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• Ethics commission finds Sachs left off condo from disclosure form but drops complaint

  The Florida Commission on Ethics has found probable cause to conclude that Sen. Maria Sachs failed to properly disclose a Tallahassee condominium on her annual financial disclosure forms for three years but, because Sachs amended her forms to correct the omission, the commission chose not to pursue any further action. 

  The [...]

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• Crist to rally Democrats in Rick Scott's hometown

  Charlie Crist's next step in his effort to to connect with grass-roots Democrats will be on Saturday morning -- in Gov. Rick Scott's hometown of Naples.

  Crist is the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Democratic Women's Club of Collier County. The club's web site describes Crist as [...]

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• Glitch in new law to abolish CCEs sets up a summer dead zone for fundraisers

  Florida’s attempt to outlaw political slush funds has created a fundraising snafu that could inadvertently put political committees out of business for three months this summer – and potentially complicate fundraising for Miami’s mayoral race.

  The new law, which took effect May 1 (HB 569), prohibits Committees of Continuous Existence from accepting contributions after July 31, allows [...]

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• Mysteriously financed mailer links shadow candidate to Rep. Joe Garcia camp

  @MarcACaputo and @Patricia Mazzei

  As rivals call on the FBI to examine a former mystery opponent of Congressman Joe Garcia, the Miami Herald has uncovered a new connection between them: Both used the same print shop for campaign mailers.
  
  But the print shop, Image Plus Graphics, isn’t the only tie [...]

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• TMZ asks: Is Pam Bondi the hottest AG in America?

  Attorney General Pam Bondi's criticism of the Broward County judge who sentenced Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson to 30 days in the slammer has landed her even more attention from celebrity gossip website TMZ. This time it comes in the form of one of the site's recurring, but sorta creepy "Who'd [...]

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• Obama's bipartisan election commission to hold Miami meeting. But you have to register to go?

  @MarcACaputo

  The bipartisan election-reform commission established by President Obama will meet for a day in Miami -- the focal point for the state's most-recent election meltdown.

  The Presidential Commission on Election Administration is scheduled to meet all day Friday June 28 at Miami's downtown federal courthouse to take testimony and public comments [...]

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• Obama's bipartisan election commission to hold Miami meeting.

  @MarcACaputo

  The bipartisan election-reform commission established by President Obama will meet for a day in Miami -- the focal point for the state's most-recent election meltdown.

  The Presidential Commission on Election Administration is scheduled to meet all day Friday, June 28 at the University of Miami to take testimony and public comments [...]

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• GOP wins big in Northwest Florida House district in first vote since rejecting Medicaid expansion

  Florida Democrats hoping the fight over Medicaid expansion and the sequester would win them support with those who depend on federal funding won’t find much encouragement in Tuesday’s special election for House District 2.

  In the first referendum since House Republicans bypassed more than $50 billion in federal aid for health [...]

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• Bondi criticizes judge who sentenced 'Ochocinco' to jail

  Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson made national headlines this week when his courtroom antic resulted in a surprise 30-day jail sentence. Americans seemed to split into two camps: those who agreed Johnson deserved jail time for disrespecting the court and those who believed it was overkill by Broward County Judge Kathleen McHugh.

  Count [...]

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• GOP targets Democrats with robo calls urging them to 'free Nan Rich'

  Putting its money where its mouth is, the Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday launched a robo-call campaign aimed at loyal Democrats urging them to "free Nan Rich" and let the underdog candidate for governor speak at the party’s annual fundraising dinner this weekend.

  “Hi. I’m calling on behalf of the Republican Party of [...]

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