Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonSeptember 6, 2017

Floridians generally are a cocky bunch when it comes to hurricanes. A lot of people take the batteries-and-beer approach to these things: make sure you have plenty of both. Fill up the propane tank on the grill, fill the cooler with ice, and ride it out. Not this time. In 45 years of living in […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 6, 2017

Each day it becomes more and more apparent that opioid addiction and trafficking are plaguing Florida. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, five out of the nine types of drugs that caused the most deaths in 2015 were ones that fall within the category of opioids. Two years later, we are seeing the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2017

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

Peter SchorschSeptember 5, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shots The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from Lake Okeechobee in preparation for Hurricane Irma’s expected arrival in the state this weekend. Spokesman John Campbell said Tuesday the plan is to drain the lake for three days to […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 5, 2017

Our Florida elected legislators are coming back to Tallahassee this month to begin deliberating the public’s business. In legislative committee meetings, they will start deciding which issues will become priorities for the official 60-day 2018 legislative session that begins in January. One question all citizens should be asking our lawmakers: Will they once again blatantly […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 5, 2017

My Republican friends (yes, I have them) loathe being called the party of mean people, and I completely understand why they feel that way. What some see as mean, others see as principled. That’s particularly true with programs like Medicaid expansion in Florida, which many Republicans say costs too much and doesn’t work well enough. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 5, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Joe Henderson, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica.

Joe HendersonSeptember 4, 2017

I guess I should be scared that North Korea wants to vaporize us, but just now watching a nasty lady named Irma churn her way through the Atlantic, maybe toward us, has priority on my freak-out list. I fear for the wonderful U.S. Virgin Islands, where I just visited about six weeks ago. They appear […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 4, 2017

“Cheer up!” “Don’t look so angry when you’re talking.” “Talk about Donald Trump.” “Don’t talk about Donald Trump.” “Spend more time in the black community.” “Spend less time in the black community.” “Shave your mustache.” All of this advice — well, except for the part about the mustache — has probably been directed Rick Baker‘s […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 2, 2017

The mother of a Tallahassee elementary schooler is suing the local school board after a teacher slammed a “timeout room” door on her special-needs son’s hand, breaking his finger, according to her complaint. The case is being handled by an attorney for Morgan & Morgan, the statewide personal injury law firm founded by Orlando lawyer […]

Emails & Opinions
Helene, early Sept. 27. Image via NOAA via AP.

Joe Henderson: Florida’s resolve displayed again as Irma approaches

Cheryl Elias: Addressing Florida’s opioid crisis must include helping the person with the addiction

Sunburn for 9.6.17 – Florida on edge, evacuations coming as Hurricane Irma nears

Last Call for 9.5.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Manley Fuller: Legislators must implement Amendment 1 conservation spending

GOP faces showdown: Is it ‘mean’ or ‘compassionate’

Sunburn for 9.5.17 — Hurricane Irma, President’s DACA decision threaten Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Keeping eye on Hurricane Irma while remembering 2004

For Rick Baker to win mayor’s race, he’ll need to fire Adam Goodman

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Lawsuit: Teacher breaks kid’s finger