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New governor could use Palm Beach County seat to shake up South Florida Water Management District
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsGov.-elect Rick Scott???s first opportunity to potentially change the direction of the South Florida Water Management District comes from filling the Palm Beach County vacancy on the agency???s nine-member board. The governor appoints the members of the...Tags: Government, Rick Scott, Florida Legislature, South Florida Water Management District, U.S. House of Representatives
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Governor's budget cuts could change the South Florida Water Management District
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsGov. Rick Scott???s proposed state budget cuts could cost the South Florida Water Management District $100 million, which district officials say would force significant changes at the agency that oversees flood control, water supply and Everglades...Tags: Government, Rick Scott, South Florida Water Management District, Florida Legislature, Government Debt
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Chairman could soon be out at the South Florida Water Management District
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsA new governor means a changing of the guard could be on the way for the South Florida Water Management District. The four-year-term of District Chairman Eric Buermann expires in March. As chairman, Buermann leads the nine-member board that oversees......Tags: Government, Rick Scott, South Florida Water Management District, Regional Authority, Republican Party
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Donor 'transparency' doesn't apply to state political parties
TALLAHASSEE — With the 60-day lawmaking session complete, Florida legislators are wasting no time getting back to what they do the other 10 months of the year: raising copious amounts of cash from wealthy donors and companies. And thanks to a...
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AT&T, Genting, Internet cafes and Big Sugar pay the most to lobby
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Companies, interest-groups and local governments paid $123 million to lobby the Florida Legislature last year, led by phone giant AT&T, Malaysian casino giant Genting, U.S. Sugar Corp., and an Oklahoma-based Internet sweepstakes cafe... -
Disney World ‘flexing its bicep’ in Florida elections
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWalt Disney World has spent nearly $2.5 million on political candidates and causes in Florida so far this election cycle, according to an Orlando Sentinel review of state records, as the giant resort attempts to influence elections from the Keys to the... -
Florida Chamber pays for TV ads for Rep. Scott Plakon
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThe Florida Chamber of Commerce has begun airing television ads to help Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon of Longwood in his tough re-election battle with Democrat Karen Castor Dentel. The chamber has paid more than $60,000 worth of air time so far on... -
Lawyers, Internet cafes, sugar helping finance Castor Dentel group
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelKaren Castor Dentel, the Maitland Democrat challenging Republican Rep. Scott Plakon in one of Florida’s most closely watched state House races, has a new fundraising weapon. Castor Dentel recently signed on with a fundraising committee, known as &#... -
Florida Chamber sends mailers touting Marco Pena in HD 49
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelThe Florida Chamber of Commerce, which has been paying for television ads promoting Longwood Republican Rep. Scott Plakon in House District 30, is now sending mailers promoting the GOP candidate in a neighboring House race, too. The chamber mailers are... -
Across Florida, legislative candidates sidestep fundraising caps
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelIt may be the least effective law in Florida. For two decades, Florida has barred candidates for local or state office from accepting more than $500 from a single donor per election. And yet, more than ever this election cycle, candidates for the... -
Who’s paying for those fliers and ads? Disney, FPL, GEO Group, assorted m/billionaires
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — With heated legislative primaries going full-steam in Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville, we thought we'd go back and take a minute to highlight who some of the biggest financiers of these campaigns turned out to be. For the last quarter,... -
House Republicans underwrite Osceola election petition drive
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTop Republican lawmakers in the Florida House of Representatives – and some of the interest groups trying to influence them – have pumped more than $20,000 into a petition drive in Osceola County to make county commission elections non-...
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