Emails & Opinions

Blake DowlingJanuary 12, 2019

I have a radical idea. Make marijuana illegal everywhere. For those who will see no ill effects, plenty more will see adverse consequences if recreational marijuana is made legal in Florida one day. Ten-year minimums (and things of that nature) need to go away for weed crimes, but an inconvenient truth to all this hippie […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 11, 2019

Everyone loves a good party. Just ask Cinderella. In the end, it worked out fairly good for her. And for those in The Process, victory parties can be some of the best — both in Capitol Hill and Tallahassee. With Republicans, apparently, not all celebrations are equal. Case in point is the contrast between two newly […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 11, 2019

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Some surviving family members of the Groveland Four have waited 70 years for full consideration of whether the four young black men were victims of a grave and racially motivated injustice (background here). […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 10, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Like a raging bull, Gov. Ron DeSantis (should we start calling him “Rampagin’ Ron?”) keeps stealing headlines from lawmakers during what turned out to be an underwhelming January committee week. The new Gov. stole the show: Ask for […]

Staff ReportsJanuary 10, 2019

Smash-mouth city At long last, the Florida Times-Union has upped its column game, with two critical political reporters in higher-profile gigs. As 2018 closed, Chris Hong started to write outdoors/lifestyle columns in additional to his dispatches on #jaxpol heroes. However, the 2019 addition may be the one that leaves a mark on the local political […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 10, 2019

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Look for Gov. Ron DeSantis to announce today that Noah Valenstein will continue serving as Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, sources briefed on the personnel decision tell Florida Politics. […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 10, 2019

By now, Florida lawmakers surely realize continuing to fight the expansion of medical marijuana is reefer madness. Gov. Ron DeSantis apparently is in that camp. He is ready to stop the state’s legal battle to keep patients from smoking prescribed medical weed. Is that actual common sense coming out of Tallahassee? Sure sounded like it. Some […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2019

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. The biggest news of the day didn’t come out of the Legislature, though it was the buzz of the Capitol: Gov. Ron DeSantis named the first Cuban-American woman to the state’s highest court. The appointment — the first […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2019

There’s little doubt that the Tampa Bay Times’ Craig Pittman is one of the most biased reporters working in Florida. He’s anti-Republican. Anti-business. Anti-progress. This writer has, on multiple occasions, butted heads with Pittman, leading to two published walk-backs of his reporting (one involving his reporting about Florida politicians’ trips to King Ranch, another was […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 9, 2019

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Look today for Gov. Ron DeSantis to name Barbara Lagoa as his first pick to the Supreme Court. If picked, she would become the first Cuban-American female justice to serve on the Court. — […]

Blake Dowling: Make marijuana illegal everywhere

Why isn’t Rick Scott being held to the same standard as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 1.11.19

Sixty Days for 1.10.19 — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session

Jacksonville Bold for 1.10.19 — Smash-mouth city

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 1.10.19

Joe Henderson: Florida needs to stop fight against smoking medical marijuana

Sixty Days for 1.9.19 — A prime-time look at the 2019 Legislative Session

Craig Pittman’s bias, as exemplified in one lede

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 1.9.19