Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonApril 17, 2018

The future of greyhound pari-mutuel racing in Florida will be decided right where it should be – at the ballot box. The Constitutional Revision Commission voted in favor of placing an amendment before voters in November to ban the, well, what is it exactly? It’s not a sport, despite what its supporters say. I guess […]

Guest AuthorApril 17, 2018

It’s hardworking Americans least favorite day — Tax Day. Good news is this is the last time you will have to file taxes under the old, unfair tax system. Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by Republicans in Congress and signed into law by President Trump, hardworking, middle-class families across Florida will […]

Peter SchorschApril 17, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Florida was well represented at this year’s Pulitzer Prizes. First up, the Pulitzer board disclosed Monday that the newspaper’s “Fight Club” series, by reporters Carol Marbin Miller and Audra D.S. Burch, was one of two finalists for […]

Peter SchorschApril 16, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot On the first day the state’s Constitution Revision Commission reconvened in full in Tallahassee since last month, the wheels started coming off the bus over “bundling.” That’s another way to describe the grouping, or combining, of proposed changes. That’s so […]

Guest AuthorApril 16, 2018

Agriculture has continued to be Florida’s second largest industry for many years now. Even so, the industry itself is still a mystery to many who live in Florida’s sprawling suburbia. Our congressional district proudly boasts the top cattle producing county (Osceola) and usual top citrus producing county (Polk). Just take a short drive out of […]

Peter SchorschApril 16, 2018

One can’t have a conversation about the 2018 elections nowadays without answering one not-so-simple question: How big will the “blue wave” be? It’s no longer a debate about whether it exits. We got our first hints, in Florida at least, with Annette Taddeo’s election to SD 40 last year. Margaret Good’s win in the February […]

Joe HendersonApril 16, 2018

Florida Democrats seem to have their best chance in two decades of changing the balance of power in Tallahassee. As they say in the sports world though, potential just means you haven’t done it yet. So it goes with political fortunes. For the first time in eight years, Dems won’t be going against an incumbent […]

Peter SchorschApril 16, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica and Drew Wilson. Richard Corcoran is not running for Florida governor. At least not yet. The Tampa Bay Times’ Steve Bousquet had reported that Corcoran “penciled in the week of April 16 for an announcement of […]

Guest AuthorApril 16, 2018

If you are reading this during the morning hours, currently 20,000 (or so) runners are sitting in a high school baseball field in Hopkinton, Massachusetts about to embark on what for many will be the fulfillment of miles upon miles of dreams. With all due respect to those who will run later today, as a […]

Peter SchorschApril 15, 2018

Everett Wilkinson is striking back against a POLITICO Florida report that paints him — unfairly, he says — as a shill for the sugar industry. In an exclusive interview with Florida Politics, Wilkinson called the story “sloppy reporting” and said reporter Matt Dixon “either has a limited understanding of how the Internet works or is demonstrating willful ignorance.” The story […]

Emails & Opinions
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Joe Henderson: Letting voters decide on greyhound racing is right call

Daniel Webster: It’s the last day of the old tax system

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 4.17.18

Last Call for 4.16.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Darren Soto: The future of agriculture lies in Central Florida

CRC should think twice about putting drilling ban on the ballot

Joe Henderson: Florida Dems must be more than anti-Trump

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 4.16.18

Kevin Sweeny: Happy Patriots Day!

‘Sloppy reporting’ from POLITICO is a smear, conservative activist says