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Florence SnyderDecember 26, 2017

It took a while, but John Heilemann‘s chickens came home to roost, as chickens always do. Political infotainment addicts know Heilemann as the bald half of the ubiquitous Beltway byline Mark Halperin & John Heilemann. H & H have a gift for glibness and a talent for spinning very small nuggets of news into very […]

Florence SnyderDecember 4, 2017

America will have equality when mediocre women and minorities can go as far in broadcast news as mediocre white men. Right now, they can’t. Tonight, yet another middle aged white male mediocrity will make his anchorman debut at the CBS Evening News. The CBS gene pool has come a long way down since the anchor’s chair was […]

Florence SnyderOctober 10, 2017

Eleven days ago, Gov. Rick Scott dropped a news release proposing a 10 percent pay raise for juvenile detention and juvenile probation officers. Today, the Miami Herald dropped its comprehensive carpet bomb on Scott’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). Maybe it’s a coincidence. The Herald’s book-length investigative series is a stomach-churning compilation of examples of […]

Florence SnyderJune 1, 2017

An unvarnished, unqualified apology is hard to find these days, so let’s take a moment to thank Duval County Circuit Judge Hugh Carithers for reminding us what it looks like. Last month, the 1st District Court of Appeal repealed an unfortunate order of a Jacksonville-based hearing officer, and replaced it with a reminder that hearing […]

Florence SnyderMay 22, 2017

In 1960s Dade County, men who were privileged to be newspaper columnists could — and did — mock “women’s libbers” like Roxcy Bolton in the pages of the Miami Herald. Department stores could — and did — have fancy private dining rooms open only to men. Banks could — and did — deny credit cards […]

Florence SnyderMay 13, 2017

Pictures of the young Bill Cooke show a brooding, handsome, James Dean kind of guy who seems to belong in front of a camera. Lucky for us that he did not see himself that way. Cooke died last week at age 70, leaving behind a sister, a heartbroken Florida journalism community, and a body of […]

Florence SnyderMay 4, 2017

Joe Scarborough and his Morning Joe sidepiece Mika Brzezinski certainly deserve each other, but viewers deserve better from NBC News. The left wing’s answer to Fox & Friends took their relationship “to the next level” by admitting that their “crackling chemistry” has moved them to make marital plans. After being scooped on the story by […]

Florence SnyderMay 1, 2017

This afternoon, The Rick Scott and Pam Bondi Opioid Listening Tour opens in West Palm Beach. Scott and Bondi won’t be there, but People with Big Titles and No Power will. Scott, who used to run hospitals for a living, thinks that mosquitoes carrying Zika are a public health emergency, even as Floridians and medical […]

Florence SnyderApril 30, 2017

Countin’ down to sine die, the House and Senate education budget conferees have bumped the secretive university and state college “direct support organizations” up the chain of command for further grinding. Soon, we’ll know how serious the House is about forcing the DSOs to operate in the sunshine. DSO top brass are paid princely salaries […]

Florence SnyderApril 28, 2017

Union members expect their leaders will look out for them, but that’s not how it works in Miami, where “leadership” at AFSCME’s Local 1184 thinks that a high-interest private loan program for its lowest paid workers qualifies as a “member benefit.” No credit? No problem! for union members who are paid a pittance to deliver […]

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Florence Snyder: Just in time for Christmas, John Heilemann’s chickens come home to roost

Florence Snyder: Tonight on CBS Evening News: More of the same

Florence Snyder: Rick Scott’s juvenile justice budget, a wet bandage for Stage 4 cancer

Florence Snyder: A Valentine to Judge Carithers — thank you for being embarrassed

Florence Snyder: In memory of Roxcy Bolton, #EndTheBacklog

Florence Snyder: Rest in peace, Bill Cooke, and thank you for your service

Florence Snyder: Joe ‘n Mika get engaged as NBC’s credibility gets screwed

Florence Snyder: Florida’s opioid crisis, Part 6; Opioid Kabuki Theater opens today in West Palm Beach

Florence Snyder: Hold the door on DSOs, Part 2; FAU says FU to ‘crown jewel’

Florence Snyder: In Miami-Dade Schools, a Bermuda Triangle for union workers