Chris Chaney joins nationally recognized lobbying firm (Tallahassee, Fla.) – The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners today announced Chris Chaney is joining the firm. The announcement comes following Chaney’s service as Legislative Affairs Director at Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, where he gained first-hand knowledge of the new health care market place at the […]
By Ashley Jeffery, Reporter Last Updated: Sunday, October 13, 2013, 3:33 PM TAMPA — The Port of Tampa went from shipping 6.1 million tons of cargo to 7.8 million tons of cargo in just two years. “It’s been a 27 percent increase from 2010 to this past year,” said Wade Elliott, the Vice President of […]
By Beth Reinhard Al Cardenas is a “big tent” Republican: The first Hispanic chairman of the American Conservative Union. A strong proponent of minority outreach and immigration reform. A whistle-blower on conservatives who attack their compatriots. “We are at war with liberals and moderates, but it now seems we have added fellow conservatives as the enemy,” […]
Former Gov. Jeb Bush has added his name to the group of conservatives who’ll speak at CPAC 2013 – a three-day Washington gathering that offers prime exposure to party theoreticians and also presidential candidates. Al Cardenas — a Bush mentor, former Republican Party of Florida chair and current chair of the American Conservative Union, which sponsors […]
By Austin L. Miller Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed members of the community and local law enforcement officials Friday about the dangers of synthetic drugs, which she said are more lethal than cocaine. Bondi was the guest speaker at the event held at the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Purpose conference room, which was attended […]
The nation’s oldest and most prominent conservative lobbying organization released Wednesday its second annual ideological ratings of Florida’s Republican and Democratic legislators. The American Conservative Union (ACU) – well-known for its annual rating of federal legislators since 1970 – rated state lawmakers for the first time in 2011, with Florida among the five states reviewed. […]
Jeb Bush has been the most careful of potential candidates, eschewing the spotlight and saying his time may have passed. But make no mistake that Florida’s popular former governor is part of the mix, willing or not. Yesterday, he got front-page treatment from the New York Times and a segment on CNN. NYT: Mr. Bush […]
One of the biggest-name political parties during the Republican National Convention will be Nuestra Noche: Midnight in Ybor, hosted by the Future Majority Project, an attempt to expand the GOP’s outreach to Hispanics, featuring Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and three Hispanic governors. The bash will be at the Cuban Club in Ybor City Monday night, […]
TAMPA — For years, Florida recycling facilities have second-guessed sellers who haul in items that raise eyebrows. Large quantities of copper. Appliances. Catalytic converters. ”We don’t want to buy stolen material,” said Trademark Metals facility manager Kevin Christman. A new state law makes selling suspicious items harder. The law, which took effect Sunday, takes away the immediate cash incentive. […]
Al Cardenas may be the most important conservative you never heard of. As an 11-year-old he and his parents fled Fidel Castro. At Seton Hall Law School in 1972, he filled in for the no-show Richard Nixon surrogate and took on George McGovern’s representative. And after decades in the trenches of the conservative movement, he now […]