Word on the street is that Frank Terraferma has left his post as RPOF House Campaigns guru and Faron Boggs has replaced him in overseeing the campaign operation (Mat Bahl will have the title of Chief of Staff). Terraferma is one of the longest serving RPOF staffers in history. He began his tenure in the…
Jamie Grant faces a write-in candidate in the April 21, 2015 general election and will be, unless lightning strikes, returning to the Florida House of Representatives. His primary opponent Miriam Steinberg refused to pay the qualifying fee – arguing that her qualifying fee paid in the general election, which was the subject of a lawsuit…
This race saw the involvement of John Kirtley’s school voucher movement and a rare loss for their team. Their goal is to pass laws allowing parents to place their child in a private school using public money. When they engage, they almost always win. Traditionally, school vouchers are an issue fought out only in Republican…
Rep. Reggie Fullwood easily cruised to victory in the House District 13 special election. He won 63.7% of the vote in the primary election and 57% in the general election. The Florida Democratic Party openly supported Fullwood in the primary. He easily swept the general against Jeff Jefferson, an unknown, underfunded Republican candidate. The Republican…
R Street’s R.J. Lehmann has written a thoughtful report showing how Florida finances its enormous hurricane risk on the backs of consumers; and makes suggestions for reforms that could strengthen the property insurance market. Read the full article here.
In late December, there was a lot of news about the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) list of the safest motor vehicles for 2015. The list was impressive—71 vehicles—even though the Chrysler 200 was the only U.S. car on the Top Safety Pick+ list. Focusing on real-world situations, IIHS has been encouraging auto makers…
If you watched the news or have paid attention to the headlines recently, you’ve seen the reports of a near miss between a JetBlue flight and a Caribbean Airlines flight at John F. Kennedy International airport in New York on Jan. 19. You’ve also no doubt seen extensive coverage of the AirAsia crash on…
BY REPRESENTATIVE DAVID SANTIAGO Special to The Tampa Tribune Published: January 23, 2015 Imagine this: You wake up to find your kitchen flooded from a broken pipe. You frantically call a water extractor who arrives and says, “Don’t worry. Just sign these forms and we’ll handle everything.” The truth is, you’ve just signed away control…
Although the chances of dying in a crash in a late-model vehicle have fallen by more than one-third in three years, the gap between the safest and riskiest models remains wide, according to a new report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Among 2011 models—the most recent year included in the study—three cars…
Can the integrity of Florida’s elected judges be protected by recusals and campaign contribution limits or is the judicial canon banning direct contribution solicitation by candidates still needed? That’s one of the arguments the U.S. Supreme Court was set to consider on January 20 (after this News went to press) when it had scheduled oral…