As I predicted, my comments about Michael Hussey led to a response. As I previously stated, Michael’s response is sloppy and inaccurate: Kenneth Quinnell is leaving the Kendrick Meek campaign. The official reason is to spend more time with his family and he can’t make the move to Miami. The Meek campaign is taking on […]

The Republican Party of Florida had three attempts today of going after Democrats by trying to spin things to make them look bad. It didn’t work out so well… Attempt 1: “Boyd Flip-Flops on Social Security” 2005: As President Bush argued for Social Security reform during his State of the Union address, many of the […]

September 15 will be my last day with the Kendrick Meek campaign. I was effectively laid off based on two reasons: 1. I couldn’t move to Miami to work out of the campaign headquarters. I am the divorced father of three young children, at least one of whom is special needs, and I can’t live […]

Friends, The last year has been a real journey and I couldn't imagine it without you. And now Democrats are united to bring fresh ideas and accountability to Tallahassee. I am proud that my friend Senator Dave Aronberg endorsed me and joined me on our Unity Tour because it offers a stark difference to the Republicans division. […]

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: Sept. 7, 2010 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411 Does Rick Scott Want to Privatize Social Security Too? The Scott-Carroll Team is on Record Wanting to Privatize Medicare, Medicaid, VA Hospitals - and Now Social Security Last week, Floridians found out that disgraced healthcare CEO Rick Scott wa […]

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: Sept. 06, 2010 Contact: Eric Jotkoff; (850) 222-3411 Florida Democratic Party's Campaign For Accountability Ramps Up Hispanic Outreach As part of the Florida Democratic Party's commitment to reach out to the growing Hispanic community in Florida, the Campaign for Accountability announced […]

Liz Sharpe-Taylor Director of New Media Fair Districts Florida Two weeks ago, Floridians watched exclusive outtakes of the move Gerrymandering (to be released in theatres in October) at nearly 70 house parties across the state to support Amendments 5 & 6. Now, the video is available […]

FYI, I'm about to greatly grow the size of this list. The idea is for this list to get message from all of the relevant actors in Florida and their press releases and action alerts so that bloggers (and other activists) can find all of these things in one place. That being said, this will greatly increase the amount of traffic on the list. To avoid maki […]

UPDATE: Florida Democratic Party's Campaign for Accountability 2010 adds second Unity Rally in Orlando. NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: Aug. 28th, 2010 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411 *****MEDIA ADVISORY***** Campaign for Accountability 2010 to Host Unity Rallies Floridians are ready for a new kind of leadership in Ta […]

Dear Friends, When I dropped my son Will off for his first day of school a little more than a week ago, you know who I didn't see in the classroom? Senate President Jeff Atwater. But that's not because he didn't want to be there. He tried his best last session to take over Will's classroom and classrooms all over the state with his disast […]

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: Sept. 3, 2010 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411 Scott Brings Up Even More Questions for Floridians with Carroll's LG Rollout As news reports showed, Scott's insider selection of Jennifer Carroll as his running mate in his race to defraud Floridians and take our state in the wrong dir […]

NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY For Immediate Release: Sept. 2, 2010 Contact: Eric Jotkoff, (850) 222-3411 Another Twist in the Sordid Career History of Rick Scott. What ELSE Is He Hiding? Today the St. Petersburg Times unveils another chapter in the shameful career history of disgraced executive Rick Scott: As he was overseeing the largest Medicare f […]

Dear Friends, Am I the only one who has noticed Rick Scott's complete 180 on how he talks about the corrupt Republican establishment since he has become the Republican nominee for Governor? For months Rick Scott attacked the Tallahassee Republican insiders, even talking about how the Republican establishment was crying in their cocktails over his win. […]