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Stephanie Smith to join Uber in Florida

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Uber, the hired-car company seeking to secure its presence in Florida, has taken on former Florida-based lobbyist Stephanie Smith to head up its external affairs in the Sunshine State. Smith will leave her Atlanta-based post as AT&T’s director of public affairs for Florida and Georgia. She’ll direct Uber’s media and public relations and lobbying efforts. Smith and Uber representatives declined to comment before the company makes a formal announcement. She joins the ride-hailing service as it fights on several fronts in Florida, including legislative,…

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Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation meeting in Brandon on Friday now postponed

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Attention Uber fans and critics: There’s no need for you to travel to Brandon on Friday to listen to cheer (or protest) a series of local legislative bills on regulating ridesharing companies in Florida. That’s because the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation meeting that was slated to be held at the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College has been postponed until December 8. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not have a quorum at our Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation (HCLD) Meeting Friday,…

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Pinellas legislative delegation split on PSTA partnership with Uber

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Members of Pinellas County’s legislative delegation heard a number of issues during a meeting Tuesday morning, but none was more heated a debate than a pilot program planned for the county’s transit agency. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority CEO Brad Miller had just two minutes to list his legislative priorities this session. That includes a $1 million ask for final design funding for the proposed Central Avenue Bus Rapid Transit line that would create an express route from connecting downtown St.…

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Dana Young says she’s all-in on Uber debate

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House Republican Leader Dana Young has stood aside while other lawmakers tried to suss out how to regulate hired-car outfits like Uber and Lyft. But her time on the sidelines is over, she told FloridaPolitics.com on Friday. “I will be putting all my energy into this,” said Young, who’s represented her Tampa district since 2010. She didn’t say which of the many competing policy proposals she will eventually support. Young explained that she stayed out of the debate because she was tied up…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.17.15 — The good, bad and ugly from Simi Valley

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Whatever you think about who “won” or “lost” last night’s debate extravaganza from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, can even the most ardent political junkies agree that nearly 5 hours of presidential debates may be a bit too much to handle? My God, that show needed an editor. By the time the question about what female they would put on the $10 bill, the candidates look drained and hardly game for the question. And as far as criticism of…

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Matt Gaetz files – then deletes – Uber preemption bill

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz on Wednesday filed – then speedily withdrew – a bill that would reserve regulation of Uber and other hired-car services to the state. According to House of Representatives records, Gaetz submitted his bill (HB 175) at 8:53 a.m., then withdrew it at 10:30 a.m. Reached by phone, the Fort Walton Beach Republican said it was simply a false start. Related bills are in the pipeline to be filed in upcoming weeks. The 2016 Legislative Session starts in…

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Jeff Brandes talks solar energy, bipartisanship, and the future of the Republican Party

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When state Sen. Jeff Brandes spoke with the St. Petersburg Republican Club, he made it clear that he was ready for a bigger role within the Legislature. “Can the Supreme Court justices hold you guys in contempt of court?” asked an individual in attendance, in regards to the Legislature’s continued failure to redraw congressional districts. “Not to my knowledge,” said Brandes, 39, who represents the Senate’s 22nd District, which includes western Hillsborough and southern Pinellas counties. “But if they did, I…

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