Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 5.6.21
Let’s start the morning with some great news about two really good people:
Aly is a vice president of Accounts with On3PR, while
Omar is deputy chief of staff to Speaker
Chris Sprowls.
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@NickConfessore: The fact that this private corporate administrative decision is being covered as something akin to a Supreme Court ruling â rightly so, I think â is the best illustration I can imagine of the sheer power Facebook has achieved over the public square
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@BostonJoan: Imagine spending millions to offload blame only to have it returned like a bill lost in the mail, which is now overdue.
Delegation for 3.9.21: No gridlock? â supercharged â fuzzy math â space race â women on top
Division but no gridlock
Maybe itâs the lingering divisiveness of the presidential election. Maybe itâs the math of the most closely divided Congress in generations. But in the last two weeks, several pieces of major legislation passed that split the Florida delegation sharply along party lines, with the rest of Capitol Hill deviating little beyond that.
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All narrowly made it over the finish line in the House. All rallied every Democrat behind them. None picked up support from a Florida Republican, even if GOP members had backed identical bills in past years. In the case of the American Rescue Plan, better known as the coronavirus relief package, the legislation ended up carved into parts to pass in the Senate through budget votes, passing 5-49. Republican Sen.
Charlie Crist and David Jolly may be headed for rematch in 2022 governorâs race
Crist unseated Jolly in 2016 for the St. Pete congressional seat. But Jollyâs expected run next year as a third party candidate for governor is being seen as a gift for Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Democrat Charlie Crist, left, unseated Republican incumbent David Jolly for St. Petersburg s congressional seat in 2016. SCOTT KEELER | Times (2016)
By William March
Could there be a Charlie Crist/David Jolly rematch in 2022?
Both Democrat Crist and Jolly, whoâs leading a new third party called the Serve America Movement, appear to be serious about running for governor next year.