Rowe is taking 'Flashpoint' to the Seminole Towne Center. Photo credit: WKMG A look at the local public-affairs programs: WFTV-Channel 9’s “Central Florida Spotlight” explores issues facing the Florida Legislature. Former Gov. Bob Martinez and former...

That has been the only game we haven’t discussed the night before,” Nikki said. “I wouldn’t say it was tense or fun, just weird. You never want to hurt someone you love, and one of us was going to be hurt.” The game took place at the Bob Martinez...

Peck was a journalist for eight years before his 26-year career in state government. He was press secretary to Governor Bob Martinez and chief spokesman for the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Elder Affairs, the Division of Emergency...

Peck was a journalist for eight years before his 26-year career in state government. He was press secretary to Governor Bob Martinez and chief spokesman for the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Elder Affairs, the Division of Emergency...

"These individuals use false information to imply world-class destination resorts will bring crime to the community." Also at the news conference were former State Senator Dan Gelber, businessman Norman Braman, and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern...

Bob Martinez calls "money" and "organization") that took Florida, the biggest prize to date in the Republican campaign to select a candidate to take on President Barack Obama in the fall. This morning the contenders have left the state, leaving behind...

9 anchor Greg Warmoth debuts as interim moderator of “Central Florida Spotlight.” He welcomes former Florida Gov. Bob Martinez and U.S. Rep. Jim Davis. The program airs at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on WFTV and repeats at 4 p.m. Sunday on sister station...

(CNN) – Former Republican Florida Governor Bob Martinez can see much of the state from his office atop a downtown Tampa building. And he's watched the battle for the Florida primary get intense and at times nasty with bemusement. "For those of us who...

Romney and Gingrich have gone up and down in Florida polls, with Gingrich now in the lead. The roller-coaster ride may continue. “I’ve never seen one [primary campaign] this volatile, and I’ve been involved in a lot of them,” former Florida GOP Gov. ...

Czech president, playwright and human rights champion. In spring of that year, Democratic Party insiders began a pilgrimage to see Chiles. They tried to persuade him to run for governor against Republican incumbent Bob Martinez. They needed the retired...

Crist’s wife, Carole, with a kiss on the cheek. Other notables: Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn; St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster; Attorney General Pam Bondi; former AG Bill McCollum; Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who sat next to Ann Romney; Rep. Will...

"Every Republican who's been in the mansion since 1986 went through a hole in the wall that Bob Martinez put there," said Stipanovich, who became a prominent lobbyist after Martinez lost a re-election bid to a Democratic icon, Lawton Chiles. After "Mac...

Bob Martinez said. But it has been 25 years since the former Tampa mayor, restaurateur and teachers' union leader was inaugurated the 40th governor of Florida. Martinez, now a lobbyist with the law firm Holland & Knight, and his wife, former First Lady...

Bob Martinez said. But it has been 25 years since the former Tampa mayor, restaurateur and teachers' union leader was inaugurated the 40th governor of Florida. Martinez, now a lobbyist with the law firm Holland & Knight, and his wife, former First Lady...

His wife. Nikki Jessee, first-year coach at Saint Leo (6-5), will bring her women's basketball squad to the Bob Martinez Athletics Center, where she served as an assistant coach the previous two seasons, to face Tom and the Terrapins (6-5) at 5:30 p.m....

2010 gubernatorial disaster was the last in a long history of meddling in Republican primaries by Dick Wadhams. In 2008, Wadhams was accused of muscling any challenge to longtime friend Bob Schaffer out of the GOP U.S. Senate primary, including both...

So Florida Gov. Rick Scott and a group of legislators decided to move Florida's primary to Jan. 31, ahead of Iowa and the rest of the pack. The Floridians knew the move was against party rules, but as former Gov. Bob Martinez explained: "We're the...

So Florida Gov. Rick Scott and a group of legislators decided to move Florida's primary to Jan. 31, ahead of Iowa and the rest of the pack. The Floridians knew the move was against party rules, but as former Gov. Bob Martinez explained: "We're the...

The boss politely declined to get into that kind of contest but said he had, privately, done what he demanded of others drawing money from the tax coffers. Was this Rick Scott vs. Aasif Mandvi last week? Nope. It was Bob Martinez and Mark Neimeiser, 24...