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Florida slowly improving its economic-development accountability
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – Florida's economic-development strategy for years has been a taxpayer-financed piggy bank handing out big bucks to companies that made grand job-creation promises and were seldom held accountable for their flops. That's been changing... -
New diverse faces, challenges, emerge in Tallahassee
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature's new class of legislators are taking the oath in Tallahassee today, and a host of challenges await them. All told, 44 new House members and 15 new senators are taking office, some new and some re-treads. In the... -
Weatherford, Gaetz, promising to change the Capitol culture
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The two men taking the reins of the Florida Legislature this week are a character-study of shifting political eras. Incoming House Speaker Will Weatherford is the epitome of how term limits have accelerated the race to power: The... -
Gaetz: Counties to blame for election fallout?
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — New Senate President Don Gaetz wants to usher in ethics reform and greater health-care access, but he also pledged Tuesday to get to the bottom of this month's election fiasco — and he is pointing a finger at South Florida... -
Gaetz talks ethics, higher ed and voting in speech
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, was officially sworn in as the Senate President for 2012-2014 and promised to make changes in the state leading to stricter ethical guidelines for lawmakers, improved elections and a better higher... -
Senate releases committee list
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Senate has released its Committee list for the 2013 legislative session. In key positions: Senate President Pro Tempore Garrett Richter will head the new committee on gambling. Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, will... -
Republican legislative candidates maneuvering in leadership races
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelIt’s the one vote that candidates for the Florida Legislature can cast even before they are elected: Whom to support for the powerful posts of speaker of the House or president of the Senate. And some of the Republican candidates in Central Florida&... -
Gaetz, Smith blocking DEO attempt to take over its incentive monitoring
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE – On the heels of another major economic incentive deal gone bust, two top Florida senators are blocking an attempt by Gov. Rick Scott's job-creation agency to take over monitoring of the millions paid out to companies for creating jobs.... -
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... -
Scott and Jindal raising coin at LSU-Florida game
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal plan to raise cash together this Saturday in Gainesville ahead of the top-ten football showdown between No. 4-ranked LSU and the No. 10-ranked Florida Gators. The cash is for... -
After a dour half-decade, Florida budget picture inches closer to ‘rosy’
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — For the first time in five years, Florida policymakers are looking at a horizon free of projected budget shortfalls, thanks to growing tax collections and cuts to classrooms, road-building and the state’s social safety net. The... -
Incoming Senate Prez: Hukill will win ‘handily’
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — If incoming Senate President Don Gaetz has anything to say about it, state Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, will be a member of the Senate come November. “I would expect Dorothy to win and I think she'll win rather handily,...
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