Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

State Rep. Kathleen Peters doesn’t want her Tuesday vote related to the House’s assault rifle ban to be seen as siding with any political faction. “Although I do believe we need common sense gun reform, I voted down on the motion because I am not that narrowly focused,” she said. The Treasure Island Republican was one […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

Fentrice Driskell has scored a trifecta: She’s proven herself to be ill-informed, irresponsible and irrelevant as a House District 63 candidate. The Harvard- and Georgetown-educated Tampa lawyer issued a statement Wednesday unfairly slamming state Rep. Shawn Harrison, a Tampa Republican, for a “lack of judgment” in his hiring of district secretary Benjamin Kelly. Kelly was fired—and […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 21, 2018

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What kind of vermin would say two Parkland students grieving from last week’s massacre at their high school were really actors who were being paid to make gun owners look bad? I think we can all agree this represents the lowest of the low. Well, apparently not “all” of us. Helping spread that lie is […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

Well-regarded research strategy firm Bendixen and Amandi International released a poll of the CD 27 Democratic field Tuesday showing as-yet-unannounced candidate Donna Shalala holding a solid lead among likely primary voters. First, let me say this: I have no qualms about the poll. Sure, it was paid for by Team Shalala, but the pollster is […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

I know, I know, it’s just atrocious even to try linking the tragic events at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland with a thriller like “The Hunt for Red October.” But bear with me. In fact, I am not really going to reference the shooting deaths of the poor souls who died. It is […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

With less than three weeks to go in a legislative session, the direction of which has now been overcome by the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, budget negotiations between the House and the Senate aren’t just stalled, they’re not happening. The first indication that the annual back-and-forth between the two chambers is not […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 21, 2018

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Ana Ceballos, Daniel McAuliffe, and Jim Rosica. Wide margins decided two special Republican primaries Tuesday night, as Josie Tomkow easily defeated Jennifer Spath in House District 39 and Andrew Vargas crushed José Pazos in House District 114. Immediately after the 7 p.m. poll closing, the 22-year-old Tomkow took a decisive lead […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 20, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. The Governor is skipping a CNN town hall tomorrow and instead sat in on workshops on school safety today, and a contentious education bill is moving in the Senate. Sixty Days never skips class. Here’s your nightly rundown. […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 20, 2018

You can make a strong case that it is appropriate the city of St. Petersburg decided to rename its main library after President Barack Obama. Oh dear. What did I just do? I said something nice about Barack Obama. Release the trolls! Or at least the Russian bots. While those hounds are picking up my […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 20, 2018

The Winter Olympics – the coldest olympiad on record – are hurtling towards their conclusion. And with this comes the end of our collective, once-every-four-years fascination with curling, the sport we all swear we could compete at if someone would just hold our beer for a moment. Want to know who is a big fan […]

Emails & Opinions

On gun ban, Kathleen Peters stands her ground

HD 63 candidate Fentrice Driskell is ‘reprehensible’ for exploiting a tragedy

Joe Henderson: Only lowest of low would spread lies about Parkland students

Is Donna Shalala ‘dominating’ the CD 27 field?

Why the politics of Parkland reminds me of this one scene from The Hunt for Red October

Logjam: Budget talks stopped between House, Senate

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 2.21.18

Sixty Days for 2.20.18 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Joe Henderson: It’s fitting to name St. Pete’s library after Barack Obama

Curling as a metaphor for political consulting