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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Cash Flow

    As Senate president Tom Lee talks about lobbyists' influence:
    The tall man in a dark suit holds a drink in one hand while greeting guests at a cocktail reception in the swanky University Club, just blocks from the Capitol.

    One by one, the guests quietly approach and, with a pat on the back, offer a long white envelope, which he accepts with a smile and a nod of appreciation. ...

    He's Tom Lee, the Senate president who this night would raise $300,000 for the Republican Party of Florida, but not without taking a few jabs at the lobbyists who were handing him the checks.
    In the meantime,
    Sen. Steve Geller, D-Hallandale Beach, the incoming minority leader who presided over [an event at the Governor's Club] in which he hoped to bring in as much $20,000 — the cost of two dinners at Lee's event the previous night ....
    "New state Senate president bites the hands that feed him".

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