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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – August 26

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. What are Florida voters thinking. A new Quinnpiac poll of Floridians shows … a majority of Floridians (53 percent) support allowing the majority of undocumented immigrants in the country to stay in the U.S. … additional 12 percent say the undocumented should be allowed to stay in the U.S., but not be allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship. Thirty-one…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – August 21

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL MAP REMAINS IN LIMBO NEAR DEADLINE via The Associated Press A new map for Florida’s 27 congressional districts remains in limbo. The Florida Legislature is still divided over how to follow a court order to redraw congressional districts. Legislators are supposed to end their special session Friday. The Florida House on Thursday rejected a map passed a day earlier by the Florida Senate and instead voted 60-38 for a new version that…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – August 19

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Quite simply, it was an ugly day in Florida politics and bad day for one of the state’s favorite sons. While the Florida Legislature continued to struggle with how to redraw the map of the state’s congressional districts, a Star Wars bar’s worth of bizarre Sunshine State figures angled for attention. From Ann Coulter and Rick Wilson feuding to George Zimmerman hawking Confederate flag, it just seemed like an…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – August 18

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch ([email protected]; @SaintPetersBlog) with Phil Ammann ([email protected]; @PhilAmmann) and Ryan Ray ([email protected]; @RyanRay_Fla). In Sunburn’s hometown, the difficult subject of race is being debated as fiercely as it has been in a generation. The Tampa Bay Times will compete for a Pulitzer Prize because of its “Failure Factories” investigation into how, after eight years of overworked teachers, failed integration and cutbacks in budgets and resources, several predominantly black neighborhoods in Pinellas County have produced five…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – August 3

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch ([email protected]; @SaintPetersBlog) with Phil Ammann ([email protected]; @PhilAmmann) and Ryan Ray ([email protected] @RyanRay_Fla) Previously in this space, we have stated how it feels as if the 2016 election cycle already is in fourth gear even though it’s still 15 months until Election Day. Friday certainly felt like that, with speeches by Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, and other presidential contenders that offered a trailer to next year’s blockbuster. Well, if the political developments to this point are stuck…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – July 29

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch ([email protected]; @SaintPetersBlog) with Phil Ammann([email protected]; @PhilAmmann) and Ryan Ray ([email protected] @RyanRay_Fla) FOUR YEARS AGO, BLOGGER PROPOSED TO GIRLFRIEND — YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT from Sabrina Rocco’s original story, “Power brokers witness the proposal” via the Tampa Bay Times One night (in July of 2011), at a “not-too-political happy hour,” a special quorum of power brokers was called at Cassis, the French restaurant on downtown St. Petersburg’s posh Beach Drive. Peter,…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – July 28

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch ([email protected]; @SaintPetersBlog) with Phil Ammann([email protected]; @PhilAmmann) and Ryan Ray ([email protected] @RyanRay_Fla) WHAT DAVID JOHNSON IS READING — EXODUS FROM PUERTO RICO COULD UPEND FLORIDA VOTE IN 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE via Mary Jordan of the Washington Post Puerto Rican voters tend to lean Democratic, but a great number of the newcomers do not identify with any party, making them appealing targets for politicians and recruiters on both sides. Like those living in other U.S. territories,…

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