Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2018

As anyone who reads this site (or my tweets) will know, I’m no fan of Democrat state Sen. Gary Farmer. That’s why I was excited to see Jim Waldman challenge Farmer to a rematch of their 2016 cage fight. But this week was not very good for Team Waldman. Last Wednesday, at what is the oldest, […]

Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2018

There appears to be a concerted effort between the state and federal government toward making industrial hemp a mainstream commodity. At the end of June, the U.S. Senate passed the 2018 Farm Bill by an 86-11 vote. Among the provisions: language removing hemp, a cannabis plant material with low levels of THC, from the federal […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Another self-imposed deadline, another delay. The federal government has again asked a Tallahassee judge to delay any rulings while it decides whether to get involved in a lawsuit over records on March’s pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University that […]

Guest AuthorJuly 12, 2018

As an advocate for health coverage, I value the progress America has made in recent years. We’ve opened up health insurance to more Floridians, and health plans are welcoming all types of patients and ensuring they obtain great care. These are trends we must entrench and enhance. Leading the ACA enrollment program for the Epilepsy […]

Peter SchorschJuly 12, 2018

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Just in from the field is a new St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics that is sure to reset the current narrative in the GOP primary for Attorney General. After […]

Joe HendersonJuly 12, 2018

Perhaps no politician in Hillsborough County has been more identified with the effort to build a stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays than Ken Hagan. The veteran County Commissioner was key in trying to convince the Rays that Ybor City was the right place to put a stadium. What he does behind the scenes could […]

Peter SchorschJuly 11, 2018

Do the Tampa Bay Rays know what league they’re playing in? I’m not talking about on-the-field, where they play in the MLB against the Yankees and the Red Sox. I’m talking about off-the-field, where the team is hoping to convince a cash-strapped community to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build it a new […]

Peter SchorschJuly 11, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. Let’s admit something right up front. We had to suppress a gasp yesterday afternoon as the Tampa Bay Rays unveiled the sticker price for the proposed baseball stadium in Ybor City, where […]

Peter SchorschJuly 10, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A trio of rallies tomorrow will call for Gov. Rick Scott “to retract the state’s appeals on two medical marijuana constitutional challenge cases,” the organizer said in a news release. Three protests will take place simultaneously Wednesday at noon — […]

Joe HendersonJuly 10, 2018

I’ll admit something right up front. I had to suppress a gasp Tuesday afternoon when the Tampa Bay Rays unveiled the sticker price for the baseball stadium they propose in Ybor City and hope to play in by 2023. $892 million! That’s about $200 million more than I expected, but I guess it’s roughly in […]

Emails & Opinions

Jim Waldman’s campaign is so bad, I’m rooting for Gary Farmer

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Hemp on horizon?

Last Call for 7.12.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Islara Souto: Patient protections and health care access must be defended

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 7.12.18

Joe Henderson: Ken Hagan’s likely pitch for Rays stadium? It’s an investment

Rays’ stadium dream reveal a reminder that team’s politics are still minor-league

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.11.18

Last Call for 7.10.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Cost of Rays new stadium: $892 million! Yikes