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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. ALL CALM AS HILLARY CLINTON, BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS GATHER IN ORLADO via Brendan Farrington of the Associated Press There’s nothing like a common enemy to help Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters come together in harmony, as was the case Saturday as the Florida Democratic Party rallied against Donald Trump. Democrats backing each of the party’s presidential candidates sat side-by-side with no…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. A “FLORIDA MAN” STORY TO START YOUR WEEKEND A Florida man is accused of impersonating a U.S. senator to avoid paying off his home loan. The U.S. attorney’s office in Tampa reports that a grand jury indicted 67-year-old Sidney Hines this week on five counts of impersonating a federal officer or employee. He faces up to 15…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. Not happy with your choices for president? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. And you certainly aren’t the only one wishing an independent candidate would jump into the race. At least not according to national polling conducted by Gainesville-based Data Targeting over the weekend. The poll found 58 percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the Republican and…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. There are more than 500 cases of Zika in the United States. All of those are travel related. Forty-eight involve pregnant women. And 116 cases are in Florida. Sunshine State lawmakers have been leading the charge to curb the spread of Zika. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio teamed up to support President Barack Obama’s…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. IS CARLOS BERUFF READY FOR PRIMETIME? By almost all accounts, Manatee homebuilder Carlos Beruff is a serious man. In addition to making millions from Florida’s boom-and-bust construction and housing market, he has a beefy policy resume that includes stints on the boards that run the Southwest Florida Water Management District, the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport Authority, the…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. Florida Republicans gathered en masse in Tampa this weekend for their quarterly spring meeting, where the main order of business was selecting 15 delegates and 15 alternates to the Republican National Convention in July. Incoming House Speaker Richard Corcoran, former U.S. Senator George LeMieux and former House Majority Leader Adam Hasner – all prominently not on the “Trump train” during…

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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, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. In a year marked by partisan divides, the growing threat of Zika is doing something few issues could: Bring Republicans and Democrats together. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, introduced legislation to provide $1.9 billion to help curb the spread of the virus. That proposal mirrors the request made by President Barack Obama earlier…

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