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Lawrence Lessig pounds Marco Rubio in his first TV ad

Published on October 8, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Harvard Law professor and Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig is up with his first television ad, and in it he slams Marco Rubio’s alliance with major corporations that are backing his candidacy for president. Lessig’s odds of capturing the nomination may be more remote than Martin O’Malley’s, but because he began raising money this summer before he officially became a candidate, he already has a war chest of over $1 million that he collected from 10,000 donations. Running as a “referendum…

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From horse trading to horse whipping: budget talks break down over economic incentives

Published on June 8, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

A day after Transportation & Economic Development budget conference chair state Sen. Jack Latvala touted his open, public approach to dealmaking with the House, things got testy at a Monday morning meeting as budget offers grew further apart and the conversation was brought to an abrupt end. Committee vice chair state Rep. Clay Ingram, like Latvala a Republican, began to present the House’s second bite of the TED conference apple on Monday, walking through a 10-page packet detailing his chamber’s positions on…

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Florida Bankers’ attacks on credit union plan are pound foolish

Published on March 17, 2015 in Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Last week the Florida Bankers Association released a sheet of talking points aimed at coalescing opposition around state Sen. Rene Garcia‘s legislative initiative — SB 1154 — that would allow credit unions to accept deposits from public sources. The bankers’ document paints the member-owned cooperatives as avaricious monsters feeding at the public trough, though the FBA’s own members — giants like Bank of America, SunTrust, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase are represented on their board — currently profit massively off of deposits originating from taxpayers, partly owing…

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BayWalk auction draws no bidders

Published on February 15, 2009 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

ST. PETERSBURG — No one bid to buy BayWalk at a public auction Friday, meaning the struggling downtown entertainment complex will now become property of the bank Wells Fargo.Wells Fargo attorney Leslie Joughin III opened bidding at $100 for the complex at the end of a foreclosure sale held at the St. Petersburg courthouse. No one made a counter bid. Joughin said he was surprised by the lack of bidders. He declined further comment. BayWalk fell to foreclosure last month…

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