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Will Weatherford’s decision enhances, not removes, future options

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I think Will Weatherford’s just-announced decision not to run for governor in 2018 merely delays the inevitable. I believe he will be Florida’s governor eventually, and that will be a good thing. Weatherford, the Land O’Lakes Republican, is a smart, articulate, center-right conservative in the Jeb Bush tradition. He has a strong legislative resume, including a turn as House Speaker. At age 37, he also is young enough that he can afford to wait eight years, which is another way…

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Jeff Atwater latest to support Blaise Ingoglia re-election as Florida GOP chair

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Jeff Atwater is the latest statewide leader throwing his support behind a second term for Republican Party of Florida Chair Blaise Ingoglia. “The grassroots of our party should elect our Chairman,” Florida’s chief financial officer said in a statement Wednesday. “I don’t tell the grassroots how to vote. But, I have a responsibility to tell the grassroots who I am voting for to Chair our Party.” Atwater continued: “We need a fierce competitor who never blinks, works harder than anyone…

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Jeff Atwater warns against killer Christmas trees

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Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has some consumer advice for Floridians during the holiday season: Don’t let your Christmas tree burn the house down. “Christmas tree fires do not happen often, but they have the potential to be serious fires when they do,” Atwater said in his Department of Financial Services newsletter Wednesday. “More often than not, these fires occur because the tree has not been properly watered and has become dried out and repeatedly exposed to multiple heat sources,” he…

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State leaders certify general election results

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It’s official. The state Elections Canvassing Commission — made up of Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and CFO Jeff Atwater, all participating by phone — certified the results of the Nov. 8 General Election Thursday. The meeting took less than two minutes. “It was a record year in Florida,” said Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who presided over the meeting. “We had more people early voting and voting by mail in the history of Florida. I’m very pleased about…

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All caps email leads to lawsuit against Sha’Ron James

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A 64-year-old former employee of state Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James says she was wrongly fired for, among other things, “sending James an email in all capital letters.” James had told the worker, Camille Rawls, that she “should have known (that’s) ‘the same as yelling at someone in person,’ ” according to a lawsuit Rawls filed in Leon County Circuit Civil court last week. Rawls, who says she’s the victim of age discrimination under the Florida Civil Rights Act, seeks damages of…

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Jeff Atwater to deliver unclaimed money to South Florida hospital

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Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater says he’ll hand-deliver a check worth more than $1 million in unclaimed insurance benefits to Fort Lauderdale’s Holy Cross Hospital this week. The media event is yet another victory lap for the CFO, who championed a measure that became law this year, requiring insurance companies to track down beneficiaries. It was later featured on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” That same law, however, is now being challenged in a Tallahassee court by insurers who call it unfair. Atwater on…

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