Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJuly 19, 2017

Last call for summer reads, Florida politicos! With about nine weeks until lawmakers and influencers head back to Tallahassee for committee meetings and are bogged down with committee reports, staff analyses, and budget recommendations, we want to hear what you’re reading for pleasure this summer. Tell us what’s in your beach bag, brief case or […]

Peter SchorschJuly 18, 2017

Florida politicos, we want to hear from you! With about nine weeks until lawmakers and influencers head back to Tallahassee for committee meetings and are bogged down with committee reports, staff analyses, and budget recommendations, we want to hear what you’re reading for pleasure this summer. Into nonfiction, historical fiction, thrillers? Tell us what’s in […]

Guest AuthorJuly 17, 2017

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Officer Miosotis Familia, a mother of three and 12-year veteran of the New York Police Department, was ambushed and killed as she sat in her command vehicle last week. Familia never saw the assailant coming when he fired a shot through the passenger-side window striking her in the head. She was “assassinated in an unprovoked […]

Peter SchorschJuly 17, 2017

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

Guest AuthorJuly 17, 2017

Dear John Morgan: All kinds of Florida Democrats are enthused that you will follow your successful campaign to expand legal medical marijuana with a 2018 campaign for governor. You could self-finance, and the party sorely needs to concentrate its fundraising down ballot. You have name recognition, but it doesn’t carry the baggage of a government […]

Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2017

As we suspected the moment we read about the Tampa Bay Times refinancing plan, Jeff Vinik has been revealed to be one of four ‘secret lenders’ to the newspaper company. A week ago, Times CEO Paul Tash explained in a column that the media company has accepted a $12 million loan made in part by anonymous lenders […]

Florence SnyderJuly 16, 2017

In Westeros, rape is the sport of kings and a pastime for peasants. Game of Thrones-watchers have been moved to anger, angst and apoplexy over the steady stream of sexually-based offenses inflicted upon women in the Seven Kingdoms. This is a puzzlement to Sophie Turner, who made her acting debut at age 13 as the […]

Peter SchorschJuly 15, 2017

Talk about being “busted.” A Tallahassee attorney who fronted “large sums of money” to a professional poker player is suing after the player lost over $22,000 of that bankroll in unauthorized side gambling, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Hal Lewis is a name partner in the Fonvielle Lewis Messer & McConnaughhay personal-injury law […]

Blake DowlingJuly 15, 2017

The technical landscape of 2017 offers a never-ending parade of innovation, as well as a full-on riot of various tech threats. Cyber crooks and terrorists want your dollars and to cause chaos, too. To that end, they use several motivational tools, including one ransomware scheme that asks you to infect two other people before they […]

Guest AuthorJuly 14, 2017

Ed. Note: Gov. Rick Scott‘s office sent the following op-ed regarding “the national healthcare debate.” I recently traveled to D.C. to fight for Florida as the U.S. Senate debated repealing and replacing Obamacare. For far too long, D.C. politicians have focused only on the grand bargain of repealing and replacing Obamacare, ignoring the opportunity to make […]

Emails & Opinions
Image via Rick Scott Senate office.

Sunburn for 7.19.17 – Rick Scott’s above water; Dan Webster draws a challenger; Dems helping DLP? Trulieve opening in the ‘burg; #MadMen10

Sunburn for 7.18.17 – NRSC targets Bill Nelson; DWS’s making it rain; First ad in HD 44 special; FEC sues David Rivera; Ryan Matthews joins Peebles & Smith

Vern Buchanan: Targeting police will not be tolerated – pass the Thin Blue Line Act

Sunburn for 7.17.17 – Health care vote delayed; Jack Latvala sets a date; Marco Rubio mad at Jose Mallea; Ben Carson speaks in Orlando today; D23 Disney announcements galore

Steve Webb: Run, John Morgan, run — no, not for that

5 things I think I think about Jeff Vinik going into business with the Tampa Bay Times

Rape kits delayed is justice denied, Part 5: Westeros edition

Takeaways from Tallahassee — You gotta know when to fold ’em

Blake Dowling: This week’s threat — LeakerLocker

Rick Scott: DC needs to start rewarding efficiency, not inefficiency