Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonDecember 5, 2017

Miscreant behavior isn’t the exclusive property of either major political party. It’s an equal opportunity career-killer, as former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville learned Monday. She was sentenced to five years in federal prison for deeds that U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan called “especially shameless.” Shameless? Yeah, that about sums it up. It happens […]

Peter SchorschDecember 5, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. First, some good news about a great person – Lobbyist Donovan Brown moving to Suskey Consulting – Insurance industry expert Brown has now become the newest vice president at Florida government affairs firm Suskey Consulting. […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott’s top lawyer turned down a request to appoint a special prosecutor from the attorney representing the Senate staffer accusing Sen. Jack Latvala of sexual harassment. Ritch Workman, a former House member and Scott appointee to the Public Service […]

Florence SnyderDecember 4, 2017

America will have equality when mediocre women and minorities can go as far in broadcast news as mediocre white men. Right now, they can’t. Tonight, yet another middle aged white male mediocrity will make his anchorman debut at the CBS Evening News. The CBS gene pool has come a long way down since the anchor’s chair was […]

Joe HendersonDecember 4, 2017

My eyebrows arched a bit when reading the Saint Leo University poll that showed Rick Scott with a 10-point lead over incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson in next year’s election for the U.S. Senate. That’s not because I believe for a second that Scott will win by 10 points. As Democratic strategist Steve Schale tweeted, the […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Good morning from The Essex House in New York City, where the weather is crisp, but not cold. It’s the end of the first week of the holiday season and Manhattan is glittering with […]

Blake DowlingDecember 2, 2017

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Have you ever lost an election, been fired or run out of an organization? Lane Kiffin has. Currently, Kiffin coaches the Florida Atlantic University football team. Before that, he had stopped at the Raiders, USC and (for today’s purposes) the University of Tennessee. I never met Lane, but I knew his ex-wife Layla in college. […]

Peter SchorschDecember 2, 2017

If you fly in and out of Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) this holiday season, you may have cause to panic. A staffing snafu has left thousands of American Airlines flights without pilots and in danger of cancellation. But the airline is reassuring passengers that their holiday season travel plans are still good to go. While […]

Phil AmmannDecember 1, 2017

Nelson rhetoric sent signal tax bill was about to pass … or was it? There were telltale signs the GOP tax reform measure was about to cross a threshold. On the day before the final vote was scheduled to take place, the rhetoric from Senate Democrats ratcheted upward. When moderate Republicans John McCain of Arizona said […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Gwen Graham is moving to Orlando. At least her gubernatorial campaign is doing so. The campaign confirmed Thursday that it’s moving its headquarters from Tallahassee, her home for decades, to settle into the City […]

Emails & Opinions

Joe Henderson: Corrine Brown finds rules apply to her too

Sunburn for 12.5.17 – #LoveMyNewspaper Day!

Sixty Days for 12.4.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Florence Snyder: Tonight on CBS Evening News: More of the same

Joe Henderson: Rick Scott poll numbers should concern Dems

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.4.17

Blake Dowling: Vols, Lane Kiffin, Jimbo Fisher and all the social media #goodstuff

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Stuck in TLH with you?

The Delegation for 12.1.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 12.1.17