Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2018

(This post has been updated to reflect that Pres. Trump will visit Florida on July 31.) According to a report in POLITICO’s Florida Playbook, President Donald Trump is slated to visit the Sunshine State to campaign for U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis on July 31. Instead of when he is coming, maybe the better question to […]

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Recent polls have shown U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis rocketing ahead of Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam in the Republican primary for Florida governor, but the Florida Chamber of Commerce says in a polling […]

Joe HendersonJuly 23, 2018

April Griffin says she has not changed her mind about leaving the Hillsborough County School Board after three terms that at times have been tumultuous, rancorous but never, ever dull. “No looking back,” she said. Even though she won’t be running for re-election this fall, Griffin wants her supporters to know she is throwing her […]

Peter SchorschJuly 21, 2018

Clouds are brewing over the journalism industry, but the long-term forecast is promising. That’s according to Diane McFarlin, the former publisher of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and current dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism. She delivered a media ‘forecast’ to an audience of UF alumni in Tallahassee this week. In the short term, […]

Blake DowlingJuly 21, 2018

I visited Ozark, Alabama last weekend to attend a family reunion at my grandfather’s childhood home, the Holman House. Holman House is a 15,000-square-foot historic landmark built by hand (with no electricity) in 1912 by a small team of local master craftsman. A truly amazing feat, if you think about it. The house sits directly across […]

Peter SchorschJuly 20, 2018

Sanford Republican Scott Sturgill has been an unabashed supporter of President Donald Trump during his campaign for Florida’s 7th Congressional District. That isn’t shocking on its face, of course — standing with the President is a common thread that nearly every GOP primary campaign shares nationwide, and for good reason. Take one look at U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, […]

Peter SchorschJuly 20, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Bon voyage to GOP state Sen. Rob Bradley, who is taking to the high seas this weekend for a political fundraiser. It’s a Disney cruise that was booked back in May through the […]

Peter SchorschJuly 19, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The 4th District Court of Appeal shot down an appeal over whether slot machines can be expanded to “charter” counties that OK’d them in local referendums. The company that owns Palm Beach Kennel Club had sued, seeking to add slots. […]

Peter SchorschJuly 19, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Rep. Scott Plakon, a Longwood Republican, is asking for prayers as wife Susie enters hospice. Her “Alzheimer’s has advanced considerably,” he said on Facebook yesterday. “She is now at the very end stage … Starting today, […]

Joe HendersonJuly 19, 2018

Alex Sink understands high-stakes politics. Sink, a Democrat, became the first woman to win a major-party nomination for Governor in 2010, but she narrowly lost to Rick Scott. Sink’s late husband, Bill McBride, also ran for the state’s top office in 2002 but lost to Jeb Bush. Sink is also the only Democrat to win […]

Emails & Opinions

Does Ron DeSantis really want Donald Trump to campaign for him in Florida?

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.23.18

Joe Henderson: April Griffin endorses Karen Perez for Hillsborough School Board

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Weathering the storm

Blake Dowling: A weekend of Alabama history and therapy animals

That time Scott Sturgill wasn’t on board the Trump train

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 7.20.18

Last Call for 7.19.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.19.18

Joe Henderson: Alex Sink says Trump’s stumbles should help Gwen Graham, all Dems