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

Guest AuthorMay 11, 2016

Tampa businessman John Kirtley, one of Florida’s leading advocates for children, told the Economic Club of Florida last month that school choice has improved education. But, thousands of students could be forced to return to failing government schools if a lawsuit filed by special interests succeeds in killing the tax incentive scholarship program, he said. […]

Guest AuthorMay 10, 2016

I have a coloring book and pretty pencils to color with. I know many of you do, as well. But the difference between you and me may be this: I have had an addiction to all things colorful, crafty, stationery, and office supply for my entire life. My office-supply addiction is so insane that people […]

Guest AuthorMay 9, 2016

My memory bank has officially run out of room. I’ve used up so much space over the years memorizing New Order lyrics and dialogue from The Breakfast Club, that I now require something formal, like a calendar invite, to remember birthdays, sex and my sons’ annual checkups. Sad, but true. When Jacob and Zachary were […]

Guest AuthorMay 8, 2016

The next time I get into one of those verbal political brawls that include aging boomers reminiscing about their bucolic lives in a splendid picket-fence of a hometown, I’m hauling out this nugget from Nate Silver: If you want to “get in touch with ‘normal America,’ skip the small towns of your actual or imagined […]

Guest AuthorMay 6, 2016

What a blessed relief. Presidential political junkies are down to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, down to the Cinderella finalists and we can take the summer off. OK, I know Bernie Sanders is still hoofing the “I want to live in the White House” shuffle, but he’s not going to be at the top of […]

Guest AuthorMay 5, 2016

What a blessed relief. Presidential political junkies are down to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, down to the Cinderella finalists and we can take the summer off. OK, I know Bernie Sanders is still hoofing the “I want to live in the White House” shuffle, but he’s not going to be at the top of […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2016

Have you ever watched a Fox News Watters World segment where the host randomly asks simple questions of passersby and gets inaccurate and inane answers? It is similar in format to the old Jay Walking segments that Jay Leno used to do with similar results. At first I wondered just how many people had to […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2016

Each of us wants to believe that if we were tested in some fundamental way when the chips were down — morally, spiritually, or physically — that we would pass the test. But we do not really expect to be tested. That sort of thing only happens to people we see on television and read […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2016

Each of us wants to believe that if we were tested in some fundamental way when the chips were down — morally, spiritually, or physically — that we would pass the test. But we do not really expect to be tested. That sort of thing only happens to people we see on television and read […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2016

Mel Sembler and I have something in common. We both had children who abused drugs. The similarities end there. Mel’s children are all alive, thank goodness. My son, Jonathan, died of a heroin overdose in 2006, after being dumped outside of an ER in Hialeah by the dealers who sold him his final shot. Mr. […]

Guest Author
Images via Florida Politics.

Lloyd Brown: School choice opponents are relentless in pursuit of inequality

Yolanda Hood: My addiction to all things colorful, crafty, and office supply

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Hey, mom, what’cha thinkin’?

Linda Cunningham: You can find ‘Real America’ in Tampa, not Des Moines

Linda Cunningham: Ignore politics for a few months, enjoy the summer

Linda Cunningham: Ignore politics for a few months, enjoy the summer

Ed Moore: Young Americans need to learn about the country’s history, values

Mac Stipanovich: An open letter to my fellow Republicans

Mac Stipanovich: An open letter to my fellow Republicans

Joy Fishman: Let’s tackle drug abuse with ‘harm reduction’ strategies