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Today on Context Florida: Sleaziness & sunshine, to-do lists, lobbyists and Montclair Elementary

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Today onĀ Context Florida: Legislators in Tallahassee do not think you should trouble your pretty little heads over what theyā€™re doing with your money, says Diane Roberts. The governor agrees. On Tuesday, he held a secret confab with his ā€œDumb and Dumberā€ co-star, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, now lobbying for a dubious dental corporation. Perry didnā€™t register as a lobbyist ā€” a violation of ethics law, Roberts says ā€” until nearly four hours after the fact, and the meeting did…

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Optimism abounds in INFLUENCE Magazine’s 2015 survey of Florida’s lobbying corps

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Florida lobbyists are an optimistic lot, so says an exclusive state-of-the-industry survey in the latest issue of INFLUENCE Magazine. In its first-ever “State of the Lobby Corps” poll, conducted with a major assist from the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, the magazine asked more than 700 members of the government affairs industry to weigh in on a range of topics. There are 1,977 registered Florida lobbyists working with the Legislative branch, representing about 4,000 principals, and 1,539 for the executive…

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