Gary Fineout
@fineout
Reporter with POLITICO covering Florida who also tweets and functions in an evolving multimedia world.
A brick from the old FSU student union. Still solid. Still here. My school. My home.
ICYMI ... Fla Playbook unpacks a new UNF poll that shows Casey DeSantis w a 3-pt lead in a GOP primary for governor vs @ByronDonalds But Donalds has a 15 point lead among GOP voters who voted in the 24 GOP primary. 63% of those voters dk what the Hope Fla Foundation is ...
Florida Playbook today: - @davidjollyfl confronts his first big test for Florida governor - DOJ is headed to Tallahassee to interview Ghislaine Maxwell - @ByronDonalds leads @CaseyDeSantis among likely GOP primary voters in a hypothetic matchup politico.com/newsletters/fl…
For those gathered on Adams Street near the federal courthouse welcome to Tallahassee .... things have changed somewhat since 2000
Look what could be coming to Tally .... Sidenote - for those thinking of visiting ... FCI is on the east side of town next to the largest park in the city and a few miles away from FSU, FAMU and the Capitol. It will be hot and humid and oh the joys of Capital Circle traffic ...
🚨 I have issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition to occur at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee on August 11, 2025. The Department of Justice is cooperating and will help facilitate the deposition at the prison.
Fla @GovRonDeSantis has issued executive orders setting special elections for SD 11 - which had been held by new CFO Blaise Ingoglia - and HD 90, the seat that had been held by Rep. Joe Casello. Casello died late last week. Primary is Sept. 30, general election is Dec. 9
JUST IN: Wall Street Journal retains former U.S. Senator George LeMieux (R-FL) as local counsel in libel suit Trump filed over alleged Epstein letter/drawing. LeMieux is a former chief of staff to Gov. Charlie Crist. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/2602…
RIP …
Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality TV pioneer, has died at the age of 76. More on his life and legacy 🖤 rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…
Florida Playbook today: -#Miami election is a whole saga -@bruceritchie follows detention center hearing, and @SecRollins announces a disaster block grant -@fineout recaps big day in Tally: @GovGoneWild sworn in, @JayCollinsFL on '26, new committee chairs politico.com/newsletters/fl…
Fla new CFO demands info from 2 local governments. These communities are in Democratic blue parts of state
WE’RE NOT WASTING ANY TIME! I promised taxpayers I would audit local governments and protect their tax dollars. Tonight in my role as CFO, in conjunction with @DOGEFla and the @GovRonDeSantis administration, we sent these 7 page letters to Gainesville and Broward County…
Well, for your radar ... There could be a rematch of the infamous 1997 mayoral election in Miami that was overturned because of ballot fraud.
More Miami news: Xavier Suarez, the city's first Cuban-born mayor and the father of the current mayor, says he's filing his candidate paperwork for mayor tomorrow Will the mayor's race be in 2025 or 2026? That's still up in the air miamiherald.com/news/local/com…