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Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland. [STEVE CANNON | Special to the Times]
Florida lawmakers want same privacy as cops and judges, but why?
Sen. Kelli Stargel said lawmakers deserved the same level of privacy as police officers and judges, but offered no proof why such an extraordinary exemption in public records was necessary.
Yesterday• The Buzz
Bill Barr appoints Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to Trump policing commission
Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, left, and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody were appointed to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice by Attorney General Bob Barr. [Tampa Bay Times]
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will also join a commission that will “explore modern issues affecting law enforcement," according to the Department of Justice.
3 hours ago• The Buzz
Bill aims to curb green iguanas in Florida
A green iguana strolls around Eco Golf Club in Hollywood, Florida on Oct. 28. [MATIAS J. OCNER | Miami Herald]
The Senate Environment and Natural Resources committee voted 4-0 on a bill that would prohibit green iguanas from being kept as pets or sold in pet shops.
Yesterday• The Buzz
This national group aims to register more voters. Pasco’s elections office has some concerns.
Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley, middle, looks over an absentee ballot.
A nonprofit is mailing millions of voter registration forms to Floridians this month in hopes of getting people on voter rolls in time for the 2020 election. Pasco’s supervisor of elections issued an...
Yesterday• The Buzz

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  1. Bill Barr appoints Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to Trump policing commission
    3 hours ago• The Buzz
    Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, left, and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody were appointed to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice by Attorney General Bob Barr. [Tampa Bay Times]
    Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will also join a commission that will “explore modern issues affecting law enforcement," according to the Department of Justice.
  2. Bill aimed at Florida domestic violence nonprofit gains steam
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Tiffany Carr — shown during a 2004 visit to a Hollywood nail salon, where she spoke on domestic violence — did not respond this past week to requests from the Miami Herald to address her $761,560 annual salary. She is head of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. [MIAMI HERALD | [Bob Eighmie Miami Herald file photo]]
    A bill removes a statute ensuring a state contract with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence following a flap over how much its former CEO was paid.
  3. Florida lawmakers consider ‘do not hire list’ for ‘disqualified’ school employees
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    State Rep. Wyman Duggan, a Jacksonville Republican, presents his bill to create a "do not hire" list for any school employee who has been terminated, or resigned in lieu of termination, from employment as a result of sexual misconduct with a student. [The Florida Channel]
    The measure would apply to district, charter and private schools.
  4. Bill aims to curb green iguanas in Florida
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    A green iguana strolls around Eco Golf Club in Hollywood, Florida on Oct. 28. [MATIAS J. OCNER | Miami Herald]
    The Senate Environment and Natural Resources committee voted 4-0 on a bill that would prohibit green iguanas from being kept as pets or sold in pet shops.
  5. This national group aims to register more voters. Pasco’s elections office has some concerns.
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley, middle, looks over an absentee ballot.
    A nonprofit is mailing millions of voter registration forms to Floridians this month in hopes of getting people on voter rolls in time for the 2020 election. Pasco’s supervisor of elections issued an...
  6. Florida lawmakers want same privacy as cops and judges, but why?
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland. [STEVE CANNON | Special to the Times]
    Sen. Kelli Stargel said lawmakers deserved the same level of privacy as police officers and judges, but offered no proof why such an extraordinary exemption in public records was necessary.
  7. Florida lawmakers revisit post-Parkland school safety, student mental health
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooter opened fire on the campus. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File) [MIKE STOCKER | AP]
    But this year’s bill may provoke fewer fireworks than the bitter debates seen in the past two sessions.
  8. Three things to watch at Wednesday’s Clearwater mayor forum
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    The four candidates for Clearwater mayor in 2020. Clockwise from the top left: Frank Hibbard, Morton Myers, Bill Jonson and Elizabeth "Sea Turtle" Drayer. [[Frank Hibbard (Courtesy of Hibbard); Morton Myers [Douglas R. Clifford | Times]; Bill Jonson [Douglas R. Clifford | Times]; Elizabeth "Sea Turtle" Drayer; (Courtesy of Drayer)]
    We might learn a great deal about a key election in Tampa Bay.
  9. Sports stadium money targeted (again) by this Florida lawmaker
    Yesterday• The Buzz
    iPhone x Pano of fans outside of Amalie Arena in Tampa for game one of the Eastern Conference NHL Playoffs of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New Jersey Devils. LUIS SANTANA | Times [LUIS SANTANA | TIMES]
    Rep. Bryan Avila, R-Miami Springs, wants to repeal sales tax money earmarked for stadiums such as Amalie Arena and Raymond James Stadium and the Trop.
  10. Florida lawmakers renew push for school board term limits
    Yesterday• Gradebook
    Rep. Anthony Sabatini presents his bill to create school board term limits to the Florida House PreK-12 Innovation subcommittee on Jan. 21, 2020. [The Florida Channel]
    The idea would require a three-fifths vote in each chamber before it could appear on the ballot.
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