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Daniel TilsonJanuary 11, 2015

Late last week a statewide alliance of nonprofit advocacy organizations used a “Day of Action” in Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando and Miami to call for an end to the Florida Legislature’s inaction on health insurance coverage expansion in Florida. All Floridians of good conscience now need to join that clarion call, for social progress. The goal […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 6, 2015

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to leave New York, Illinois and other points north where winter cold, wind, snow and some measure of enforced social responsibility for corporations and the super-rich are all unfortunate facts of life. “Retired or about to retire? Sick of wicked weather and state government feigning […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 31, 2014

So you ask, how did Florida’s future fare in 2014? And you say your friend is wondering what our 2015 prospects look like? Glad you’re asking, because I was contemplating just such things while chasing my 9-year-old kid and her friend around the carnival at a local park today. They’re great pals, classmates at our […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 23, 2014

My 9-year-old now tells me Santa Clause is fictional. So, I’m sending my letter to someone real, or…well, someone who exists, anyway: Dear Gov. Scott (and please share with GOP colleagues), It’s that time of year. No, not time to instruct staff to delete leftover sensitive emails or texts from the past year. No, not […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 18, 2014

I’ve had a personal policy adviser on Cuba for years. My cousin Jesse is half Cuban and most of his father’s side of the family still lives there. He’d return from trips to visit them, questioning how much Americans knew or understood about what life was like for the Cuban people. He saw how a […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 16, 2014

Attention, knee-jerk opponents of Obamacare: Be careful what you wish for. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the King vs. Burwell case in March 2015. It pits some sloppy statutory language in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) about who is or isn’t eligible for subsidies, against the obvious intent to offer subsidies to all uninsured […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 10, 2014

I’m this close to believing Florida Democratic Party (FDP) leaders can’t see the political forest full of discontent and disinterest enveloping them, due to a new reform agenda focused on “operational” tree trimming. The party responded to its Election 2014 failures the same way so many other large, out-of-touch organizations respond after taking big, embarrassing […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 8, 2014

Marco Rubio is at it again. After months of fumbling around trying to boost his bona fides as a foreign policy expert, Florida’s junior U.S. senator pivoted his way out of Thanksgiving weekend seeking credibility on the domestic economic front. But in writing and speechifying about our ever-worsening American income inequality crisis, Rubio remains incredibly […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 2, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott and his minions proved last week that they view middle-class Florida consumers as mostly slow-witted turkeys ready to be roasted to a crisp and gobbled up by corporate gluttons. While most of us were distracted by shopping, cooking, traveling and other Thanksgiving preparations, Scott’s hand-picked five-member Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 27, 2014

I’m grateful Rick Scott didn’t decide to overwhelm our TV and other screens in 2014 with an overly negative attack ad campaign against Charlie Crist. Okay … take two: I’m grateful that despite the bottomless pit of corporate money “with a past” that financed Scott’s reelection TV ad onslaught, Florida Democrats and independents almost combined […]

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Matt Gaetz. Image via AP.

Daniel Tilson: Florida deserves health care expansion compromise in 2015

Daniel Tilson: An early draft of Gov. Scott’s 2015 Inaugural speech

Daniel Tilson: Florida 2014 – Days of Future Past

Daniel Tilson: A Christmas letter to Gov. Rick Scott

Daniel Tilson: Ending economic war against Cuba is best diplomacy

Daniel Tilson: Beware of what would replace Obamacare

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party can’t ‘LEAD’ from behind

Daniel Tilson: Marco Rubio’s working class hero con job

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Daniel Tilson: A progressive’s take on Thanksgiving