Emails & Opinions

Guest AuthorAugust 22, 2017

When the issue of net neutrality first emerged more than 10 years ago, some wondered whether it would result in overreaching, heavy-handed government intervention. We saw this intervention come to life in 2015, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Obama took the unprecedented and rather extreme step of classifying the internet as a […]

Peter SchorschAugust 22, 2017

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For Andrew Gillum, it should be the best of times. Well, at least it should be for his bid to win the Democratic nomination for Florida governor. Racial animus swirls throughout the country and Florida. So who better than the telegenic African American […]

Darryl PaulsonAugust 22, 2017

It has been said that money is the lifeblood of politics. If so, many members of the Florida congressional delegation are very healthy, while others are on life support. This is based on second quarter financial reports covering funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand. In contrast to the general assumption, money does not […]

Peter SchorschAugust 22, 2017

Admittedly, we’ve been a tad hard on Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. There’s no denying he’s the frontrunner to be the next Governor of Florida, but we were hoping he’d wear that mantle without veering as far to the right as he has this summer. Our colleague Joe Henderson, who took in a Putnam campaign event […]

Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2017

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot “Trump’s isolation grows,” crows the headline on The Hill’s article, but the president’s favorite Florida lobbyist is standing by his man. Brian Ballard told the newspaper last week he didn’t “think the president is isolated from the (Republican) Party.” Trump […]

Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2017

This much is clear: state Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez is running in the primary for Florida’s open 27th Congressional District. What has not been as clear: is it the Democratic or Republican primary? On its face, Rodriguez’s candidacy makes total sense: young, (sort of) telegenic, Cuban-American, Harvard-educated lawyer and state legislator who, in his rise […]

Joe HendersonAugust 21, 2017

The buffet restaurant owned by my friends Ralph and Nancy Lupton in Temple Terrace was as stuffed Monday morning as one of my plates when I go through the chow line there. Don’t tell my doctor about the times I piled it high with fried chicken, bacon, sausage gravy and all those other things that […]

Guest AuthorAugust 21, 2017

Sometimes Florida’s cities find themselves at odds with the state Legislature over the principle of home rule. That cherished concept, supported by an overwhelming majority of Florida’s citizens, reflects the view that the closer government is to the people, the more effective, fair and responsive it will be. Over this past year, we have seen […]

Peter SchorschAugust 21, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes Monday’s eclipse so special is that it will cut diagonally […]

Bill RuftyAugust 20, 2017

The drum beat a slow, mournful cadence as a procession of soldiers in 1842 uniforms led by two mounted cavalrymen proceeded down St. Augustine’s Marine Street to the National Cemetery where Maj. Francis Dade and all but two men of his command are buried. The event is an annual re-enactment of the burial of the […]

Emails & Opinions
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Sal Nuzzo: Long-term policy needed to guarantee a free internet

This should be Andrew Gillum’s time, but it’s not

Paulson’s principles: Money, money, money!

Sunburn for 8.22.17 – Adam Putnam up close; Goat blood-drinker running for Senate; Bill Nelson whiffs on monuments; Mike Pence coming to Miami; Rick Scott vs. NDN

Last Call for 8.21.17 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Jose Javier Rodriguez’s CD 27 campaign sounds more Republican than Democratic

Joe Henderson: Adam Putnam knows what his audience wants and serves it up well

Gil Ziffer: Protect home rule and let cities work

Sunburn for 8.21.17 – Eclipsing all others to deliver what’s hot in Florida politics

History comes alive at St. Augustine Seminole Wars convocation