Scott's ethics rule: transition team banned from lobbying admin for 1 year
Gov.-elect Rick Scott made the first policy announcement of his transition Wednesday, imposing a one-year lobbying ban on any member of his transition team and naming Gov. Charlie Crist's open...
View ArticleHispanic Dem lawmaker rips own party
Check out this tough letter to Karen Thurman, the likely outgoing chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, from her former vice chairman, state Rep. Luis Garcia of Miami Beach. Garcia, by the way,...
View ArticleBacklash against Nelson's pick for state party chair
As if Republicans needed something else to gloat about now they have this: a growing tussle over who will replace Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman -- who hasn't even resigned yet. The...
View ArticlePolitico: Rubio, Scott campaigns at the top for 2010
Politico has ranked the best executed campaigns for 2010 and Marco Rubio's come from behind ranks No. 1. Gov-elect Rick Scott also placed in the top. "It’s easy to forget now, but this former Florida...
View ArticleAllen West's chief of staff resigns -- says she won't be part of an...
"I will not be used in an electronic lynching by proxy," radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman just said, announcing why she won't come to Washington to serve as the Broward Republican's chief of staff....
View ArticleFlorida Dems have a suggestion for new West COS
An e-mail from the Florida Democratic Party asks "Will Allen West hire a member of the Outlaws Gang as his new Chief Of Staff? We know Allen West likes to pal around with criminals," party spokesman...
View ArticleAllen West calls into Kaufman's radio show, let's bring the leftwing "to its...
The incoming congressman just called into Joyce Kaufman's radio show and told her while she's taking on the left in South Florida, he'II "fight them on the battle field in Washington DC. "I'm even more...
View ArticleLou Dobbs gives Kaufman some air time
Lou Dobbs says he didn't see Kaufman's remarks on "ballots and guns" as particularly inflammatory, but perhaps not the best choice of words. "There's a lot of hyperbole in what we do," Kaufman said....
View ArticleSteve MacNamara, the Legislature's top earner
More than 60 legislative staffers are pulling in six-figure salaries, but not everyone's getting paid $100k. Senate staff chief and general counsel Stephen MacNamara (on leave from his six-figure...
View ArticleJoyce Kaufman says right-wing media haven't reached out to her
The saga involving conservative radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman continues this afternoon as Kaufman rails against the media on her show on WFTL playing from noon to 3 p.m. today. On Tuesday, an...
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Scott taps his former campaign manager to be his link to lawmakers
Acknowledging the importance of good legislative relations, Gov.-elect Rick Scott announced Friday that he will meet with every member of the legislature, and ever member of Congress, before he is...
View ArticleThurman makes it official: she's out
Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman just released a statement confirming that she will be stepping down. Read it here. Download Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman Announces...
View ArticleDavid Simmons returns! Anitere Flores, Evelyn get Senate posts, too
From a press release: Incoming Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos today announced the appointment of the newly created Republican Conference chair and Majority Whips for the Senate. ·...
View ArticleWhat Bill Nelson is secretly saying about FDP chair
Senator Bill Nelson (the guy who predicted a 4-point Alex Sink victory) just issued a press release saying nice things about outgoing Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman. Here's what his press...
View ArticleMike Haridopolos in a jamb
Comfortably set with a veto-proof majority, incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos has announced he'll ceremoniously remove the doors of the president's office "to symbolize his open door policy...
View ArticleMarco Rubio, Bill Nelson to meet Monday
The two Florida senators -- as of January, anyway -- will meet bring and early Monday morning in Washington D.C. Republican Senator-elect Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson are scheduled to...
View ArticleAG-elect Pam Bondi partied in Vegas with mega-trial lawyer Jim Wilkes
Four days after being elected Florida's next attorney general, Pam Bondi and her fiancé flew to Las Vegas to party with one of the state's most influential trial lawyers, Tampa's Jim Wilkes. It was...
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Dinerstein employs vintage politics -- a negative ad -- in race for RPOF...
Palm Beach County's Sid Dinerstein announced Friday "I'm in" for the race for RPOF chairman. But, according to this mailer found by SaintPetersBlog, he's been in for a while. It's a postcard that...
View ArticleDinerstein says he did not write 'hit' piece on RPOF opponents
Apologies to Sid Dinerstein for repeating an item in SaintPetersblog without first checking with him. (Peter Schorsch's blog has since been updated.) Dinerstein sent out the following email to RPOF...
View ArticleFranklin Sands sides with docs over RX veto
Outgoing House Democratic leader Franklin Sands is asking incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon to not over-ride the veto of a House bill disliked by some docs. Cannon has defended the decision to...
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