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Guest AuthorSeptember 30, 2018

No matter your political beliefs or party registration, and regardless of who your favorite candidates are in this 2018 election season, you have an opportunity to be one of the biggest winners if you’re getting ready to put your home up for sale in the Tallahassee. The reason is simple: we’re going to have a […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 28, 2018

The Republican Party of Florida wants you to know that I curse. So much so, that they’ve created television ads and sent three mailers into my district stating that I am “vulgar,” and that I am “everything wrong with politics today.” The mailer includes quotes from me at rallies and public events, where I spoke […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 27, 2018

Whenever a public figure faces charges of sexual assault, we follow the same broken cycle — an allegation is made, the accused person denies it, and the survivor is attacked. Then a chorus of voices amplified through cable news discounts the accusation and says, “even if it’s true, it’s not that bad.” This is a […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 26, 2018

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Political lobbying groups like Grey2K have long been using inaccurate information and statistics taken out of context to unjustly condemn the greyhound racing industry. They appeal to people’s emotions by only telling part of the story. Twenty years ago, I was a naive college student who believed the sad story spun by the anti-racing extremists. […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 20, 2018

Welcome to the winter of 2010. That’s me in the boots and puffy jacket because this is Cincinnati and it’s February and there’s snow on the ground. I’m a full-time grad student, teaching assistant and writer. During the day, my wife works. When she comes home, I write. I teach at night. I would write […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 18, 2018

Erika Donalds, a Constitution Revision Commissioner and sponsor of the now-defunct Amendment 8, was right when she recently wrote that the League of Women Voters of Florida “cheered the end” of the bundled education amendment. Amendment 8 was written to confuse. It was “log-rolled” with three separate issues — civics classes for middle school students, […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2018

As a former hospital executive, a health care consultant, and a former member of the Health Innovation Subcommittee in the Florida House of Representatives, I’ve seen firsthand how access to quality, affordable health coverage can save lives. The Affordable Care Act has driven significant progress on access to care and innovation. The law ended discrimination […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2018

Education reform requires thick skin. I cringed as the League of Women Voters cheered the end of Amendment 8 and their success in disenfranchising Floridians. Voters deserved to have a say in whether to allow the school district monopoly over schools to continue, but activist judges decided otherwise. The LWV patted themselves on the back […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2018

Florida’s 13 million voters have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help convicted felons who have paid their debt to society earn the right to vote, and to a second chance. Called the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” a proposed constitutional amendment will grant most of the 1.7 million convicted felons the right to vote and help select their […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 14, 2018

Leading into Florida’s recent Democratic gubernatorial primary, the lone female candidate and presumed front-runner Gwen Graham was asked in a debate if she would accept support from former President Bill Clinton on the campaign trail … “given the #MeToo movement.” She hesitated in answering and took heat from her opponents (and perhaps from some voters) […]

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Deborah Thompson: Elections have consequences, like boosting Tallahassee real estate

Anna Eskamani: Yes, I am a woman running for office, and yes, I curse

Emma Collum: With Brett Kavanagh, it’s time to end the ‘broken cycle’

Jennifer Ng: Greyhound racing opponents use misinformation, out of context data

David James Poissant: Let’s retire the trope of the hapless dad

Patricia Brigham: League of Women Voters makes no apologies for exposing deception

Daisy Baez: Attacks on ACA are attacks on health care access, innovation

Erika Donalds: Roadblocks re-energize reformers

Reggie Garcia: Amendment 4 will save taxpayers money, give felons a second chance

Karen Halperin Cyphers: Does #MeToo reduce demand for a Bill Clinton endorsement?