• Most Recent
• Highest Rated
• Hot Comments

Naked Politics

• Gov. Scott leaves his official email account off state transparency website

  Gov. Rick Scott said he was championing transparency in May when he gave the public access to his emails by posting them online for anyone to see.

  But what he failed to say at his May 3 news conference launching Project Sunburst was that the emails he made public were [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Absentee-ballot fraud case tolls on Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez's reelection

  In a bid to stem the political fallout over potential absentee-ballot fraud, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has asked key campaign consultants to state in writing that they did not hire two women under investigation for illegally collecting ballots.

  A dozen paid operatives began signing the notarized affidavits over the weekend, as [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Dr. Gisela Salas, chief of state elections division, resigns

  Dr. Gisela Salas, director of the state Division of Elections, has resigned effective Aug. 1 to take a job closer to her family in Ocala.

  Salas' resignation was made public Monday afternoon in an email that her boss, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, sent to Florida's 67 county election supervisors. Because her departure comes at a [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Pam Bondi splitting time between Tallahassee and Tampa

  Attorney General Pam Bondi seems to be everywhere these days — stumping for Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, schmoozing with Rudy Giuliani in Tampa or talking about health care on Fox News.

  Everywhere, except Tallahassee.

  A rising star in the national Republican Party, Bondi appears to be often working from a Tampa [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Embarrassing statements abound -- for witnesses too -- in Greer case

  There is a bit of bad news for some of the witnesses slated to testify at the trial of former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer.

  A four-page report that apparently includes some embarrassing accusations against witnesses is a public record, says Orlando Circuit Judge Marc L. Lubet in an [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Republican Jewish Coalition's "Buyer's Remorse" ads to run in FL in September

  In keeping with today's all-things-Jewish political coverage comes this: The Republican Jewish Coalition announced a $6.5 million ad campaign featuring voters who have "buyers remorse" over voting for Obama. The RJC says it has reserved $1.6 million in time in September in Florida.

  Obama supporters countered today by pointing [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Connie Mack hosts Palmetto Bay meet & greet at Republican Victory Center

  Rep. Connie Mack's hosting a meet & greet Tuesdayon behalf of his campaign and the campaign of Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, for whom Mack stumped in the January Florida primary.

  Doors Open at 1:30PM

  Location: Victory Center, 8590 SW 152nd St

   

  [...]
  Share  |  Rate

• Why Mitt Romney's FL Jewish outreach won't be easy

  Mitt Romney’s high-profile trip to Israel has renewed political speculation about the inroads Republicans could make with Jewish voters this presidential election year.
  
  But the Republican outreach probably won’t yield significantly more Jewish votes, according to interviews with Jewish voters, voting studies and experts.
  
  That doesn’t mean, however, [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Integrity Florida unveils possible lawmaker conflicts

  Legislators and top state officials accepted at least $101,449 in gifts from non-lobbyists so far in 2012, according to a report released Monday by Tallahassee-based Integrity Florida.
  
  Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development organization, for example, paid $12,724 for Lieutenant Gov. Jennifer Carrolls' trade mission to South Africa [...]

  Share  |  Rate

• Gov. Scott sticks to his guns, fires back appeal to 'Docs-vs.-Glocks' ruling

  Gov. Rick Scott is appealing yet another court ruling, and appears convinced that his interpretation of the Constitution is more valid than that of the federal judge who struck down the so-called “Docs-vs.-Glocks” law, which banned doctors from asking patients about gun ownership in most cases.

  The 2011 law, sponsored by [...]

  Share  |  Rate