Emails & Opinions

Martin DyckmanMarch 10, 2017

A young woman who works at a store that we frequent told of a recent experience that haunts my mind, as I hope it will yours. She and her husband were homebound from a European vacation. As the aircraft waited on the tarmac at Amsterdam’s airport, an announcement told three named passengers to identify themselves […]

Florence SnyderMarch 10, 2017

While Bald Badasses Rick Scott and Rick (“We know the terrorists are here!”) Swearingen are busy playing dress-up like Jack Bauer and Jason Bourne, Florida’s criminal justice basics are increasingly under the command of the Keystone Kops. The governor and FDLE commissioner are looking to raid state trust funds to “fight terrorism” by adding 46 […]

Joe HendersonMarch 10, 2017

Supporters will argue that Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law is vital to individual safety, but the measure never took judgment and common sense into the equation. It legalizes impulses that can be deadly. On Friday morning in a Dade City courtroom, Judge Susan Barthle ruled that retired Tampa police officer Curtis Reeves’ impulse when he […]

Guest AuthorMarch 10, 2017

It’s no secret by now that our country is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Overdose deaths are at an all-time high, with no signs of slowing down. If the epidemic hasn’t already touched you or someone you know personally, the odds are that it will soon. Tragically, our great state is not immune […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2017

Poll finds key 2018 voters turned off by Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks — A survey commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) found that 59 percent of voters in seven battleground states said they were “somewhat” or “very” concerned that President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks would “result in […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2017

First Coast Delegation dials down expectations Earlier this week (and last week), we detailed a few reasons Northeast Florida legislators may not have the best Session in 2017; among them, inexperience and lack of stroke. In the Florida Times-Union, Tia Mitchell offered some more examples of diminished expectations this week. Much of this you read […]

Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Joe Henderson, Mitch Perry, and Jim Rosica. BOB BUCKHORN SAYS NO Buckhorn is a gregarious, ambitious and determined man, and we think he would have made a fine governor for the state of Florida. He certainly ranks […]

Florence SnyderMarch 9, 2017

A recent and deeply disturbing addition to the Word Salad Hall of Shame is the painfully frequent use of the word “right” pronounced in the earnest tone of a toddler in need of constant reassurance. “I pooped in the big girl potty, right? so I can play with my Legos, right? and then we can […]

Joe HendersonMarch 9, 2017

Bob Buckhorn is a gregarious, ambitious and determined man, and I think he would have made a fine governor for the state of Florida. He certainly ranks among the best mayors the city of Tampa has ever had. But I also believe he made the right call when he announced in an email to supporters Thursday […]

Peter SchorschMarch 9, 2017

Rock breaks scissors, but scissors cut paper, which, of course, covers rock. Neither Rick Scott, Richard Corcoran nor Joe Negron knew they were playing a game of Rochambeau when making their appointments to the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC). But the way final picks played out, they may well have. The CRC meets every 20 years to review and suggest changes to the state’s governing document. […]

Emails & Opinions

Martin Dyckman: What have we become in the time of Trump?

Florence Snyder: Rick Swearingen plays J. Edgar Hoover while Broward burns

Joe Henderson: ‘Stand Your Ground’ lacks common sense, legalizes lethal impulse

Melissa Larkin-Skinner, Roger Johnson: Solving Florida’s critical psychiatrist shortage

The Delegation for 3.10.17 – Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Jacksonville Bold for 3.10.17 — Dialing down expectations

Sunburn for 3.10.17 – On Bob Buckhorn’s no; Andrew Gillum’s emails probed; Denise Grimley’s $$$; The Bandit speaks; Happy b’day Shawn Foster

You know you talk like a toddler, right?

Joe Henderson: Bob Buckhorn made the right call not to run for Governor

Scott, Corcoran, Negron play Rochambeau with picks to the Constitution Revision Commission