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Budget, beer, guns, pot and potties on lawmakers’ agenda

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Conservation land purchases, beer growlers, tax cuts, guns on state university campuses, medical marijuana and even where transgender people can go to the bathroom will all be issues that will come up during Florida’s 2015 legislative session. The only requirement lawmakers have under Florida law is to approve the state budget, but there’s always so much more when the 120 representatives and 40 senators come to the Capitol for 60 days each year. The session starts Tuesday with Gov. Rick…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – March 2

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Today’s SachsFact is brought to you by the public affairs, integrated marketing and reputation management experts at Sachs Media Group: Many Floridians are familiar with scenic Morikami Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, but few realize it originally was a farm focused on crop experimentation. In 1903, Japanese citizen Jo Sakai proposed the idea of a Japanese agricultural colony to discover new farming techniques. Floridians welcomed the idea, hoping it would benefit the state’s agriculture industry.…

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Dan Gelber: The State of the State Floridians should hear

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Here is the State of the State that Gov. Rick Scott ought to deliver and, more importantly, that Floridians deserve to hear. Thank you Mr. Speaker. It is traditional for the governor to begin this speech with an unequivocal declaration that the state of our state is strong. The state of our state is strong, but mostly for a select few. For the one in four Florida children living in poverty today, the state of our state is fragile. Nor…

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RPOF keeps Richard Swarttz as CFO, names Nancy Watkins compliance officer

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Richard Swarttz will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Republican Party of Florida, Chair Blaise Ingoglia said today. In a statement, Ingoglia also named Nancy Watkins and her firm, Robert Watkins & Company, as outside compliance accounting consultants for the party. “I am pleased to announce that Richard will continue to serve our party in this role and that Nancy and her firm will be serving the party as our outside compliance accounting consultants,” Ingoglia said. …

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Blaise Ingoglia asks if Florida Democrats are really ‘Ready for Hillary’

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Blaise Ingoglia, newly elected Republican Party of Florida chair, has a question today for state Democrats: “Are you ready for Hillary Clinton, as foreign governments seem to be?” Ingoglia refers to statements made by several leading Republicans saying the William J. Clinton Foundation has taken donations from foreign governments, even while Hillary – the prospective Democratic presidential candidate for 2016 – served as secretary of state. “I wonder what Florida Democrats and Chairwoman Allison Tant have to say about this obviously ethically corrupt…

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Rick Scott to hold State of the State reception on Monday

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On the eve of the 2015 legislative session, Gov. Rick and First Lady Ann Scott will host a State of the State Reception at the Governor’s Mansion. Scott gives his annual address to the joint chamber of the Florida Legislature to open the 2015 session the following day. The reception begins Monday at 6 p.m. and concludes at 7:30 p.m. Dress is business attire. The Governor’s Mansion is at 700 North Adams Street in Tallahassee. Although there is no charge to attend,…

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Bill Day’s latest — the REAL pipeline

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As President Barack Obama vetoes a bill forcing approval of the long-planned and highly contentious Keystone XL pipeline this week, editorial cartoonist Bill Day shows us the REAL pipeline in politics. Money; and lots of it. Blocking such a high-profile energy project, environmental activists had a crucial victory in Keystone, which proved they can overcome strong opposition from Republican supporters, a handful of members of the Democratic Party and the will of many voters. In recent opinion polls, most Americans…

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