Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschOctober 18, 2018
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10min395
Comparing politics to horse racing is common, but unlike sports, where handicappers plunk down cash on the teams they think will win, political pundits can’t and don’t “bet” on whether such-and-such politician will win their election. There is one outlet that casts aside that professional norm. And that outlet is starting to consider playing the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 18, 2018
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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Mail ballots have been trickling into county supervisor of elections offices since mid-September, and while there’s only evidence of a “blue ripple” so far, the door hasn’t closed on the 2018 election […]

Peter SchorschOctober 17, 2018
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11min393
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Still another cryptocurrency filing is before state financial regulators, records reviewed Wednesday show. Grapefruit Trading of Chicago — a “virtual currency trader” — filed another petition for a declaratory statement this month, according to the Office of Financial Regulation, under […]

Peter SchorschOctober 17, 2018
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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. The race for Florida governor is essentially tied according to the first public poll conducted after Hurricane Michael devastated the Panhandle — and changed the course of state politics. Twenty days before […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2018
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6min234
The entire state is focused appropriately on hurricane recovery, relief, and repair efforts. But with less than three weeks before Election Day, what does this mean for the hundreds of thousands of people in the affected regions? Gov. Rick Scott, Mayor Andrew Gillum, CFO Jimmy Patronis, and many other elected officials have been actively working on […]

Joe HendersonOctober 17, 2018
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7min186
Ron DeSantis hasn’t mentioned President Donald Trump much now that the general election for Florida Governor is getting closer, but that might change after Monday’s stinging slap by the Florida Supreme Court at Gov. Rick Scott. After lawsuits by the Florida League of Women Voters and Common Cause, the state’s highest court ruled that Scott cannot nominate […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2018
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11min197
Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Department of Management Services now has officially given the boot to Harris Corp. over the state’s law enforcement communications network. DMS Secretary Erin Rock’s 19-page final order, first reported Oct. 8, was filed Tuesday morning. She accepted a recommendation […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2018
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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Months ago it seemed like Florida Democrats’ optimism of flipping the state Senate was justified. Democratic voters appeared calcified in the “blue no matter who” mindset while Republican voters seemed almost Laodicean […]


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