Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonOctober 10, 2017

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One of the media’s highest purposes is to give a voice to the voiceless, like those in the elderly care system. Often that can mean making high-powered people uncomfortable, which brings us to John C. Simmons, president of the Florida Health Care Association. Simmons says it’s unfair for the media to generalize about how nursing homes […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

On Tuesday morning, news of Phil Levine retaining a veteran fundraiser for his political committee All About Florida was broke by Marc Caputo, the mile-a-minute POLITICO Florida reporter based in Miami. The item was clearly a dish from Levine’s camp to Caputo, who led his must-read Florida Playbook with a blurb about Courtney Whitney‘s hiring. There’s […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. In Florida, it seems like every other Tuesday is an Election Day, as it is today in House Districts 44 and 58. Bobby Olszewski and Democrat Eddy Dominguez are competing to replace former Rep. Eric Eisnaugle, a Republican […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

Sixty Days – A prime-time read of what’s going down for Florida’s 2018 Legislative Session. The Last 24 Gov. Rick Scott toured the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee. A 90-year-old woman named Cecilia Franco became the 13th victim of the Hollywood nursing home tragedy. 95-year-old Francesca Andrade became the home’s 14th fatality. Sen. Aaron Bean filed a bill […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2017

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I always thought journalists were trained to avoid reaching a broad conclusion from just one specific example, no matter how shocking it may be. Yet in his guest commentary in Wednesday’s Tallahassee Democrat, opinion columnist Carl Hiaasen unfairly slammed Florida’s entire long-term care profession based on the shameful and inexcusable actions of a single nursing […]

Steve SchaleOctober 9, 2017

Since Maria, the question I’ve gotten more than any other is: “So if X number of Puerto Ricans move to Florida because of the hurricane, what does this mean?” Honestly, I write this blog with some hesitation. As I work on this piece, 80-90 percent of the population still lacks power and some 50 percent […]

Peter SchorschOctober 9, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Ending an eight year run that included the publishing of more than 51,000 blog posts, I will no longer publish original content to SaintPetersBlog.com (the site will remain up as an archive for the […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2017

On behalf of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), I am honored to go before the Senate Community Affairs Committee tomorrow to discuss short-term rentals — an important topic of concern in recent years given the emergence of online rental platforms. While these platforms provide people with a new method to access and advertise short-term rentals, there have also been many unintended side effects. Alarmingly, these platforms are being exploited by commercial operators who run illegal hotels without […]

Blake DowlingOctober 7, 2017

Last month, we saw a monster of a breach, from an entity supposedly on the extremely protected side of the conversation: Equifax. You may think just because you never gave them your information that they don’t have it. Not so fast, says Lee Corso. Equifax has your info from banks, creditors, and public records, it […]

Peter SchorschOctober 7, 2017

Florida State University President John Thrasher announced the members of the President’s Advisory Panel on University Namings and Recognitions, according to a news release. “I want to thank the members of this panel for their willingness to take on this important matter,” Thrasher said in a statement. “I expect them to be deliberate, to be thoughtful and to […]

Emails & Opinions
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Joe Henderson: Giving voice to voiceless in elderly care

Is Philip Levine winning the Caputo primary in Fla. governor’s race?

Sunburn for 10.10.17 — Election Day in HD 44 & 58; Jack Latvala tees off; Andrew Gillum’s walkback; AHCA eyes $ cuts; Andrew Marcus’ new gig

Sixty Days for 10.9.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

John Simmons: Florida’s nursing centers – setting the record straight on quality care

Steve Schale: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico and Florida politics

Sunburn for 10.9.17 — INFLUENCE Mag debuts; Fla. still counting the dead from Irma; Joe Negron’s 2018 priorities; EFI doles out raises; Chris Spencer’s new gig

Troy Flanagan: Florida lawmakers must protect tourism by addressing illegal rentals

Blake Dowling: Equifax – the mother of all breaches

Takeaways from Tallahassee — FSU takes on campus names, markers