Jim Rosica
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News Director @TDOnline, @USATODAY Network-Florida. @DrexelKlineLaw alum, inactive PA Bar. NJ native.
Joined March 2009
The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to fast track a case challenging @GovRonDeSantis @AGAshleyMoody and @JasonWeidaFL on "unlawfully us(ing) their offices and agencies to interfere with the election for Amendment 4" on abortion. Our story from Tuesday is here:
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Tallahassee principal ousted after parents complained art teacher showed kids picture of Michelangelo's 'David,' with one calling it 'pornographic' ..by @goni_lessan via @TDOnline.
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Attorney @DWUhlfelderLaw has filed suit against #MAGA rally in Florida, asking a court "to issue a declaration that the MAGA Event is a nuisance" and for "emergency temporary injunction requiring the cancellation of the Oct. 12 . event in Seminole County.".#FlaPol #FlaLaw
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This person says he was fired from @FLDEPNews Office of Park Planning “after alerting the public (to) a secret, fast-tracked plan to build golf courses,…hotels, disc golf courts, and pickleball courts…across 9 of our Florida State Parks.”
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Hell of a time to let people know you’re going to change the resign-to-run law.
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@DavidsonHiers Follow up: I just made an online appointment for an 87 year old Tallahassee man and his wife bc they are "not computer people." They called the newspaper bc, he said, "I didn't know what else to do, I called everybody. You're the first to call back.".
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Have you seen that episode of “Black Mirror”? This is how it starts.
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.@GovRonDeSantis just referred to @POTUS as "Brandon" - "who gets the most sycophantic media coverage" - on the stage in The Villages during his budget signing event. "He would have been better off. if he did nothing rather than what he has done so far.".
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The scene in front of the Florida Capitol, where hundreds have come out for a “Hands Off” protest this Saturday. Cars are honking their horns, people are banging on drums.
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The top appointed official of Leon County Government has issued this statement. This puts the county squarely at odds with @GovRonDeSantis who opposes vaccine mandates.
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Just gonna put this out there: .If people are calling us to get a vaccine appointment, there's something wrong. Bless @DavidsonHiers and her seemingly endless patience. #FlaPol
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Judge in @washingtonpost lawsuit says #Florida can't hide cost of @GovRonDeSantis travel ..by @DouglasSoule via @TDOnline.
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(AP) Federal authorities have identified the man – Anthony Quinn Warner – they say is responsible for the Nashville Christmas bombing and said he died in the explosion. Investigators used DNA to link him to the blast; they believe no one else was involved.
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I've been making & reviewing public records requests in Florida since 1995. I will say I have never seen one like this.
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Somebody asked me why this is “relevant” and my HR training just kicked in. I will say there’s an argument that this is the kind of microaggression many women experience because of their work.
Here is a voicemail recording of Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg leaving a creepy message for Democratic State Rep Anna Eskamani, who they barely know. It’s clear Gaetz needs to resign.
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Here is the 77-page complaint filed by @Disney against @GovRonDeSantis et al. seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Case has been assigned to Judge Mark Walker.
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Florida state Rep. @josephbharding has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Making False Statements, according to the US Attorney's Office for Northern District of Florida.
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A @cityandstatefl reader says he thinks he "found the two planes/flight paths from yesterday . into Martha’s Vineyard. Both are UltraAir (mentioned in MV local article by airport staff), have capacity of 30-33 each, and both flew from San Antonio TX to Crestview FL. " 1/2.
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.@MiamiBeachNews Mayor @DanGelber ’s statement regarding the @AndrewGillum matter: .“There does not exist an active investigation surrounding this matter. I have no further comment.” #FlaPol.
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At a Wednesday evening Catholic service in Tallahassee, @GovRonDeSantis received standing and sustained applause after being thanked for "the good work (he) did in defeating Amendment 4," last November's ballot initiative on abortion rights. (Link in next post).
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The state of play in Florida: . Hip hop veteran Luther Luke Campbell is hosting a Twitter Space called “Is Governor Ron DeSantis out of control?”
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#Election2024: When asked if he would remain in Florida after a brutal storm, @RonDeSantis slipped out a door without responding. He was back in Iowa before nightfall. .by @CallTallahassee via @TDOnline.
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The lawyer for @GeoRebekah is now asking the court to order the return of property seized from her by @fdlepio .#FlaPol
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According to a complaint filed in Leon County Circuit court, @GeoRebekah has sued @fdlepio head Rick Swearingen for violating her 1st Amendment rights, unlawful search and seizure of her home, and civil battery. Lead counsel is Tallahassee att'y Rick Johnson. #FlaPol.
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Glen Gilzean, who chairs the Florida Commission on Ethics, also is the $400,000-a-year administrator of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. But the commission’s rules say “no member may hold any public employment.”
