Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Good morning from The Essex House in New York City, where the weather is crisp, but not cold. It’s the end of the first week of the holiday season and Manhattan is glittering with […]

Blake DowlingDecember 2, 2017

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Have you ever lost an election, been fired or run out of an organization? Lane Kiffin has. Currently, Kiffin coaches the Florida Atlantic University football team. Before that, he had stopped at the Raiders, USC and (for today’s purposes) the University of Tennessee. I never met Lane, but I knew his ex-wife Layla in college. […]

Peter SchorschDecember 2, 2017

If you fly in and out of Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) this holiday season, you may have cause to panic. A staffing snafu has left thousands of American Airlines flights without pilots and in danger of cancellation. But the airline is reassuring passengers that their holiday season travel plans are still good to go. While […]

Phil AmmannDecember 1, 2017

Nelson rhetoric sent signal tax bill was about to pass … or was it? There were telltale signs the GOP tax reform measure was about to cross a threshold. On the day before the final vote was scheduled to take place, the rhetoric from Senate Democrats ratcheted upward. When moderate Republicans John McCain of Arizona said […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Gwen Graham is moving to Orlando. At least her gubernatorial campaign is doing so. The campaign confirmed Thursday that it’s moving its headquarters from Tallahassee, her home for decades, to settle into the City […]

Phil AmmannDecember 1, 2017

In this issue of Bold, there’s not a lot of unwelcome news. Today, there’s: — Travis Hutson potentially ascending to Senate leadership. — The local paper’s editorial board finally noticed Hutson’s Senate colleague, Rob Bradley. — A popular local politician — Sheriff Mike Williams — is (finally) officially running for re-election. — If you read […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot As another committee week of the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) comes to a close, members are looking ahead at the heavy workload, with just under 100 substantive proposals to consider. The commission’s Rules Committee has laid out a course to […]

Joe HendersonNovember 30, 2017

While the debate continues in Washington about tax cuts, it’s worth a trip in the Way Back Machine to revisit how U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio felt about the national debt. To set the scene, Republicans and President Trump are pushing a tax cut plan that will add to the nearly $20 trillion deficit. Outgoing Federal Reserve […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

“This is the day I begin to say ‘Yes’ to working with you.” Those were the magical words of reporter Marc Caputo. By late 2014, Caputo was so fed up with his bosses at the Miami Herald that he was willing to entertain the idea of working for me, the publisher of a controversial, Tampa […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2017

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. The Constitution Revision Commission has begun acting in earnest on possible changes to the state’s governing document, with proposals ranging from political candidates’ residency to immigration and the environment. Commissioners met in committee in […]

Emails & Opinions

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.4.17

Blake Dowling: Vols, Lane Kiffin, Jimbo Fisher and all the social media #goodstuff

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Stuck in TLH with you?

The Delegation for 12.1.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 12.1.17

Jacksonville Bold for 12.1.17 — So much winning

Last Call for 11.30.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Tax plan forces Marco Rubio’s hand on national debt

Marc Caputo and me; how a bromance turned into a blood feud

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 11.30.17