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Peter SchorschMay 4, 2015

After batting only .400 in 2014 with my five “bold” political predictions, my goal for 2015 was has to improve my political prognosticating. How is this goal coming along? Weeellllll, some of my predictions appear to be in better shape than others. And now that we are past the 2015 Legislative Session, I thought it appropriate to check […]

Peter SchorschMay 4, 2015

The Florida Department of Health is requesting a hearing Tuesday or Wednesday for dismissal of a lawsuit holding up the state’s medical marijuana law. Baywood Nurseries of Apopka challenged a proposed rule. During a two-day hearing in April it argued the proposed regulations favor deep-pocket investors and would exclude smaller family-owned nurseries from a medical […]

Peter SchorschMay 3, 2015

By way of both a disclosure and a jumping off point for this post, I need to make it clear that for two of his previous campaigns, I served as a political consultant to Rep. Matt Gaetz. The expertise I offered, for whatever it was worth, was in the area of social media, including advice on […]

Peter SchorschMay 1, 2015

Ask any crisis communications expert: Half-hearted and/or misdirected apologies do almost nothing to solve your problem and can even make your problem worse. “If what I said offended you, then I apologize.” The inference there is that if my actions didn’t offend you, then hey, all’s good. The underlying premise is that the offense in […]

Peter SchorschMay 1, 2015

By way of both a disclosure and a jumping off point for this post, I need to make it clear that for two of his previous campaigns, I was a political consultant to Rep. Matt Gaetz. The expertise I offered, for whatever it was worth, was in the area of social media, including advice on […]

Peter SchorschMay 1, 2015

With the arrival of spring, thoughts turn to cleaning house. In the spirit of spring cleaning, ridesharing technology company Uber is teaming up with select Florida Goodwill locations to make giving clothing quick and convenient. This weekend, after users bag up assorted clothing to be donated, Uber will take care of the rest, with the no-cost […]

Peter SchorschApril 30, 2015

The Tallahassee gossip mill is nearly always circulating rumors about former Rep. Loranne Ausley running for an opportune office. Leon Superintendent, Supervisor of Elections, City Commission, perhaps a crack at Congress … you name it, someone has probably floated it at Harry’s. A greater volume of talk from more reliable sources, though, is indicating that the former […]

Peter SchorschApril 29, 2015

The annual session of the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature crashed to a halt Tuesday as the House adjourned three days early because of a budget impasse with the Senate over Medicaid expansion. Bills covering everything from tax cuts to gambling, medical marijuana and making changes in the state’s scandal-rocked prison system died as a result. Below is […]

Peter SchorschApril 28, 2015

In the first poll of the special election in Congressional District 13, eventual winner David Jolly was not at the top of the field. He wasn’t in second-, third-, fourth-, or fifth-place, either. Jolly, registering at a full 1.8 percent level of support was in sixth place — 17 points behind “Someone else.” Less than six […]

Peter SchorschApril 28, 2015

Florida has the highest score among the 50 states in the Digital Learning Report Card complied by the Foundation for Excellence in Education. The report measures education policies on 10 components for what the Foundation identifies as a high-quality digital education. Florida beat out two-time high scorer Utah in the 2014 report. The two states are the […]

Peter Schorsch

Checking in on my 5 “bold” predictions for 2015

State moves to dismiss Charlotte’s Web challenge

Peter Schorsch: Matt Gaetz tweets highlight generational and maturity gap between House and Senate

Matt Gaetz, it’s time to apologize; here’s how

Matt Gaetz’s tweet speaks to an immaturity and a generational divide in legislative politics

Uber joins Goodwill for #UberSpringCleaning in SW Florida on Saturday

Look for Loranne Ausley to soon announce bid for House District 9

Winners & Losers emerging from “early Sine Die” of the 2015 Legislative Session

Time to take seriously David Jolly for U.S. Senate

Florida leads the nation in digital learning; state grades an ‘A’ in annual report card