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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. START YOUR MORNING WITH THE 10,000 MANIACS The color of the sky as far as I can see is gull gray … I lift my head from the pillow and then fall again … I get a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather Pack your galoshes, and get to the polls. The Florida Department of Emergency…

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FORECASTERS PREDICAT INVEST 99L COULD TURN INTO TROPICAL STORM HERMINE, HIT FLORIDA via the Tampa Bay Times – The system … hung in the Atlantic 100 miles north of Puerto Rico on Wednesday evening. The National Hurricane Center predicted the disturbance had an 80 percent chance of turning into a tropical depression and, with the right wind speed, Tropical Storm…

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. LET’S BEGIN WITH A LINE FROM DAVID MAMET – “Watch the weather, baby, because it’s going to change.” Here’s the latest forecast for Tropical Storm Gaston, which is forecast to eventually become a hurricane. “Tropical forecasts beyond five days are fraught with uncertainty,” says the Weather Channel, but some of these forecasts do show the storm hitting…

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. CONTINUING OUR HYPER-FOCUS ON THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS: TWO DEMOCRATS BRAWL IN HD 46 Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Bruce Antone has a long history of working within the system; veteran political activist Sheena Meade is trying to show Antone was far too inactive to get things done. The mostly African-American east Orlando district includes neighborhoods from Parramore to…

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. CONTINUING OUR HYPER-FOCUS ON THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS: IN SD 28, A QUESTION OF WHO IS MORE CONSERVATIVE  It’s been more than a decade since voters in Collier County were faced with a contested state Senate seat. But if the race between Matt Hudson and Kathleen Passidomo is any indication, Southwest Floridians have been itching for some mudslinging. There have been attacks…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Lloyd Dunkelberger and Jim Rosica. CONTINUING OUR HYPER-FOCUS ON THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS: POLITICS OF RACE OVERSHADOW DEM. PRIMARY IN SD 19 There could very well be more verbal fireworks when the four Democrats vying to succeed Arthenia Joyner in the Senate District 19 contest gather at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club on Friday. The district crosses Tampa Bay, encompassing major parts of both…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, and Jim Rosica. CONTINUING OUR HYPER FOCUS ON THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS: A FOUR-WAY SCRUM IN SD 23 The battle for Senate District 23 began with a decision not to run. It was Nancy Detert’s decision, and one that will send a ripple throughout the Southwest Florida community. And with less than two weeks until the Aug. 30 Republican primary, it’s still anyone’s game. Five…

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