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Stephanie Smith stepping down from Gov’s Office

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Not that Stephanie Smith.  The Stephanie Smith that works in the Governor’s Office for Charlie Crist.  According to Gary Fineout, Smith is stepping down to take a job with AT&T. Smith has been executive deputy chief of staff for Crist since November. She also served as Crist’s director of external affairs and deputy director for external affairs since coming to work for Crist back in 2007. Smith, 30, also worked as the Tampa Bay area regional director for Crist’s campaign back in…

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Stephanie Smith stepping down from Gov’s Office

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Not that Stephanie Smith.  The Stephanie Smith that works in the Governor’s Office for Charlie Crist. According to Gary Fineout, Smith is stepping down to take a job with AT&T. Smith has been executive deputy chief of staff for Crist since November. She also served as Crist’s director of external affairs and deputy director for external affairs since coming to work for Crist back in 2007. Smith, 30, also worked as the Tampa Bay area regional director for Crist’s campaign back in…

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What does Charlie Crist stand for? His website says a lot…

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After a weekend in which Charlie Crist earned the endorsement of Florida’s teachers, but not the AFL-CIO, and saw him position himself to go after the backing of the Sierra Club, even the governor’s most ardent supporters have to wonder what will Crist not do to gain a political advantage.  Crist is certainly enjoying his newfound Independent status, but have his core beliefs changed? Not according to his website, at least. Take a look at the meta-tags in the source…

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Daily Beast ranks Florida sixth most politically corrupt state

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Florida is the sixth most politically corrupt state in the nation, according to The Daily Beast: In Florida, one recent Medicare fraud case soars to new heights. By all appearances Ihosvany Marquez was a legitimate businessman interested in community health, running eight health clinics in Miami and Orange County. But each clinic, in fact, had a fake owner who would sign for fraudulent charges for expensive treatments such as infusion therapy and injection therapy. Marquez then laundered the money through…

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Kurt Browning wants lawmakers to clear up campaign finance mess

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Gary Fineout reports: While there is a lot of talk about the veto of SB 6, don’t forget about the fallout from Gov. Charlie Crist’s other veto this session. Lawmakers included regulation of 527s, so-called for the section of the IRS code that covers them, in a lengthy elections bill that Crist vetoed earlier this month. The Legislature needed to act because a federal judge last year struck down the state law that covered these groups, which also go by…

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Charlie Justice used campaign funds to pay off election fine

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I am the last person who should be writing about screwing up with Florida Election Commission, but… Gary Fineout reports: It turns out State Sen. Charlie Justice, who is running for the congressional seat now held by veteran U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores, used donations to pay off a state fine. Justice, D-St. Petersburg, paid $1,000 out of his now shuttered state senate campaign account in Oct. 2008. The money was used to settle a case over the fact…

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In a nutshell, why I think Charlie Crist lost the Pinellas GOP’s straw ballot

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Update: 9:53 a.m. – Crist brushes off straw poll loss: “It’s such a small number compared to the electorate,” he said. Crist said he probably wouldn’t have touted the results even if he had won. “I touted some of them in 1998 when I won and I know what that result was (he lost to Democratic Sen. Bob Graham), so I don’t put much stock in them,” he said Let’s not forget how ecstatic Crist was in 2006 when he…

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