FLORIDA POLITICS
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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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Not that we don't provide spin; we do, and plenty of it. Our perspective appears in post headlines, the subtitles within the post (in bold), and the excerpts from the linked stories we select to quote; we also occasionally provide other links and commentary about certain stories. While our bias should be immediately apparent to any reader, we nevertheless attempt to link to every article, column or editorial about Florida politics in every major online Florida newspaper.

 

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The Blog for Friday, July 22, 2005

Doesn't the State Have its Own Lawyers?

    Apparently not, because they had to spend millions on Hogan & Hartson (the refuge of GOoPer lawyers like, well, soon-to-be Justice Roberts)
    A Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman said Thursday that Hogan & Hartson has received more than $1.2 million in the past two years representing the state in a battle over water rights with the states of Georgia and Alabama. The firm was also recently hired to work on litigation involving the Everglades, although they have yet to charge the state for that work.

    The firm also represents the Scripps Research Institute, which received $310 million in late 2003 to open up a branch in Florida. The contract came by way of Paul Rogers, a former Palm Beach County congressman who sat on the Scripps board and works for the law firm, according to Thomson.

    A Scripps spokesman, Keith McKeown, wouldn't say why the law firm was hired, but confirmed Hogan & Hartson has performed work for the institute for more than a decade.
    "Roberts' role in recount is fuzzy to Bush". It's all ... so ... conveeeenient.

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