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In Suwannee County, @GovRonDeSantis added to a prayer before he helped serve barbecue that Florida be spared from another storm brewing in the Gulf. (screencap from @floridachannel)
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@cityandstatefl Reader adds that one of the flights "stopped in Charlotte NC & (the other) stopped in Spartanburg SC before final destination in MV within 20 minutes of each other." This is all according to publicly available tracking on the @flightaware website. 2/2.
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Inbox: @ChristinaPushaw has been named a "notable honoree" of the 2022 Future40 award from the Maverick PAC, "the premier national network for conservative young professionals."
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Some professional news…. Jim Rosica returns to Tallahassee Democrat as news director ..via @TDOnline
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In an order released Friday, the @1dca_flcourts referred.@DWUhlfelderLaw and his lawyers to @TheFlaBar for possible disciplinary action related to his appeal of a case he brought against @GovRonDeSantis.over lack of beach closures amid #COVID19. #FlaPol .
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This story by @Mdixon55 now out from behind paywall. @FloridaDBPR confirms the space has no liquor license. "@insideFPL operates an exclusive, invite-only lounge for lawmakers and lobbyists"..via @politico.
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In its first legal challenge, a Lake Worth attorney has filed in @flcourts for quo warranto/mandamus/all writs relief after what he calls the @GovRonDeSantis administration's "unlawful electioneering" against the state's proposed abortion amendment.
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@DavidsonHiers Here's another comment: "My Mom asked and the person administering asked 'you didn’t make your second appointment when you made the first?' And mom said 'no, were we supposed to' and DOH employee said she didn’t know.".
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.@LeonCounty Commission Chair @RickMinor advises constituents in his weekly newsletter to “avoid, if possible, the Capitol Complex area from now through Inauguration Day.”
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.@valdemings may have lost a US Senate race to @marcorubio in 2022 but now @JoeBiden has appointed her to be a @USPS governor, pending Senate approval.
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Making the rounds today.
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Some professional news: I'll be leaving @TDOnline and the @USATODAY Network-Florida later this month to become the inaugural editor-in-chief of City & State Florida, a new sibling online publication to @newsservicefla ⤵️.
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Wouldn't it be amazing if @mattgaetz ascends to the 2nd most powerful position in the White House after being a state rep. in little ol' Florida?.#FlaPol.
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A @TDOnline reader sends a pic of this billboard from the corner of Orange Avenue and south Monroe Street.
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A former @myflhouse member, who resigned to run for the congressional seat won by @JimmyPatronis, now says GOP House "leadership" (@Daniel_PerezFL?) admitted they were "going after @GovRonDeSantis" in a closed door meeting the day of last Nov's organization session.
Michelle, I love ya, but the minute they put @GovRonDeSantis in the crosshairs, they lost me. You were there on Nov 19 where behind closed doors, leadership said they were going after DeSantis. I heard them threaten you & anyone running for Congress. Expose them!.
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Florida attorney & activist @DWUhlfelderLaw has tweeted that he is “getting a billboard outside the Governor’s mansion in Tallahassee to expose & humiliate” @GovRonDeSantis. Here’s what it would look like:
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.@TheRickWilson announces he is hosting "The New Abnormal," a twice-a-week @thedailybeast podcast with @MollyJongFast #FlaPol
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In a press release, Michigan-based @Hillsdale College has announced it is "no longer affiliated" with @TLHClassical and has "revoked" its curriculum license. #FlaPol
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"South Florida" is three counties and only three counties: Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade. Change my mind.
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People in my Tallahassee neighborhood are reporting that someone has been putting Chinese flags on their Harris-Walz yard signs.
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.@GovRonDeSantis "sent the Gestapo," @GeoRebekah says. Video shows FDLE agents with guns drawn at home of woman fired over #COVID19 data. .by @jeffschweers via @TDOnline.
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@DavidsonHiers That seems to contradict @HealthyFla's own guidance on the matter, which says, "When you receive your first appointment, your second dose appointment will be given at the same time." I dunno.
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In a memo sent earlier this month, the office of @GovRonDeSantis has asked the presidents of all the state's public universities to provide information on any services they provide "to persons suffering from gender dysphoria." .#FlaPol.
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In a 10-page ruling just released, Circuit Judge David Frank has ruled in favor of Gadsden County's mask ordinance and, in a footnote, warned plantiff's att'y @AnthonySabatini he might soon be liable for judicial sanction for filing "frivolous" lawsuits.
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@josephbharding Harding, a Williston Republican, came to the fore in the last regular legislative session for carrying the House version of the Parental Rights in Education Act, which critics dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
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.@TuckerCarlson's departure from @FoxNews was not voluntary, multiple sources told Mediaite. .by @rumpfshaker via @Mediaite.
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Background on the judge here: .“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints new 2nd Circuit judge, Leon County judge”.
Got new info tonight. The judge who signed the search order of my house was appointed by Governor Desantis and sworn in less than a month before he signed that warrant. In civil court. He's not even a criminal court judge. It was one of his first actions as judge.
