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#Sayfie Snapshot - November 30, 2015

Today's Hits and Bits in Florida politics


Hot Click

Whisper Campaigns and “Zipper Problems”: How Jeb Bush’s Allies Tried — and Failed — to Stop Marco Rubio by McKay Coppins of BuzzFeed.


Twitter Trending

@SenDarrenSoto: Time to fund Fla Forever for wildlife corridors to stop record panther deaths! @AudubonFl @FCvoters #sayfie #fdp https://t.co/p6PK680P28


Quotable
 
“It doesn’t cost the state any money, and we’re able to promote our area from the funds we have. Sending it to that black hole in Tallahassee would be an absolute terrible thing for Bay County.”

- George Gainer, Bay County Commissioner, on State Rep. Matt Gaetz's proposal to allow a portion of local bed tax dollars to be shifted to other services. Gainer and Gaetz are both currently running for the same Florida Senate seat.


Statworthy

$47 million. Gov. Rick Scott's proposed budget would provide $47.4 million less for Florida's court system than the courts themselves are seeking.