Florence Snyder, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Florence SnyderMarch 3, 2015

In Casablanca, “everybody goes to Rick’s” Café Americain. In Tallahassee, everybody goes to Andrew’s Capital Grill. Or Andrew goes to everybody, as he did Monday night, personally attending to the feeding and watering of 1,200 of Associated Industries’ closest friends at its annual eve-of-session cocktail party. Andrew Reiss has been doing that since the party […]

Florence SnyderMarch 3, 2015

In Casablanca, “everybody goes to Rick’s” Café Americain. In Tallahassee, everybody goes to Andrew’s Capital Grill. Or Andrew goes to everybody, as he did Monday night, personally attending to the feeding and watering of 1,200 of Associated Industries’ closest friends at its annual eve-of-session cocktail party. Andrew Reiss has been doing that since the party […]

Florence SnyderMarch 2, 2015

“Revered lobbyist” is usually an oxymoron, but not when applied to Ken Plante, who died Sunday night of Lou Gehrig’s disease. As the tributes pour in, it is hard to believe there was ever a time when Plante was not beloved of government reformers and their cheerleaders on Florida’s editorial boards. But that’s how it […]

Florence SnyderMarch 1, 2015

It was a full house at the Feb. 20 funeral mass for Gerry Jaski, 79, who passed away peacefully at his home in Tallahassee with his wife, Mary Lou Rajchel, and his rescue dog Bones by his side. Many of the mourners at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church knew Jaski from his years as general counsel […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 26, 2015

Former governor and probable presidential hopeful Jeb Bush calls them “the 20 people who talk to each other.” You know, the folks who make their living in and around The Permanent Campaign. There’s an Internet site that counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds from one election to the next. The political press refers […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 26, 2015

Former governor and probable presidential hopeful Jeb Bush calls them “the 20 people who talk to each other.” You know, the folks who make their living in and around The Permanent Campaign. There’s an Internet site that counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds from one election to the next. The political press refers […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 25, 2015

Media bashers, media ethicists and the Greek chorus at Comedy Central will be gorging for a long time on the disgraced remains of Brian Williams. But the credibility crisis now engulfing NBC News is not Williams’ fault. It is never the reporter’s fault. An “anchor and managing editor” is neither God nor a kid with […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 24, 2015

If you don’t live in Miami Gardens, you probably think its police department is no concern of yours. Ira Glass thinks otherwise. This week, the host of This American Life used his highly respected program to bring the Miami Herald’s reporting on the out-of-control police department to his international audience of public radio listeners. The tale was […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 23, 2015

“Saturday Night Live” patriarch Lorne Michaels produced an incredibly entertaining one-hour tribute to himself on the occasion of the show’s 40th anniversary. Sad to say it dragged on two and a half hours longer than it should have, because who’s going to say “no” to the founder of one of the entertainment industry’s most enduring […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 18, 2015

Like all addicts, David Carr had a drug of choice. His was journalism. He craved the constant rush that the news business provides. The endorphins unleashed in the newsrooms where he worked in Minnesota and Washington and New York made for a better high than “the frantic kind of boring” that Carr described in his memoir about […]

Florence Snyder

Florence Snyder: Postcard from “The Process”

Florence Snyder: Postcard from "The Process"

Florence Snyder: In respectful remembrance of Ken Plante

Florence Snyder: Gerry Jaski was a lawyer's lawyer and FSU institution

Florence Snyder: Fed up with elite reporters on "Permanent Campaign"

Florence Snyder: Fed up with elite reporters on “Permanent Campaign”

Florence Snyder: Blame NBC editors for Brian Williams' lies

Florence Snyder: Miami Gardens police turn friends (like Quickstop job creator) into enemies

Florence Snyder: Follow SNL's rules of comedy, and comedy rules

Florence Snyder: Why journalism should be addicted to David Carr