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Florida Tax Watch says state will see more than 3 percent growth in 2016

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Florida’s economy is in its best shape since the Great Recession, and Florida Tax Watch predicts it will be more robust in 2016. The latest edition of Florida TaxWatch’s Economic Commentary says the Real Gross State Product is expected to grow 3.1 percent in 2016, higher than the national rate. Additionally, job growth is expected to continue to improve, with most experts predicting a 2.2 to 2.9 percent job growth in 2016. “Looking back at where the state was during the…

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Marco Rubio to make campaign stop Monday in the Villages

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On Monday, Marco Rubio takes his campaign to The Villages, the Central Florida retirement community that has emerged as an important stop for GOP presidential candidates. After clashes with billionaire Donald Trump, Rubio jabbed the GOP front-runner as “touchy and insecure” during a recent appearance on a Kentucky sports radio show. Polling shows Trump leading both Rubio and Jeb Bush in Florida. Rubio repeated his attacks later on Fox News’ “O’Reilly Factor,” saying Trump “doesn’t know anything about policy.” The…

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Former USF exec slaps school with $600,000 lawsuit

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A former University of South Florida executive is suing the school for $600,000 alleging breach of contract. That was the annual base salary for Dr. Jeffrey Lowenkron, who formerly served as the CEO of the USF Physicians Group. Lowenkron was hired in 2012 to head Tampa Bay’s most expansive physicians group. Accroding to the Tampa Bay Business Journal the group employs 954 people, including 545 doctors in 35 offices across the region. In addition to his more than half-million-dollar salary,…

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Lake County makes list of America’s 100 most conservative-friendly counties

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Lake County, home of GOP stronghold The Villages, made the Daily Caller’s list of the America’s 100 most conservative counties: Lake County is appropriately named. Most of the development in the suburban Orlando county is on isthmuses in between lakes. While Lake County is a booming suburban area with large numbers of young families, what really warrants its presence on this list is the mammoth retirement community of The Villages. The Villages has turned into a must-visit stop for Republican…

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Mucho gracias: more than 20,000 readers visit Saint Petersblog on Saturday for coverage of Glenn Beck’s tour of Florida

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First, let me say this: there are many, many blogs and websites that are important than mine and receive much more traffic that Saint Petersblog. But this blog has come a long way in one year. Last November, I could count the number of unique daily visitors on my hands and toes. Over the course of the year, as the St. Petersburg Municipal Elections heated-up, the number of visitors to Saint Petersblog increased day by day, building to a crescendo…

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My 1,000th post: I will be Live Tweeting from Glenn Beck’s book signing in Tampa and his rally where he will reveal “The Plan”

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First of all, thank you for making this blog so worthwhile that, with this one, I will have written 1,000 posts worth of opinions, apologies, endorsements, gotchas, links, predictions, pleas for mercy, rants, screeds, etc., etc. They say the first 1,000 is always the hardest to write, just as the first million is always the most difficult to earn. So, hopefully, the next 1,000 will come sooner — and easier — than the first. Regardless, I really am grateful for…

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