Emails & Opinions

Blake DowlingApril 15, 2017

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@Last weekend, I was on the road in Gainesville for some spring football. As I sat in my mobile command station (aka the Wyndham) the following day — watching an epic Masters, NBA and college baseball weekend — I couldn’t get the old PSA from Saturday Morning Cartoons out of my head, and I started […]

Guest AuthorApril 15, 2017

A few weeks ago, I stood at Yaki Point on the edge of the Grand Canyon watching the sunset. A cold desert wind rushed up the cliff sides, sucking the last remaining heat from the sandstone below. The rustle of pinyons and junipers gave sound to the silence of the setting sun. I was almost […]

Peter SchorschApril 14, 2017

The $4-billion gap between the House and Senate budget plans got a lot smaller this week, courtesy of Gov. Rick Scott’s Low Income Pool (LIP) victory. Scott took a trip to Washington and returned home with $1.5 billion in new health care funding for Floridians. After refusing the prior administration’s mandate that LIP funds would […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 14, 2017

The Era of Good Feelings is the term used to describe the aftermath of the War of 1812 where the American nation sought to establish national unity during a period of one-party dominance. The Federalist Party, representing the urban and aristocratic citizens, disappeared after the disastrous Hartford Convention in 1814, leaving only the Jeffersonian Republicans […]

Peter SchorschApril 14, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. EASTER AND PASSOVER AS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THESE LOBBYISTS AND POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS Grab your bonnet, pull out the seersucker and get ready for a good-old-fashion Easter egg hunt. Americans are expected […]

Peter SchorschApril 13, 2017

Every four years, Charlie Cook and his Cook Political Report compile the Partisan Voter Index (PVI) for each of the 435 congressional districts. The index takes the presidential popular vote from the 2012 and 2016 elections and uses the average to form the baseline for each party (Democrats 51 percent and Republicans 48 percent). If […]

Peter SchorschApril 13, 2017

Earlier this week I was a little hard on my favorite Speaker of the Florida House, so today I need to butter him up. But he deserves it. Here’s why. You just have to love the way Richard Corcoran plays the game. Take for example the comments he made during an interview with the Florida Channel’s […]

Joe HendersonApril 13, 2017

If you are struggling with student loan debt and thought you might get a break, think again. This week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos quietly issued a decree reversing actions by President Obama to ease the burden of people struggling to pay off those loans. It focused on the servicing companies that collect loan payments for […]

Peter SchorschApril 13, 2017

Two Republican lawmakers are still waiting for a response from the Florida Development Finance Corporation about its approval of a $600 million private equity bond application for All Aboard Florida. The rail project is seeking to provide passenger service from Miami to West Palm Beach and, eventually, service to Orlando. FDFC approved the issuance of […]

Florence SnyderApril 12, 2017

When Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi finally got around to talking about Florida’s opioid crisis, the hot air was suffocating. In parts of Florida, opioids have overtaken homicides and DUIs as a cause of very premature and utterly unnecessary death. That is not breaking news to anyone who has been paying even […]

Emails & Opinions

Blake Dowling: Legislative Session 2017 – I’m just a bill

Nathan Vink: Earth does not need us, but we most certainly need a healthy planet

Florida House should add miraculous LIP funding to its budget numbers

Darryl Paulson: The Era of Bad Feelings

Sunburn for 4.14.17 – Happy Easter Weekend

The Delegation for 4.13.17 – Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Two reasons why you have to love the way Richard Corcoran plays the game

Joe Henderson: Betsy DeVos sends clear signal that student loan borrowers won’t get a break

FDFC silent after lawmakers question All Aboard Florida bonding process

Florence Snyder: Florida’s opioid crisis, Part 4 – Showtime at the Kabuki Theater