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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 Friday, October 14, 2005

"Be Glad To Meet"

    Delightful:
    Randal Perkins, a Republican Party contributor [(Perkins and his wife, AshBritt President Saily Perkins have made at least $123,000 in donations to state and federal candidates since 2001)] who runs a Pompano Beach-based firm that won a $500 million federal contract to clean up Hurricane Katrina debris in Mississippi, has turned to Gov. Jeb Bush several times with e-mails touting his company and seeking state business, documents released by the governor's office showed Thursday.
    Why waste time with middle men, the "Firm's owner went directly to [the]governor" to reap the spoils. And "Jeb!" knows who butters his bread:
    Three months ago, on July 20, Perkins wrote the governor, "It was great seeing you in Pensacola with Sen. [Mel] Martinez and Sen. [Bill] Nelson last week ... If it's possible I would like to meet with the new secretary of transportation to discuss disaster response ... I think that a little more planning prior to events can go a long way towards overall recovery efforts. Would it be possible [for] you to facilitate this meeting. Regards, Randy Perkins." ...

    Bush wrote back the next morning: "Sure, Denver Stutler will be in touch."

    Four minutes later, Stutler e-mailed Perkins to say that he would "be glad to meet."

    In the past five years, the state of Florida has paid AshBritt more than $15 million for contracts involving hurricane debris removal, road engineering and citrus canker tree removal.
    "Aggressive lobbying alarms Bush adviser".

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