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Lobbying a lucrative cap for a legislator's career
TALLAHASSEE – You have to forgive Florida's reform-minded lawmakers if they don't want to preclude all their current colleagues from cashing in as lobbyists. This week, the Senate amended its sweeping ethics reform bill (SB 2) to allow current...
Tags: Don Gaetz, Politics, Republican Party, Ethics, Hallandale Beach
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Reasons for optimism about recovery?
Dare I say it? Things are looking up for businesses. It's too early to call the economic recovery a solid upturn. The current upward path is still plastered with warning signs: "Beware potential dips ahead." Yet three developments during the past week...Tags: Business, Walt Disney, Amusement and Theme Parks, Trials, Politics
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It's refreshing to see so many rotten bills put down
There are so many astoundingly bad things happening in Tallahassee these days that it's easy to get overwhelmed and depressed.
But I'm not going to let that happen.
Think of today's column as a verbal dose of Prozac — a pick-me-up in the form of...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Laws, Sports, Politics, Jack Nicklaus
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Bill to shutter Internet cafes, adult arcades goes to the gov
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – South Florida senior arcades are likely going out of business. Lawmakers sent a measure to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday that would outlaw Internet cafes, senior arcades and maquinitas. “There is nothing in this bill that is going... -
Senate panel votes unanimously to shut down Internet cafes
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Despite pleas from senior citizens and arcade owners, a Florida Senate panel voted unanimously Tuesday to shutter Internet cafes, adult arcades and South Florida maquinitas. “We do not allow gambling in the state of Florida... -
Senate budget chief wants to eliminate insurance industry tax break and roll back vehicle tag fees
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelA top senator said Thursday that he will introduce legislation to eliminate a nearly 30-year-old tax break for insurance companies and use the estimated $220 million in savings to roll back the annual car registration fees paid by the state's drivers. &#... -
Thrasher on Medicaid: We’re looking for ideas
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — A leading Senate Republican said that the Senate is looking for ways to get health care for the the more than 800,000 low-income uninsured Floridians who would qualify for Medicaid if the state expanded the program under the Affordable... -
Parks, beaches may be next target for smoking bans
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Jennifer Curington, Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE— Local governments would get the authority to ban smoking at beaches, parks, sports facilities and other outdoor areas under a bill moving through the Florida Legislature – but enforcement... -
Gaetz/Gardiner and Co. use FSU-Clemson game to raise coin
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — While the game is a sellout, there is apparently room for some like-minded and deep-pocketed Republicans to watch Saturday night's much-hyped Florida State-Clemson football game alongside some of the Legislature's most powerful... -
And the legislative budget games begin: Senate wants bigger reserves
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Just when you thought Florida was out of the financial ditch, state lawmakers want to pull it back in — at least rhetorically. The Senate Appropriations Committee opened its first post-2012 elections hearing Wednesday with... -
House Speaker Dean Cannon jumps from legislating to lobbying
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelNow that his time as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives has ended, Dean Cannon is making his next career move: lobbying the state government that he spent the past two years helping to lead. The Republican lawyer, who had represented the... -
Greer wire: “Jesus Christ, what did I do with all that money?”
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — With his criminal trial dragging out, his reputation tattered and his family on food stamps, ousted Florida Republican Chairman Jim Greer may be nearing the end of a four-year political drama that has captivated the state's political...
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