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Meet Jared Rosenstein, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Transitioning from the Republican to the Democratic side of the aisle, 25-year-old Jared Rosenstein is wining raves for his work on the staff of another Jared, state Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Coral Springs. “I got into politics during the 2008 presidential election. I was proudly supporting Sen. John McCain and I discovered that the vast majority of my then high school classmates blindly supported Sen. Barack Obama without knowing any of his specific positions. After much heated debate with my classmates, I…

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Lauren Book posts blockbuster fundraising numbers in Senate race

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It’s been six weeks since Lauren Book announced she would run for termed-out state Sen. Eleanor Sobel’s Senate District 33 seat, and her first campaign finance report showed quite the haul. The author and advocate entered the race September 1 with more than $660,000 in committee money on-hand. September saw a $42,000 gain in committee money, with an astounding $354,974 in contributions to her campaign account, which can only accept contributions up to $1,000. Expenditures were minimal at $2,796. Cash…

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What I think I think about Lauren Book

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If you are the child of an extremely successful parent, you probably have things pretty good. Good for you. Chances are quite high that you likely have a fairly cush job (if you even work at all), a comfortable life and take advantage of all that your fortunate situation has handed you. Let’s face it; the children of the privileged class usually spend their lives in relative quiet, enjoying the finer things in life. There are legions of studies and…

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Five minutes with Ron Book: sausage making, dead bills and special session

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Lobbyist Ron Book sat, head in hand, in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday morning. He just observed the Senate grind through an agenda of bills sent over from the House before it unexpectedly adjourned the day before, only three days away from the scheduled end of session. Book has been around the Capitol for a while. His over 40-year career started by working for the House, then in the Cabinet of former Gov. Bob Graham as legislative counsel and, for a time, as acting chief of…

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Development bill passes first stop despite opposition from cities and counties

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A bill that would eliminate a state process for reviewing large developments cleared its first committee stop on Tuesday. Meanwhile, another bill that would eliminate Florida’s 11 regional planning councils was amended to eliminate only one of them. Large developments such as shopping malls and housing projects with hundreds of homes now are classified by the state as “developments of regional impact” subject to review by state agencies and neighboring cities and counties. But developers long have complained that the…

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