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Behind would-be Democratic candidate Charlie Crist, a loose-knit crew of advisers
If former Gov. Charlie Crist runs against Gov. Rick Scott as a Democrat, he will lean on a select group for political advice.
PolitiFact Florida
Super PAC attacks Lois Frankel over pay raise, jobs record
PolitiFact Florida checks out claims against Democrat Lois Frankel, who is running for Congress against Republican Adam Hasner.
PolitiFact Florida
The statement: Says Lois Frankel “took a 40 percent pay raise” as mayor while West Palm Beach “lost jobs.”
YG Action Fund on Sept. 28in a television ad.
The ruling: The YG Action PAC said that “Frankel took a 40 percent pay raise as mayor.’’ Frankel did form a committee to explore whether she should get a pay raise and that resulted in a 40 percent boost — an extra $35,750 — in 2004. However, the ad omits, among other things, the context for that raise: The mayor’s salary hadn’t increased since 1998 and after she got the raise in 2004, her salary remained set at $125,000 a year until she left office in 2011.
We rate this claim: Half True.
Politifact Florida is a partnership between The Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald to check out truth in politics.
By Amy Sherman
PolitiFact Florida
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Regalado said Thursday’s 3-2 commission vote was “flawed and unfair” to the city’s rank-and-file employees.
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PROPERTY INSURANCE
Hue and cry grows over deal for Scott donor
The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million deal with a new insurance company continues to grow. The latest critic: House Speaker Will Weatherford.By Toluse OlorunnipaHerald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
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