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How one Tampa address handles millions in campaign cash, influences elections nationwide (Corrected)

By | 10.24.11 | 3:50 pm

An accounting firm located at 610 South Blvd., Tampa, handles millions in special interest cash for more than 60 political committees that pour money into elections around the state, and around the nation.

With Republican dominance, how long till push for Arizona immigration law here?

By | 11.04.10 | 12:50 pm

With Governor-elect Rick Scott and a strong Republican majority in the Florida legislature, a push for an Arizona-style immigration enforcement law in Florida seems certain.

Norman may be back on the state Senate ballot, but his troubles aren’t over

By | 10.28.10 | 2:00 pm

While an appeals court has all but paved the way for embattled Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman to take the Florida Senate District 12 seat, one of the nation’s largest charitable organizations hasn’t decided whether it can continue to employ him.

Norman, a Republican, has long been the Salvation Army’s Florida community liaison, but even though the Senate hopeful is almost assured the District 12 seat come Nov. 2, his $95,000-a-year job with the charity is not.

State Senate candidate Norman wins appeal, is back on ballot

By | 10.27.10 | 2:22 pm

Florida Senate District 12 hopeful Jim Norman has been placed back on the ballot for the Nov. 2 election by an appeals court.
Norman had been tossed from the ballot by a Leon County circuit judge who ruled he…

Republicans tap replacement should Norman’s appeal fail

By | 10.25.10 | 12:37 pm

Hillsborough and Pasco Republicans have nominated a replacement for embattled Florida Senate District 12 hopeful Jim Norman, should his court appeal to stay on the ballot fail.
Republicans this weekend nominated former Florida House Rep. Rob Wallace to replace…

Norman officially files his appeal to remain on ballot

By | 10.22.10 | 11:31 am

Embattled Florida Senate candidate Jim Norman has officially appealed a circuit court judge’s decision to throw him off the ballot for the District 12 seat for not disclosing a $500,000 gift from a Tampa businessman his wife used to purchase…

Ambler denied, Republicans to pick Norman’s replacement

By | 10.20.10 | 11:03 am

State Rep. Kevin Ambler, R-Tampa, has lost his bid to replace embattled Republican nominee Jim Norman on the ballot for Florida’s District 12 Senate seat.

Early votes for embattled state Senate candidate Norman up in the air

By | 10.19.10 | 3:03 pm

Votes for embattled Republican state Senate hopeful Jim Norman during early voting will count should he remain on the ballot, but if he is tossed, citizens who voted for him early will not get another chance to make their pick for the seat.

Judge strikes Norman from ballot, saying he ‘intentionally’ deceived the public

By | 10.18.10 | 7:57 am

Leon County Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford ruled late Friday that Jim Norman is ineligible for the November ballot, in a case that will establish precedent in Florida — the state has never before had a candidate disqualified from an election…

McCollum, state Rep. Snyder announce details of Arizona-style immigration law for Florida (Updated)

By | 08.11.10 | 3:20 pm

Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum and state Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, chairman of the House Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council released a proposed immigration enforcement bill on Wednesday.

“This legislation will provide new enforcement tools for protecting our citizens and will help our state fight the ongoing problems created by illegal immigration,” said McCollum in a press release. “Florida will not be a sanctuary state for illegal aliens.”

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