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Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

It’s not surprising that David Guest and his radical Earthjustice group would use a true weather-related crisis – record rain and flooding across Central and South Florida – to level yet another mean-spirited and false assault on local farmers living and working in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Guest’s statement regarding the state and federal government’s […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 23, 2016

It’s funny to me that the prompt on Facebook for posting says, “What’s on your mind?” Of course, what’s on my mind and everyone else’s these days is our presidential election. It’s become even more on my mind since Saturday night when the inevitable, in this year of little substance and mostly showtime, happened and […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 23, 2016

One of the most talked-about narratives in U.S. politics is that Democrats have an inherent advantage to digital campaigning over Republicans. It’s a story validated not just by the age demographics and tech sophistication of Democrats as a whole, but by digital missteps of Republican candidates on a national stage. That narrative may have played […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 23, 2016

When the current state constitution was approved in 1968 the only approved gambling involved pari-mutuels: dog tracks, horse tracks and jai alai. They had been in operation for decades and considered sporting events you could bet on. Since the constitution was passed, the voters of Florida have rejected amendments to allow casino gambling three times: […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 22, 2016

Last week, the Republican Party of Pinellas County emailed an announcement for the Donald Trump South Carolina Primary Watch Party. The event was to be held Saturday in Pinellas Park at Quaker Steak and Lube on 49th Street. Theresa and I decided to drop by. We arrived about 6:30 p.m. and the organizers were already setting […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 21, 2016

Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera told us he would “bust his ass for Florida” this past summer at the state GOP’s Sunshine State Summit. Several weeks ago, business mogul and presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to “kick the hell of ISIS.” During the New Hampshire primaries, Trump called his fellow presidential contender Ted Cruz “a […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has long positioned Florida as a formidable foe to Texas when it comes to job creation. For years, he has pushed his “jobs, jobs, jobs” agenda by holding up the Lone Star State as a model for Florida to emulate. But a new measure making its way through the Legislature should help […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2016

I was sitting in my car eating lunch from a drive-thru and listening to a host who has presumed to speak for all things conservative in America. He was rambling on about which of the current Republican candidates for president was most like Ronald Reagan and concluded it must be Ted Cruz. I nearly choked […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 18, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has long positioned Florida as a formidable foe to Texas when it comes to job creation. For years, he has pushed his “jobs, jobs, jobs” agenda by holding up the Lone Star State as a model for Florida to emulate. But a new measure making its way through the Legislature should help […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 18, 2016

Last year, I ran the Gasparilla Half-Marathon in Tampa for the first time. The race began perfectly. That morning was just the perfect kind of chilly at the 6 a.m. start. I stepped into the first corral, which felt right because my two previous half-marathons were sub-2. That’s annoying Runner Speak for “under two hours.” […]

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Phillip Roland: Environmental activist’s claims about Everglades water and farmers don’t square with facts

Ed H. Moore: Where Jeb Bush supporters should go, and why

Joe Clements and Matt Farrar: Why Republicans now have advantage in digital campaigns

Jeff Kottkamp: Expansion of gambling a bad bet for Florida

Observations from a Donald Trump election results watch party

Chris Timmons: Sober rhetoric would produce better government

William Mattox: Legislators should let high-school athletes attend school of their choice

Ed H. Moore: Which GOP candidate is most like Ronald Reagan?

William Mattox: Legislators should let high-school athletes attend school of their choice

Catherine Durkin Robinson: I’ve adopted strategies before running Gasparilla again