State of Sunshine on PoHo

March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget to check out Creative Loafing’s Political Whore blog. Each day I am posting a preview of the bills and issues heard in the Florida Legislature.
The State of Sunshine on PoHo… Check it out!
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State of Sunshine on Twitter

March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’ve had a Twitter account for some time, but have more recently started using it more. Actually, my issue has been not wanting to use my mobile phone for Twitter — but I installed TweetDeck as my primary “tweet” interface.
So, if you’re on Twitter - feel free to follow me: http://twitter.com/StateOfSunshine.
Anyone have suggestions those [...]

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Jim Johnson joins PoHo on CreativeLoafing.com

February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As many of you may have discovered, I was invited to join the team at Wayne Garcia’s Political Whore blog on CreativeLoafing.com. Quite a few Tampa Bay bloggers on both sides of the aisle have joined an expanded team to provide a broader range of posts.
I am honored to be among the team asked [...]

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State of Sunshine Welcomes Two New Contributors

February 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

The State of Sunshine welcomes Angelette Aviles and Steve van Gorden to the list of contributors.
Angelette provides much insight to what motivates Hispanics as well as the general market through her communications firm, Americas Marketing & Graphics. She received a Political Science degree from the University of South Florida and is currently serving [...]

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Ron Paul endorses Mark Cross for RPOF Chairman

December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Mark Cross is a personal friend of mine and in my opinion would make a fine RPOF Chairman if elected by the Republican State Committee. We serve together on the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida board. I am currently an At-large member and Mark is the Treasurer. Mark is an accountant by trade and served [...]

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Republicans must work better together in Florida

December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I am in a unique position to report on the development of the post-Bush Republican Party in Northwest Florida, one of the most conservative parts of the nation. There is a strong military presence here. McCain won here, with over 56,600 votes to Obama’s 23,600, despite no real monetary support($5,000) from RPOF (Republican Party of [...]

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I asked myself a few questions as a Republican…

November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

What are the lessons you learned from the 2008 McCain campaign in Bay County, Florida?
I learned that we have a lot of highly motivated, well-informed and enthusiastic volunteers, led by Teresa Eaton, Glen Leirer and Melissa Hagan, that really rose to the occasion when money was hard to come by in difficult economic times. They [...]

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Jim Johnson to appear on ABC Action News Webcast Tonight

November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Two years ago, Brendan McLaughlin invited me to participate in the ABC Action News webcast to talk about state and local results. I am honored to be invited back.
So check out the Webcast starting at 7:00pm tonight. I was invited to be on from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/

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Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida endorses Mark Mulligan for US Congress (FL- Dist 2)

October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida has officially endorsed
Republican Mark Mulligan of Panama City in his race for the US
Congressional District 2 of Florida.
Mark, a 6th-generation Floridian and son of two Bay County educators,
is a 1979 graduate of Bay High School in Panama City, where he was
Captain of the Wrestling Team for 2 years and [...]

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Amendment 5 debate in Panama City

August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I attended the Amendment 5 debate on August 13 at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City. Senator Haridopolis (R-Indiatlantic) was there to represent the opposition to this constitutional amendment known as the “tax swap” amendment. He began his remarks discussing the phrase “holding education harmless”. The Florida Legislature will have to find $11 billion [...]

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