Emails & Opinions

Phil AmmannOctober 6, 2017

Jacksonville politics are returning to normal after a wild summer that included a newly assertive City Council flexing its muscles over Mayor Lenny Curry’s budget, followed by impacts from Hurricane Irma that are only now receding. Politicians, as you will read below, are still working to pick up the pieces, as photo ops are now replaced […]

Guest AuthorOctober 5, 2017

Gathering on the House Floor to mark gun violence tragedies has become a common ritual. In the 477 days between the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando that left 49 dead and the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday that left 58 dead and over 500 injured, there were 521 mass shootings in America. So when, again […]

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot A proposed Florida Commission on Ethics opinion says Tony Glover, formerly the state’s top gambling regulator, can lobby his former department as long as he doesn’t do it for the specific divisions he once worked for. Glover had requested the […]

Joe HendersonOctober 5, 2017

Don’t politicize tragedy. That’s on page 1 in the standard response manual for how gun rights supporters respond to a mass murder like the one Sunday morning in Las Vegas. That’s where U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell turned when reporters asked if he might consider tougher controls on weapons now that 59 more people were dead. […]

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017

Las Vegas tragedy reawakens calls for gun control The horrific mass murder that took place in Las Vegas late Sunday night will not soon be forgotten. Like the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, this one will long remain in the minds of most Americans, mostly for its random cruelty. The Florida delegation reacted like most […]

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017

Whitefish Energy Holdings, the Montana-based company charged with the critical task of rebuilding Puerto Rico’s decimated power transmission lines, has little history demonstrating its ability to complete the Herculean task for which it was hired. Nevertheless, the company has made significant promises of performance in its brief, two-year lifespan. Based on reporting uncovered by FloridaPolitics.com, […]

Darryl PaulsonOctober 5, 2017

The term gerrymandering was coined over 200 years ago. On March 26, 1812, the Boston Gazette first used the term in describing the redrawing of a Massachusetts state senate district. Gov. Elbridge Gerry, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, said the district resembled a salamander. Gerry’s name was linked to the last part of salamander, […]

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Barring a last-minute reprieve, which almost certainly won’t happen, Florida will execute Michael Ray Lambrix at 6 p.m. tonight. The 57-year-old, also known as Cary Michael Lambrix, was convicted of the 1983 killings of […]

Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot For a second, ‘Last Call’ thought it had teleported into a parallel universe, where everything is the same—except that Florida’s governor is “Graf Orlok.” An elevator certificate seen Wednesday in Tallahassee’s Calhoun Street parking garage clearly listed “Graf Orlok, Governor.” […]

Joe HendersonOctober 4, 2017

There is a game plan, oft-repeated in politics, that says going negative beats a reasoned argument almost every time. We are seeing that play out again in the HD 58 campaign for the Republican nomination, where mailboxes are being filled with fliers calling Yvonne Fry a closet liberal in Republican clothes. The primary election to succeed […]

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Jacksonville Bold for 10.6.17 — After the storm

Ted Deutch: Time to break NRA stranglehold on Congress

Last Call for 10.5.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Politicians shouldn’t politicize tragedy? Oh please

The Delegation for 10.5.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Critical Puerto Rico infrastructure contractor lacks history of results

Darryl Paulson: The end of gerrymandering?

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 10.5.17

Last Call for 10.4.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Joe Henderson: HD 58 campaign takes negative turn