Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonJanuary 23, 2018

It is a popular story line to excoriate Senate Democrats, including Florida’s Bill Nelson, for caving in to Mitch McConnell and Republicans to end the government shutdown. Those angered by the compromise that ended the stalemate for at least three weeks say Republicans can’t be trusted to find a fair solution for so-called Dreamers – […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 23, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. The Capitol Press Corps’ ranks are waning, and so is their ability (and, it seems, interest) in putting on a Press Skits each year. As Gary Fineout tweeted Monday, “A Tallahassee tradition that could (be) […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Monday evening. First, some outside-the-Tallahassee-bubble good news: “U.S. Senate leaders have reached an agreement to reopen the government,” the AP reported Monday afternoon. Shutdown, be gone. Sixty Days enjoys a good make-up session. Here’s your evening rundown. Taxing talks: The […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018

There’s one event for which this proud St. Petersburg native will always cross the bridge. It’s Robert and Nancy Watkins‘ party, held in conjunction with the Children’s Gasparilla Extravaganza, an alcohol-free event celebrating the pirates’ return to Tampa Bay. Gasparilla is an annual celebration that began in 1904. Held each year in late January or early February, […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 22, 2018

Choosing a side to root for in the now-perpetual dysfunction in Washington is a fool’s errand, unless you count the workers and military impacted by this latest government shutdown. I’m pulling for them. Leaders say they’re trying to find a solution to get everyone back to work and it looks like a short-term fix is […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018

On Saturday morning, state Rep. Kathleen Peters announced she was withdrawing her bid to join the Public Service Commission. To be honest, it was a surprise that she had even applied to the PSC. Peters really hasn’t had much nice to say about Tallahassee politics and is basing her campaign for the Pinellas County Commission on a desire […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018

Nancy Smith, the executive editor of Sunshine State News, and I don’t get along as well as we once did. Maybe I wrote a blog post that was too snarky. Or she wrote a column about me that hit too close to home. It’s OK. There is an ebb and flow to these things. And […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. In Week 3 of the 2018 Legislative Session, lawmakers will start to work on their only constitutionally mandated job — passing a state budget that could be more than $87 billion this […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018

— Tampa Bay ranks third statewide in job creation — Tampa Bay added 28,000 new private-sector jobs in the last year, the third-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. In a statement this week from Gov. Rick Scott, Tampa Bay’s unemployment rate had dropped to 3.4 percent, down 1.1 percentage points from the same […]

Steve SchaleJanuary 21, 2018

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The first time I went to a “shithole,” I didn’t get nervous until the last few minutes of the flight. It was late December 2006, and we were headed to Guatemala to spend New Year’s with some good friends. As the plane descended toward the airport, it dawned on me — “Holy s*it, I am […]

Emails & Opinions

Joe Henderson: Bill Nelson’s vote wasn’t surrender on DACA

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 1.23.18

Sixty Days for 1.22.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Pirates got me thinking: The Gasparilla parade and Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Lots of blame in Washington shutdown game

Kathleen Peters’ awkward withdrawal from applying for the PSC

We should aspire to live a life as grand as Nancy Smith’s husband

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 1.22.18

Not Just A Body Of Water — A weekly newsletter about Tampa Bay politics — 1.21.18

Steve Schale: Ode to shitholes