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Orlando Inc. Every Monday / August 1, 2011  In July, the Central Florida Political Leadership Institute (PLI) held the first of three Mentoring Workshops which are an extension of the initial two and a half day seminar presented at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College in May.  Speakers included BusinessForce President Mike Ketchum who presented, 2011 Political …Read More

Tampa Bay Business Journal / September 9, 2011  Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association President and Chief Executive Officer Carol Dover moderated a panel discussion about online travel companies at a Friday board meeting in Orlando.  Rep. Rick Kriseman, D-St. Petersburg, was among the panelists.  A measure discussed during the 2011 legislative session would have created a tax advantage for out-of-state …Read More

Palm Beach Post Letter to the Editor / September 20, 2011  In response to the Sept. 10 editorial “Where are the details?”, we appreciate the important questions raised.  Recently, Scripps Florida and Tenet Healthcare Corp. announced a partnership that would result in a new Tenet hospital in Palm Beach Gardens near Scripps. The Scripps/Tenet proposal has been trumpeted as a …Read More

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) announced the schedule of events for the Presidency 5 Convention and Straw Poll to be held at the Orange County Convention Center on Saturday.  Republican elected officials and presidential contenders will address 5,000 delegates and activists throughout the final day of the 3 day meeting and convention.  The schedule is provided below.  8:00 a.m. …Read More

Florida, a top tourist destination, is also home to some of the finest hospitality businesses in the world.  The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA) is proud to represent this vital industry. Recently, our board of directors met to assemble a comprehensive list of policy issues that we believe is critical to the furtherance of a pro-family and pro-business tourism …Read More

On behalf of Jupiter Medical Center, we believe that important factors were not included in the most recent Palm Beach Post editorial about the Tenet hospital on the Scripps campus (“Give the public its payoff.”) We believe the public should consider these factors when evaluating the value of the project. First, Tenet official Marsha Powers stated at an Aug. 9 …Read More

James A. Barnes, Special to CNN (CNN) — As the Republican presidential campaign heads toward a critical showdown in the Florida primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to have rebounded from his second-place finish in South Carolina and is poised to score a victory over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to a CNN survey of Sunshine State GOP …Read More

James A. Barnes, Special to CNN  (CNN) — As Florida Republican operatives look past Tuesday’s primary, they are clear about what it will take to carry their state in November — winning swing voters.  While the 2012 GOP presidential race has sometimes seemed like a competition among the Republican White House hopefuls over who can appeal to the party’s hard …Read More

As the Florida Senate maps for 2012 are currently under Supreme Court review, and with many incumbents in both legislative bodies having not adjusted their originally-filed seat numbers for the summer and fall campaigns, we had to make a decision for our 1st quarter 2012 legislative campaign finance reports.    Rather than speculate, and rather than potentially add to the confusion, …Read More

Full-time Account Executive On 3 Public Relations, LLC Tallahassee, Florida Salary: Commensurate with Experience On 3 Public Relations On3PR is currently seeking to fill a full-time, mid-level position to serve as account executive for the Tallahassee-based public relations and communications firm. The qualified candidate will serve as a liaison to On3PR clients, including corporate, non-profit, and political issue/campaign projects. Salary …Read More