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• Big-time GOP donor says George LeMieux knew about secret contract in criminal case

  Harry Sargeant III, former finance chair for the Florida Republican of Party says he and other party officials knew all about it when former GOP chairman Jim Greer and the party's executive director took over fundraising operations.

  The accusations aim at the heart of a statewide grand jury indictment accusing Greer [...]

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• Casinos on the 2014 ballot? Political committee lays the groundwork

  After failing to persuade the Florida Legislature to pass a bill to open South Florida to mega resort casinos, gambling interests have taken the first steps to bring the issue directly to voters in 2014.

  A political committee under the name of “New Jobs and Revenues for Florida” was created April [...]

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• Rick Scott allows Adam Putnam's energy bill to become law

  Gov. Rick Scott approved Adam Putnam's energy proposal Friday by allowing it to become law without his signature.

  Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

  In a letter usually reserved for vetoes, Scott praised HB 7117 for stripping unnecessary regulation and repealing the renewable portfolio standard mandate.

  Echoing tea party concerns voiced loudly [...]

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• Better late than never? Energy bill supporters rally Rick Scott with last-minute campaign

  Gov. Rick Scott's office is getting an earful from people who like Adam Putnam's energy bill, the Legislature's first energy package in years.

  As Scott's Saturday deadline nears, supporters have tripled the number of calls to his office from earlier in the week, when they trailed opponents by a huge gap.

  The [...]

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• The week in PolitiFact Florida: communists, cocaine, monkeys and redistricting records

  Take a look at our fact-checks posted this week on politifact.com/florida.

  A mailer from U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan says Barack Obama's administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act." Speaking of Obama, he swung through Florida this week to promote the "Buffett Rule." He claimed 98 percent [...]
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• Miami-Dade GOP elects Ben Powell new chairman

  As we predicted earlier this week, the Miami-Dade Republican Party picked Ben Powell of Palmetto Bay as its new chairman. Powell ran unopposed and was elected by acclamation by the local Republican Executive Committee Thursday night.

  According to a party press release, Powell gave a speech at the meeting addressing [...]

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• Connie Mack's gas prices-are-too-damn-high letter to President Obama

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  MIAMI - With gas prices soaring to over $4 a gallon in Florida this week, Congressman Connie Mack sent an open letter to President Obama upon his latest visit to Tampa today:
   
  Dear Mr. President:
   
  In the Tampa area today, regular gas is priced at the Sunoco on [...]

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• Connie Mack camp: George LeMieux's 'lackluster' campaign=paltry cash haul

  From the Connie Mack campign on George LeMieux's fundraising:

  "George LeMieux continues to raise less and less with each passing quarter, while Connie Mack raises more and more.  George LeMieux's weak fundraising performance is because his lackluster campaign of desperation has turned off supporters and, according to the latest Rasmussen poll, [...]

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• Scott picks banker to lead jobs agency

  Gov. Rick Scott has appointed a Florida banking executive to oversee the state's top economic development agency.

  Hunting Deutsch, the vice president of Wealth Management at BankUnited, will lead the Department of Economic Opportunity, starting Monday.

  He replaces Doug Darling, who left the agency abruptly in January.

  Deutsch has spent more than 30 [...]

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• George LeMieux: I raised $305k (but nearly tying Connie Mack with $1.2 million in bank)

  From a press release:

  Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – George LeMieux today released his fundraising totals for the first quarter, reporting $1.2 million cash on hand, over $2 million raised to date, and $305,752 raised in the first three months of 2012.
  
  “Cash on hand is what matters most and LeMieux [...]

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