Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonOctober 25, 2017

RAYS MOVING TO TAMPA! Um, not so fast. I was getting ready for dinner Tuesday when WFLA, Channel 8, opened its 6 p.m. newscast with what seemed like a blockbuster. The station was reporting that the Tampa Bay Rays had settled on a site near Tampa’s Ybor City for a proposed new stadium. On air […]

Peter SchorschOctober 25, 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 Miami where The Future of Internet and Television Conference, or FITConFL, kicks off today. We’ll have more on that below, but let’s start the day with two scoops we tracked down overnight. […]

Darryl PaulsonOctober 25, 2017

Once again, President Donald Trump has taken what should be a solemn occasion and turned it into political theater. Unfortunately for Trump, he won’t win any Academy Awards for his performance. On October 4, Sgt. La David Johnson and three other Green Berets were ambushed and killed in Niger. Only a dozen years ago, my […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Former lawmaker and current candidate David Rivera showed up at Bill Galvano’s designation ceremony—despite being sought by U.S. marshals so they can serve him with a Federal Election Commission lawsuit tied to a campaign finance conspiracy. Texting […]

Bob SparksOctober 24, 2017

A sad spectacle playing out now will hopefully fade from the spotlight of cameras and the front pages of print media. It can’t happen soon enough. Somehow, the return of a soldier killed in action across the ocean became a political sideshow starring President Donald Trump, retired General John F. Kelly, and Congresswoman Frederica Wilson […]

Joe HendersonOctober 24, 2017

University of Florida football coach Jim McElwain has mishandled a potentially explosive situation, and that’s true whether or not death threats were actually directed at him and those in his program. Something isn’t adding up here. At his regular news conference Monday, McElwain dropped a bombshell about that subject in an almost offhand way. After […]

Peter SchorschOctober 24, 2017

With few exceptions, delegation members raise significant 3Q funds With all of the third quarter campaign finance reports in, the delegation members show mixed results. Among House members, 14 raised at least $100,000 and 20 have at least $200,000 cash on hand. Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, seeking a fourth term, brought in $1.8 million. After […]

Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott, expected to challenge Bill Nelson next year for his U.S. Senate seat, announced he was proposing $1.7 billion in environmental funding for 2018-19. Advocates supporting civil citations instead of juvenile arrests hailed a report […]

Joe HendersonOctober 23, 2017

President Donald Trump called U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida’s 24th Congressional District “wacky” in a tweet. He said she is the “gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party.” He said she is a “disaster” for Democrats. Let’s meet her. She won her seat in 2010, and in 2014 was re-elected to a third term […]

Peter SchorschOctober 23, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto and Rep. Jim Boyd, two Republicans representing southwest Florida, will file bills today to combat opioid abuse in the Sunshine State by limiting first-time painkiller prescriptions to a three-day supply. The proposal mirrors one Gov. […]

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Joe Henderson: Rays moving to Tampa? Not so fast

Sunburn for 10.25.17 – Richard Corcoran’s new website; Sean Shaw’s possible plans; Jack Latvala still kicking it off; Carlos Trujillo’s possible new gig; Sweeny baby!

Darryl Paulson: So much for presidential gravitas

Sixty Days for 10.24.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Bob Sparks: Only one hero in Donald Trump vs. Frederica Wilson fiasco

Joe Henderson: Death threats at UF? Either way, coach mishandled situation

The Delegation for 10.24.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Sixty Days for 10.23.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Henderson: Frederica Wilson’s record not so wacky

Sunburn for 10.23.17 – Bill Nelson’s 3Q haul; Adam Putnam vs. Carlos Smith; Jeff Greene for Gov.?; Waiting for FEMA; Major legislation proposed to fight opioid crisis;