Emails & Opinions

Phil AmmannNovember 17, 2017

A frenetic year in Jacksonville politics — including the passage of the Human Rights Ordinance expansion, pension reform, and the Kids Hope Alliance — is ending. And not a moment too soon. The Jacksonville City Council meeting this week had nothing on the agenda was worth covering, even by the standards of our Jacksonville correspondent. […]

Peter SchorschNovember 17, 2017

Floridians join with tough questions for Attorney General This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made yet another appearance on Capitol Hill. This time it was before the House Judiciary Committee. Normally agency heads will see supporting comments or questions from members of their own party after taking a beating from a committee member of the […]

Peter SchorschNovember 17, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel has been accused of creating a hostile workplace environment for women by making constant inappropriate comments and suggestion, according to six unnamed women who talked to POLITICO Florida. […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Senate President Joe Negron has hired the GrayRobinson law firm to represent the chamber in the investigation into the sexual harassment claims against Sen. Jack Latvala. In a related story, a lawyer for one of the accusers said state Reps. Chris […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2017

The Florida Health Care Association (FHCA), a nursing home industry trade association, recently attacked my proposed “Resident’s Bill of Rights” amendment to the state constitution saying that it does not belong there, that it “weakens protections for residents,” and that it is “glaringly bad.” Unfortunately, they offered nothing in the way of evidence to support these claims and […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2017

How do you solve a problem like Al Franken? Tell him to stay away. Far, far away. The boob-groping (not “allegedly,” by the way, because there’s – yipes – a photo) Democratic senator from Minnesota was set to headline a fundraiser this Saturday for Florida’s Bill Nelson at the Thonotosassa home of former state CFO Alex Sink. But […]

Joe HendersonNovember 16, 2017

I assume Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg was trying to make a joke Wednesday when he said his organization might come up with $150 million to help pay for a new ballpark in Tampa’s Ybor City that will cost a lot more than that. I say that because I literally started laughing as I […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Some sobering news (no pun intended) from the state’s latest “Drugs in Deceased Persons” report, released Wednesday by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission: “Of the 27,383 deaths investigated by Florida’s medical examiners (in 2016), […]

Peter SchorschNovember 15, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 A Florida court sided with Gov. Rick Scott that emergency generator rules for elder care facilities can stay in effect while they are in the appeals process. Meanwhile, South Florida Democrats are aiming to improve nursing homes by encouraging greater use […]

Joe HendersonNovember 15, 2017

The dirty secret for public school teachers in Hillsborough County, or basically anywhere in Florida, is that the amount they are paid doesn’t cover all the work they do. Many teachers just shrug at that reality and spend part of their “free time” grading papers, preparing lesson plans, or volunteering at school events because they […]

Emails & Opinions
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Jacksonville Bold for 11.17.17 — Time for reflection

The Delegation for 11.17.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.17.17

Sixty Days for 11.16.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Brecht Heuchan: FHCA ‘wrong on all’ counts

Al Franken ‘no longer available’ for Bill Nelson fundraiser

Joe Henderson: Let’s hope Stu Sternberg was joking

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 11.16.17

Sixty Days for 11.15.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Henderson: Teachers deserve raise, but where is the money?