a business,” Ballard said in a prepared statement Tuesday. “This exciting project will create a bold new profile for the main…

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Florida GOP names first group of 2016 Finance Committee members

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Republican Party of Florida Chair Blaise Ingoglia announced a partial list of the 2016 GOP Finance Committee. In a statement on Friday, the Hernando County lawmaker said he expects the group to “jumpstart the party’s fundraising efforts for the 2016 election cycle” with a goal of delivering Florida’s 29 electoral votes to Republicans. “The RPOF is dedicated to building a strong team that will ensure that we are effective and successful in 2016, Ingoglia said. “This includes a strong finance…

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Firms collect more than $35 million in fees during first quarter of 2015 to lobby Legislature

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Southern Strategy Group led all firms in compensation for lobbying the Florida Legislature during the first quarter of 2015, hauling in $2.25 million, according to recently released lobbying compensation figures. Registered lobbying firms, representing virtually every industry sector in Florida, reported earning slightly more than $35 million from January to March of this year. That figure represents an lobbying industry-wide uptick of nearly 17 percent over the same period last year, when firms took home roughly $30 million collectively. SSG stood alone in…

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Senate passes bill to ease Astros, Nationals path to West Palm Beach for spring training

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The Senate has passed a Palm Beach County local bill — HB 1213 sponsored by state Rep. Lori Berman — that serves as a key component of a multi-layered arrangement between state and local governments in their quest to land the spring training operations of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Back in February we reported on how the Nats inked an advocacy deal with uber lobbyist Brian Ballard, who has deep ties to the area. Both…

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Is Marco Rubio’s Tallahassee fundraiser an indication he’s winning the Sheldon Adelson primary?

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It’s been said many times and many ways but in light of the host-committee dynamics behind Marco Rubio‘s April 7 breakfast fundraiser in Tallahassee, it bears repeating: the road to Florida’s 2016 GOP presidential contest may well run through the Las Vegas estate of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Rubio was reportedly on the outs with the Adelson folks after declining an invitation — along with rival and Twitter combatant U.S. en. Rand Paul, who is derided as an isolationist in some pro-Israel circles — to…

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