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Rochelle Koff is a reporter in the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau.

Featured Statements

Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on December 3, 2013 in a Web video:

Says state Sens. Greg Evers, Nancy Detert and Charles Dean "got a failing grade from conservatives."

By Rochelle Koff • January 28, 2014
Nancy Grace
stated on January 14, 2014 in a segment on 'Nancy Grace':

People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."

By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2014
Charlie Crist
stated on November 18, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"We’re the Sunshine State, and we’re hardly doing any solar energy production."

By Rochelle Koff • December 3, 2013
Frank Fahrenkopf
stated on October 19, 2013 in an opinion piece in the "Miami Herald":

"The majority of people travelling to these destination resorts are not going for the primary purpose of gambling."

By Rochelle Koff • November 12, 2013
Maria Sachs
stated on October 1, 2013 in a press conference at AutoNation in Fort Lauderdale:

"In 2011, texting surpassed alcohol as the leading contributing factor in teen driving deaths."

By Rochelle Koff • October 29, 2013
John Morgan
stated on September 22, 2013 in Bay News 9 show, “Political Connections” :

"Nobody's addicted to" marijuana.

By Rochelle Koff • October 8, 2013
Dan Gelber
stated on September 13, 2013 in an op-ed:

"For the last decade, Floridians’ salaries have shrunk substantially" when adjusted for inflation.

By Rochelle Koff • October 1, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 22, 2013 in a YouTube video:

"Congressman Patrick Murphy voted to keep the scandal-ridden IRS in charge of enforcing Obamacare."

By Rochelle Koff • August 28, 2013
Marijuana Policy Project
stated on August 15, 2013 in a TV ad:

Marijuana is "less toxic" than alcohol.

By Rochelle Koff • August 19, 2013

Fact-checking 7 claims about marijuana

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2014
Fact-checking 7 claims about marijuana

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2014
PolitiFact Florida's Top 10 fact-checks of 2013

By Amy Sherman • January 3, 2014
The politics of pot

By Rochelle Koff • October 9, 2013
PolitiFact primer: The politics of pot

By Rochelle Koff • October 8, 2013