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Peter SchorschAugust 4, 2015

Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio hope to connect Tuesday with Christian conservatives, a key group of voters in the early primary states of Iowa and South Carolina. Bush travels to Nashville for a live interview before thousands of members of the Southern Baptist Convention, which will also show a pre-recorded interview with […]

Peter SchorschAugust 3, 2015

Political polls are landing on our heads faster than the summer rain coming down in Tampa. We’re flooded with numbers. This candidate is up, that candidate is down. Other candidates are both up and down Donald Trump and a medical marijuana initiative are surging. Marco Rubio and a solar power amendment are fading. “Cross-tabs,” “margins […]

Peter SchorschAugust 3, 2015

For U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, it’s a tale of two presidential campaigns. On one hand, Rubio has fallen to eighth place in the latest NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll of the Republican field. On the other hand, The Washington Post‘s Chris Cillizza just ranked Rubio the second most likely contender to win the GOP nomination, citing the “very good […]

Peter SchorschAugust 3, 2015

After batting only .400 in 2014 with my five “bold” political predictions, my goal for 2015 was to improve my political prognosticating. How is this goal coming along? That’s funny you should ask because the last time I checked-in, I thought I was in decent shape. One prediction proven right was the forecast that the Florida House and […]

Peter SchorschAugust 3, 2015

Dave Matthews Band brought its jam band music and festival atmosphere to Tampa last week. For this devoted fan, it was, give or take, the 136th DMB concert I attended. (That’s right 136; there would be weeks at a time when I would take to the open road and follow the band around from city to […]

Peter SchorschAugust 3, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s war on hospitals continued last week when the “Jobs Governor” released a prepared statement criticizing St. Petersburg General Hospital, UF Health Jacksonville, and Venice Regional Bayfront Health for being ranked by Consumer Reports among the worst hospitals in the nation for infection prevention. “The news that three Florida hospitals are the worst in America for preventing […]

Peter SchorschAugust 2, 2015

I love solar power. You love solar power. Everyone loves solar power. It’s the ice cream of energy production: It should come with sprinkles. There is so much to love. And unlike a toddler with a cone, there’s no messy cleanup: Nobody’s blowing the tops off mountains to mine it, there are no issues with […]

Peter SchorschAugust 2, 2015

Political polls are landing on our heads faster than the summer rain coming down in Tampa. We’re flooded with numbers. This candidate is up, that candidate is down. Other candidates are both up and down Donald Trump and a medical marijuana initiative are surging. Marco Rubio and a solar power amendment are fading. “Cross-tabs,” “margins […]

Peter SchorschJuly 31, 2015

Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the reappointment of Robert Watkins to the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. Watkins, 64, of Tampa, is a certified public accountant and president of Robert Watkins and Co. P.A. The Tampa-based company focuses on full-service management, tax and bookkeeping services for growing businesses. He’s a member of the Florida and American Institutes […]

Peter SchorschJuly 31, 2015

It seems that a deal is a deal is a deal, unless it’s a compact. The Seminole Tribe of Florida negotiated a compact with the state of Florida to exclusively offer banked card games. That deal expires Friday. The tribe intends to keep dealing, and so it appears both sides will test their luck in yet another game based […]

Peter Schorsch

Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio to speak before Southern Baptist Group

Peter Schorsch: Half a dozen or so polls … 15 months out … do any of them matter?

It could get worse for Marco Rubio

Latest check on my five ‘bold’ predictions for 2015 has me headed for the minor leagues

On Broward County, Dave Matthews Band and Lyft and Uber

Rick Scott trolls 3 Florida hospitals for high infection rates

Peter Schorsch: Why the solar initiative is losing

Half a dozen or so polls … 15 months out … do any of them matter?

Robert Watkins reappointed to Hillsborough County Aviation Board

A deal is a deal — unless it’s the Seminole Compact