Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschDecember 27, 2017

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, that modern holiday classic featuring the Griswold family, does not really get going — even with Chevy Chase‘s Clark putting up 250 strands of lights — until Randy Quaid‘s Cousin Eddie shows up on the front lawn, dressed in a robe, his trailer in the driveway. Florida’s all-important gubernatorial race did […]

Florence SnyderDecember 26, 2017

It took a while, but John Heilemann‘s chickens came home to roost, as chickens always do. Political infotainment addicts know Heilemann as the bald half of the ubiquitous Beltway byline Mark Halperin & John Heilemann. H & H have a gift for glibness and a talent for spinning very small nuggets of news into very […]

Blake DowlingDecember 22, 2017

Our professional relationships — politics, sports, entertainment, and business — are all dominated by technology. Did you get my text? Did you get my email? Did you see my tweet? Personal relationships have taken a step backward because of technology. I am not saying that tech is not cool, however, there is nothing better than […]

Peter SchorschDecember 21, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. “A defiant Latvala resigns after release of 2 reports detailing sexual misconduct, sex harassment” via Matt Dixon, Alexandra Glorioso and Marc Caputo of POLITICO Florida: One of the accusers, Senate aide Rachel Perrin Rogers, soon […]

Peter SchorschDecember 20, 2017

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Another round of budget “chicken”? Florida farmers on verge of disaster relief With the GOP tax cut/reform bill rolling toward a pre-Christmas enactment, other issues remain to be addressed. The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the disaster aid bill (panned by the Florida and Texas delegations) are just two must-pass items. Lest we forget, […]

Peter SchorschDecember 20, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. First up, before you read anything this morning, take a moment. Former House Speaker Will Weatherford and yours truly will be leading a fundraising charge for Metropolitan Ministries today. As you know, we did this two years […]

Peter SchorschDecember 19, 2017

So, let’s imagine an imaginary senator—we’ll call him Mack Trackvalla—who gets into a bit of a pickle for some allegedly inappropriate behavior. There’s an outcry, followed by calls for his resignation, which he laughs at. “I’ll see the place burn first!” this imaginary lawmaker tells news media. A complaint to the Rules Committee soon follows, […]

Peter SchorschDecember 19, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Residents living in eastern Hillsborough County’s House District 58 will go to the polls today to elect a new representative — three weeks before the start of the 2018 Legislative Session. Gov. Rick Scott […]

Peter SchorschDecember 16, 2017

Some send letters to Congress, others pray. When it comes to DACA, some Floridians do both. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the “government program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation,” as NBC News explains it. In Florida, the effort to push Congress to pass a replacement for the Obama-era program was […]

Blake DowlingDecember 16, 2017

The last U.S. president made some changes to the internet and how it is regulated; the new president is now reverting to what the law was before that. Some people are protesting; some are celebrating. As one might say, a standard day in a democracy. So, based on this, maybe you are drawing your lines […]

Emails & Opinions

Donald Trump plays ‘Cousin Eddie’ in Florida’s gubernatorial race

Florence Snyder: Just in time for Christmas, John Heilemann’s chickens come home to roost

Blake Dowling: A call for low(er) tech

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.21.17

The Delegation for 12.20.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.19.17

A not-so-fun hypothetical for Joe Negron

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 12.19.17

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Praying for DACA?

Blake Dowling: Net neutrality