Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2018

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Call it the law of unintended consequences of banning dog racing. A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ending dog racing shouldn’t go on the November ballot, an attorney said Thursday, because its ballot title and summary don’t disclose that “humane […]

Peter SchorschJuly 26, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. In case you missed it: The latest statewide survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) has a bevy of findings to start your day: — Republican […]

Joe HendersonJuly 26, 2018

For decades, Republican candidates have been successful in Florida by rarely deviating from a script that labels Democrats as big-spenders, soft on crime, anti-business and anti-gun. When confronted by these aggressive tactics, Dems generally answered with flustered babble that, roughly translated, was basically “that’s not nice.” This campaign has been different though. Instead of trying […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Floridians are freaked out over algae blooms that have plagued the state’s waterways, including Lake Okeechobee. That’s one finding from the latest statewide survey by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI). Of those polled, 53 […]

Joe HendersonJuly 25, 2018

Voting in Florida is a right, not a privilege. And since life today doesn’t run at the same pace as it did back when Ozzie met Harriett (look it up, kids), the government should make it as easy as possible for citizens to exercise that right. So yes, it was, as League of Women Voters […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2018

Take a few moments to read the opening paragraph of the New York Times story about Tuesday’s Republican runoff in the Georgia gubernatorial race. “Brian Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, captured the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday, easily dispatching the preferred candidate of the state party establishment after a series of provocative ads that evoked […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Daniel McAuliffe, Jim Rosica, and Drew Wilson. According to a new Florida Politics poll of Tampa voters, Jane Castor is a clear favorite to become the city’s next mayor. In the latest survey of the 2019 race, St. Pete […]

Guest AuthorJuly 25, 2018

Florida’s economy continues breaking records. Just a few days ago Florida’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) topped $1 trillion, the chief economist with the Florida Chamber Foundation announced. This means that if Florida was an independent country, our $1 trillion economy would rank us as the 17th largest economy in the world and ahead of countries […]

Peter SchorschJuly 24, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A Tallahassee judge has rejected the state’s request for a rehearing in a battle about whether lawmakers properly carried out a 2014 constitutional amendment that required spending on land and water conservation. That sets the case up to potentially next […]

Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2018

As a nurse in Florida, I had a front-row seat to the positives and negatives of the Affordable Care Act (or ACA). Prior to the ACA, I saw young people kicked off their parent’s insurance, rendering them unable to afford health insurance. Prior to the ACA, I witnessed far too many Floridians unable to get […]

Emails & Opinions
Richard Lamondin speaks to attendees of his town hall in Coconut Grove on Sept. 9, 2025. Image via Richard Lamondin campaign.

Last Call for 7.26.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.26.18

Joe Henderson: State Democrats try a new tactic: fighting back

Last Call for 7.25.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Judge rules for college voting rights over incumbent privilege

Georgia gubernatorial race a harbinger of things to come in Florida

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 7.25.18

Will Weatherford: $1 trillion economy means opportunity for Florida, but challenges remain

Last Call for 7.24.18 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Brenda Mattson: No reason to scrap the ACA. Improve it.