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! December 1, 2015 By Jim Rosica

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In yet another odd coupling driven by obscure PETER SCHORSCH’S LATEST POST BY RELATED policy, the state’s premier business lobby is RELATED POST sticking up for the news media – sort of – in a battle about changing the law affecting self- ! December 2, 2015 storage facilities. Dana Young energizes supporters Legislation in both chambers (SB 720/HB at rousing South 559) would take away the monopoly that Tampa fundraiser newspapers have for public notices when storage warehouses auction off the contents

of units whose renters haven’t paid up or ! December 2, 2015 ! otherwise have abandoned their property. DECEMBER 2, 2015 Richard Corcoran promises blue skies Is today the day Chris Sprowls The practice became known through A&E with Joe Negron makes his move for House Speaker? Network’s reality series “Storage Wars,” now On Wednesday afternoon, state Senator Joe in its eighth season, in which “professional Negron will become the Florida Senate buyers and their teams … scour repossessed ! December 2, 2015 President-designate after a long and bitter storage units in search of hidden treasure.” Corrine Brown: Court struggle against his Republican colleague, ruling “direct attack Jack Latvala, for the top spot in that chamber. But Associated Industries of Florida on minority voters” While all eyes will be on Negron, especially opposes the bills, saying in a statement since he's already hinting he will talk about “public notice in newspapers casts the some major policy initiatives in his designation broadest possible net and Floridians rely on ! December 2, 2015 speech, today actually may be newspapers to provide this type of critical Hillary Clinton Representative… information.” promotes $275 billion infrastructure READ MORE The Senate version, which was OK’d plan in Florida visit Tuesday on a 7-1 vote in the Judiciary ! December 2, 2015 committee, says notice of auctions may also 40 things I really like about the be given “in any other commercially latest issue of INFLUENCE reasonable manner.” Magazine

That means “at least three independent bidders attend the sale at the time and place advertised or register to bid at an online sale,” according to the bill. It’s ! December 1, 2015 sponsored by state Sen. Travis Hutson, a St. Augustine Republican. Environmental community scores big in Florida House on Tuesday The House bill, offered by state Rep. Mike La Rosa, a St. Cloud Republican, now has a pending amendment that would allows ads “on an Internet website accessible to the public,” instead of in a newspaper. ! December 1, 2015 Chris Dudley, Alia Faraj- It gets a hearing Wednesday in the House Business & Professions Johnson the 2 most glaring subcommittee. omissions from the INFLUENCE 100 “Under this proposed language, the facility could only provide notice on their own website if they choose,” AIF Senior Vice President Brewster Bevis said in ! December 1, 2015 an email. Here is the INFLUENCE 100: The most inauential people in “We urge members … to consider the important role (that) the broadest Florida politics possible public notice plays in protecting owners and lienholders,” he added. “We strongly urge members to reject language that diminishes the current ! November 30, 2015 tried-and-true system of public notice.” Christmas comes early for Jeff Brandes and Darryl Rouson Share this:

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