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Senate panel restores affordable housing funds shifted by Amendment 1

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A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to restore funding for affordable housing, as a way toĀ offset the loss of revenue because of Amendment 1. Approved overwhelmingly by voters in November, Amendment 1 provides 33 percent of documentary stamp tax revenue to water and land conservation. SB 586 seeks to redistribute the remaining $1.3 billion in documentary stamp fees forĀ fiscal 2015-16, after $757 million is set aside for Amendment 1. The bill would have reduced the revenue going to an affordable…

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4th Floor Files talks with Mario Bailey about government, Ronald Reagan and mentoring

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The latestĀ chapter of ā€œ4th Floor Filesā€ talks with Mario Bailey, a lobbyist with the Becker & Poliakoff firm. Bailey represents clients from a variety of sectors including government -ā€“ he has six Florida governments including Cape Coral, Hollywood and Lauderdale Lakes, education -ā€“ Bethune Cookman, Florida Memorial University and Miami-Dade Schools and businesses ā€“- the Florida Independent Spirits Association, The Safety-Net Hospital Alliance and American Traffic Solutions. Prior to joining Becker & Poliakoff, Bailey served as the chief legislative aide…

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Jackie Toledo doesn’t back down from mailer that Guido Maniscalco says attacks his grandmother

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The Guido Maniscalco campaign team is lashing out at Jackie Toledo and Anthony Pedicini, her campaign consultant, after a mailer blasting Maniscalco hit homeowners in the Tampa District 6 area on Thursday, just days before early voting begins in their runoff election scheduled for March 24. But Toledo is not backing down. The mailer bashesĀ Maniscalco, claiming his business record is a “mess,” with allegations that the company that heĀ is associated with,Ā Guido MoranaĀ Vintage Timepieces, owes nearly $40,000 in back taxes, between…

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Will Florida Republicans hold a Presidency 6 straw poll this year?

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ā€œIf you don’t measure, you don’t reallyĀ care.” That’s what Jeb Bush told a crowd of supporters at his recent education forum in Tallahassee. The more data, the better, it would seem. Well, not since the days of this amazing vintage footage of Steve Bousquet covering the late Gov.Ā Reubin Askew‘s 1984 presidential run has there been so much concern about a Floridian pursuing the White House. And when it rains, it pours: we have not only frontrunnerĀ Jeb Bush to obsess over…

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Jeb Bush dares to piss off CPAC crowd

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In what appeared to be the most anticipated moment at CPAC 2015, Jeb Bush went into the lion’s den this afternoon and seemed to emerge not only unscathed, but actually stronger in the process. Although some of his responses regarding immigration garnered boos, they weren’t substantial, and were drowned out by the cheers when it came to discussing other issues in a nearly 25-minute Ā stand-up interview with Sean Hannity. “The simple fact is there is no plan to deport 11…

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Polls: Obamaā€™s approval holds around 50%, higher than Reaganā€™s 45% in May ā€˜82

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Gallup: Obamaā€™s 50 percent approval average among all Americans for the week ending May 9 continues an extended run of stable ratings for him. Since mid-November, Obamaā€™s approval ratings have narrowly ranged between 47 percent and 51 percent ā€¦ Although his second-year ratings have been highly stable, he is on pace to follow most other presidents in seeing a significant drop from his first-year to his second-year average. Obama averaged 57 percent approval his first year in office ā€” mainly…

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Amercian Spectator: Please don’t, Charlie Crist

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From American Spectator: Please don’t, Charlie. Please don’t atomize a promising young Republican, who, if he emerges from this primary tested but unscathed, can hold the seat for the party and be a forceful voice for conservative change in Washington. How did these supplicants do? We won’t know for a few weeks, but the early returns are not encouraging. The Governor’s Lincoln Day speech in Nassau County Friday evening was a classic case of Charlie being Charlie. (Nassau County, I…

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