Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.16.21
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First in Sunburn â A new poll of the impending Special Election in Floridaâs 20th Congressional District shows a packed field with many voters still undecided. But Broward Commissioner
Dale Holness and state Sen.
Perry Thurston appear to hold an advantage among the rumored and declared candidates.
Dale Holness and Perry Thurston are holding an advantage to succeed the late Alcee Hastings.
The Public Policy Polling survey, obtained by Florida Politics, was commissioned by a Democratic consultant working in the race. The survey polled 416 likely Democratic primary voters, giving them three different possible fields to replace the late U.S. Rep.
Florida Is Latest Hot Spot for Anti-Protest Legislation
Tear down a Confederate flag in Florida and a protester could be headed to prison. Itâs all part of the same national movement to silence dissent in the wake of the George Floyd uprising.
Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP
Protesters in St. Petersburg, Florida, demonstrate against police brutality following the police killing of George Floyd, May 30, 2020.
Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvinâs knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a weekâs worth of rallies and sit-ins. On June 6, those protests reached a dramatic peak as protesters linked arms on the Pensacola Bay Bridge on the westernmost edge of the Florida Panhandle. As they blocked traffic, protesters demanded that the cityâs mayor come to the bridge to respond to their policing reform demands. Mayor Grover Robinson soon arrived in a bright-yellow rain jacket.
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