Steve SchaleAugust 14, 2024
21min0
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
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7min1146
Florida state revenue going to epilepsy services continues to drop.
Steve SchaleNovember 6, 2018
31min498
To: Fellow Americans Who Don’t Sleep From: Steve Schale, Tired Florida Man Re: You know you are going to miss these. *5 hours until the polls open *17 hours until the first of 23 phone calls between 7 and 7:05 p.m. asking what I think. *19 hours until FSU basketball season tips off against the boys from […]
Steve SchaleNovember 5, 2018
10min283
I greet you on this Monday morning, rejoicing in the fact the Jaguars did not lose yesterday. The pride this brought to the good people of DUVAL County led to the largest early voting day of the cycle, as nearly 20,000 proud residents of old Cowford came to the polls. Really proud of my city. […]
Steve SchaleNovember 4, 2018
11min365
As a longtime hack, I always saw “falling back” as a biennial opportunity to get an extra hour of sleep. But that is probably where the upside of going back to standard time ends. If I ever run for President, Make Evenings Light Again will be a key part of my platform. Florida Man and […]
Steve SchaleFebruary 14, 2018
16min394
2010 was like a living a broken record. No matter what candidates said or did, or whether they ran embracing themselves with the president, or running as their own style of Democrat, it just didn’t matter. Voters were looking to send a message, and people who had Democrat on their name tag were the only […]
Steve SchaleFebruary 5, 2018
9min897
In eight days, there will be a special election in Sarasota. It is a race that probably shouldn’t look interesting, but alas, it is turning into one heck of a fight. For those of you not from Florida, the corners of this state take on the characteristics of the part of the country where people […]
Steve SchaleJanuary 21, 2018
12min343
The first time I went to a “shithole,” I didn’t get nervous until the last few minutes of the flight. It was late December 2006, and we were headed to Guatemala to spend New Year’s with some good friends. As the plane descended toward the airport, it dawned on me — “Holy s*it, I am […]
Steve SchaleOctober 9, 2017
17min306
Since Maria, the question I’ve gotten more than any other is: “So if X number of Puerto Ricans move to Florida because of the hurricane, what does this mean?” Honestly, I write this blog with some hesitation. As I work on this piece, 80-90 percent of the population still lacks power and some 50 percent […]
Steve SchaleSeptember 27, 2017
10min248
Last night, the train of Democratic state legislative wins around the country came to Florida, as Annette Taddeo defeated Jose Felix Diaz in the special election for Senate District 40, picking up a key seat for Florida Democrats. How big of a deal is this for Florida Democrats? This is the first legislative special election […]