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Ben Sasse's reckless spending at @UF shows greed at the heart of 'education reform' | Commentary .by @NateMonroeTU of @jaxdotcom via @TDOnline.
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Last night, @flcourts released an order that - unsurprisingly - keeps in place a procedural move that allows the state's new ban on abortions after 15 weeks to remain in effect while a lawsuit over it is still pending.
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Inbox: @cspan announces Capitol Press Corps alum @TIAreports as the newest Washington Journal host: “Tia is a full-time Washington Correspondent for the @ajc. She will freelance with C-SPAN as a fill-in Journal host.”
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Attorney Steve Andrews, whose office is on North Monroe, said he “may be too old to walk and protest but (he’s) gonna keep everyone hydrated,” passed out water and Gatorade.
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A reminder to think of and thank all the state workers and volunteers staffing the @FLSERT EOC in Tallahassee 24/7 at this point.
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State Rep. @AnthonySabatini files legislation to create a state cause of action for the "purposeful deletion or censoring of (a) social media website user's speech," including a "minimum of $75,000 in statutory damages" per episode. #FlaPol .
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@josephbharding Harding was first elected to the House in 2020. He had been slated to be vice chair of the Health & Human Services Committee and the Vice Chair PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee in the 2023 regular session.
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Simply put, if Richard Preston is writing about Ebola again, we are f*cked.
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This is what we deal with as professional journalists trying to make a living. 🤷🏻♂️
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When are we going to talk about how the @GovRonDeSantis administration uses the "AlertFL" text message system as a mini-press release delivery method?.
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The @GovRonDeSantis executive order on mortgage foreclosure and eviction relief has just been extended until Sept. 1. #FlaPol.
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Of note: Democratic state Rep. @AllisonTantFL of Tallahassee today filed a bill to create a "universal free breakfast & lunch program" in Florida public schools. (No cost estimates are in the bill language.) .
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WaPo's Beth Reinhard reports: Emails show @GovRonDeSantis' team wanted guns banned at his election night event in Tampa, but wanted it to come from somewhere else because of the "political optics," emails show .by @bethreinhard via @washingtonpost.
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"@AndrewGillum, whose prominence in politics once gave high hopes for the Democratic Party, opened up about his past scandal in a #Florida hotel, saying his actions were a result of someone slipping drugs in his drink. ".
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.@grantstern this week filed public records enforcement lawsuit against @GovRonDeSantis, saying gov's office failed to fulfill his request to disclose emails mentioning @DWUhlfelderLaw .
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Remembering when, at the corner of Park and Magnolia in Tallahassee. (Photo: Mike Ferrara)
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New story: Florida House Speaker @Daniel_PerezFL accused @GovRonDeSantis of lying about the House’s proposed budget, saying the governor was “emotional” and throwing “temper tantrums” by lashing out at the chamber over its oversight of his administration. (link in next post).
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We will be hearing/seeing more of these kinds of disclosures.
Here is a voicemail recording of Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg leaving a creepy message for Democratic State Rep Anna Eskamani, who they barely know. It’s clear Gaetz needs to resign.
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According to my calculations, this week @ChristinaPushaw will mark one year as press secretary for @GovRonDeSantis in Florida.
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.@DWUhlfelderLaw has tweeted out a copy of the new contract between Vertol and the state of Florida for the migrant relocation program. I downloaded it and put it in CloudUp bc I hate Scribd and all its ads. #FlaPol .
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“I don’t want their names gone in vain” says protestor Oluwatoyin
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.@GeoRebekah will be a featured speaker at the @IRE_NICAR annual data journalism conference, being held online this year bc of the pandemic. #FlaPol
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.@FloridaGOP votes to censure Chair Christian Ziegler amid rape allegation ..by @zacjanderson via Sarasota @HeraldTribune.
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My wife has just been ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). This has been a decade+ long process. Please congratulate the (new) Rev. Erin B. Rosica.
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Nicely put.
Because New Yorkers have been hit so hard and scarred so deeply, we treat the coronavirus as a merciless foe worthy of respect. In the rest of the country, far too many people are only now awakening from an inexcusable slumber. @PostOpinions
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.@NelsonForSenate and state Dems exec cmte have just sued Sec. of State Ken Detzner in Tallahassee federal court, seeking injunction, TRO, to extend deadline for county SoEs to turn in unofficial vote counts. #FlaPol
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It's taken me a while to work up to writing this, but yes, City & State Florida has folded, and I thank that team for the opportunity to create something pretty much from scratch over the last year and a half. ⤵️
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The general counsel to the Florida Commission on Ethics has written a legal opinion suggesting that chair Glen Gilzean must either step down from the commission or resign as administrator of the @GovRonDeSantis-backed oversight board for Disney. #FlaPol
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The owner of @newsservicefla gives rightful props to his peeps, but he put it behind his paywall, so I'm pasting it here. Sue me. #FlaPol
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