Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Adam Putnam is backing off for now on a request to make getting a concealed-carry permit easier, and help is on the way for opioid abuse. For the record, the hardest thing in the Sixty Days medicine cabinet […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 15, 2018

Gun control? That’s a laugh, given the culture of political complicity created by the National Rifle Association. In the alternate universe in which NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre and his army of lawmakers throughout live, more guns “make America safe and free.” That’s what he said before the NRA’s 2013 meeting in Houston. Safe? I wonder […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2018

Immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Hollywood, reluctant to exploit terrorism plot lines, postponed the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “Collateral Damage” because it featured Colombian terrorists bent on attacking the U.S. A 2015 film about Islamic terrorists determined to attack Paris was shelved after shooters and suicide bombers targeted a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars, […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 15, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. — NO WORDS — “17 die in a barrage of bullets” via Audra Burch and Patricia Mazzei of the New York Times – A heavily armed young man barged into his former high […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 15, 2018

More than 1,100 children were prosecuted as adults in Florida last year — taken from their homes, removed from their schools, and locked up in adult jails. Although children’s brains are still developing, and they cannot fully understand the consequences of their actions, our criminal justice system treats some of them like grown adults. They […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Wednesday evening. Nothing about it is good. The House observed a moment of silence for those involved in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County. At press time, a suspect was in custody, and there were “numerous […]

Steve SchaleFebruary 14, 2018

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 […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2018

Nobody likes to get scammed out of thousands of dollars, but that’s unfortunately what happens on Florida’s waters, according to Rep. Shawn Harrison. That’s why he is sponsoring the Salvage of Pleasure Vessels Act, HB 469, which passed its final committee stop in the House yesterday, clearing the Government Accountability Committee easily with a 21-2 […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2018

Frank White and his family are successful; no one should begrudge them their good fortune. Nevertheless, in a recent story on White’s campaign finances in his bid for Attorney General, that is exactly what the Tampa Bay Times does with a piece that smacks of paternalism. At issue is $1.5 million White “received” from his […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 14, 2018

If you are an aficionado of Florida politics — and you probably wouldn’t be reading this site if you aren’t — Tuesday was truly a day to savor. In addition to the usual breaking news — bills died, Brian Hughes accused of bullying, campaign finance reports posted, federal judges appointed, etc. — there was an […]

Emails & Opinions

Sixty Days for 2.15.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Henderson: Gun control? Politicians make sure we don’t have a prayer

Mr. Speaker, take down that ad

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 2.15.18

Scott McCoy: Children do not belong in adult jails

Sixty Days for 2.14.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Steve Schale: The message of Sarasota

Could lawmakers force much-needed transparency on pirates?

Tampa Bay Times calling out Frank White’s ‘gift’ smacks of paternalism

Winners and losers emerging from a dramatic day in Florida politics