Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

Sixty Days for 11.9.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Tolls would be automatically suspended for drivers in areas where mandatory hurricane evacuations have been ordered, under a bill filed in the Senate. A draft of a bill is circulating in the Capitol that would, among other things, expressly […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

There are three critical “T’s” of political campaigns: timing, temperature and tone. Mary Barzee Flores hit all three when she called for the impeachment of Donald Trump. The former circuit judge and current candidate in Miami’s “clown car” Democratic primary in Florida’s 27th Congressional District also urged fellow Democrats to run on the issue in […]

Bob SparksNovember 9, 2017

What a year we’re having in Florida’s capital city. Just not in a good way. In April, we had the sad spectacle of Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles resigning from the Senate after uttering racial slurs in the direction of Jacksonville Democrat Audrey Gibson. Less than two weeks ago, incoming Senate Democratic Leader Jeff Clemens […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

Unlike the night of the primary election in St. Petersburg, when his red-faced remarks were so frightening they would become fodder for television ads, Rick Baker smiled as he graciously conceded before the dispirited crowd at 400 Beach Seafood and Tap House. “St. Petersburg is still an incredible place,” Baker said Tuesday night, encouraging supporters […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

Gwen Graham raised approximately $170,000 for her political committee, Our Florida, in October. No word yet on how much she raised in hard dollars for campaign, but, if the amount is similar to previous monthly hauls, her final number will probably be in the low six-figures. Between her committee and her campaign, Graham has, on […]

Joe HendersonNovember 9, 2017

As a member of the Hillsborough County Commission, Jan Platt was best known for a single word: NO! Labels like that tend to stick, but this grand lady was much, much more than that. She fought to protect our waterways and environmentally sensitive land, and she loved to be out on the Bay with a […]

Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam took the Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere as a “wake-up call,” and wants his campaign to convince grassroots voters that Florida’s conservative-principled prosperity is at stake. — “We are […]

Peter SchorschNovember 8, 2017

Sixty Days for 11.8.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 A Senate budget subcommittee cleared the Florida Excellence in Higher Education Act of 2018, which would permanently expand Bright Futures Academic Scholar awards, among other things. Rep. Blaise Ingoglia‘s bill to hold sales tax referenda only on the date […]

Guest AuthorNovember 8, 2017

President Donald J. Trump should be impeached and removed from office. As a former judge, I don’t make that statement lightly, but I have come to believe such steps, sadly, are necessary to restore trust, respect, and dignity to the American presidency. That said, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — and those of the U.S. […]

Joe HendersonNovember 8, 2017

Democrats win! Stop the presses! Well, they should be feeling frisky this morning. They had a fist-pumping night during Tuesday’s elections, just a year after Donald Trump stunned them, and their dreams of controlling the United States Senate were crushed. Democrats won a series of state and local elections, including nationally watched races for Governor […]

Emails & Opinions
Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Sixty Days for 11.9.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Mary Barzee Flores impeachment talk hits the mark; will Democrats listen?

Supreme Court brings new meaning to ‘oral arguments’

Rick Baker, pick up the phone and congratulate Rick Kriseman

Why Gwen Graham should feel really good right now, despite her middling fundraising

Joe Henderson: Jan Platt leaves legacy of service, integrity

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.9.17

Sixty Days for 11.8.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Mary Barzee Flores: ‘Impeach Trump’ must be Democratic candidates’ rallying cry

Joe Henderson: Democrats win, but can they keep good times rolling?