Emails & Opinions

Darryl PaulsonNovember 20, 2017

Republicans have controlled the Florida congressional districts for almost three decades. During that time, the size of the Florida congressional delegation has jumped from 23 in 1990 to 25 in 2000, and 27 in 2010. Projections have Florida adding two more seats after the 2020 census, growing the delegation to 29 seats in the House […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2017

The head of the panel now eyeing the state’s constitution for changes says “more than 50 percent of the 103 proposed constitutional revisions filed by (its) commissioners represent public ideas.” Carlos Beruff, chair of the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC), this week recounted how his board “traveled the state listening to Floridians and reviewed thousands of […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2017

Dr. Kiran Patel, Tampa’s renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist, has confirmed he was one of the previously anonymous investors in the Tampa Bay Times. Patel, 68, and his wife Dr. Pallavi Patel, 62, are former cardiologists, and natives of India. Kiran Patel is also a health care executive and a real-estate developer. In September 2017, the […]

Blake DowlingNovember 18, 2017

Chip Kelly to Florida as head coach; Jimbo Fischer pursued by Texas A&M. Kevin Spacey is a predator; UCLA Hoops players shoplift in China (way to go, guys, making America look great. (Isn’t there another U.S. athlete still in jail in China?) A mistrial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, Roy Moore, etc. … crazy, sad, […]

Bob SparksNovember 17, 2017

Carlos Curbelo is a two-term Republican Congressman from Kendall, just a few miles southwest of Coral Gables. He is the son of Cuban exiles who fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba. Put those two facts together and you get an Hispanic Member of Congress. Pretty simple, right? Not for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC). Based on his demographic provided […]

Phil AmmannNovember 17, 2017

A frenetic year in Jacksonville politics — including the passage of the Human Rights Ordinance expansion, pension reform, and the Kids Hope Alliance — is ending. And not a moment too soon. The Jacksonville City Council meeting this week had nothing on the agenda was worth covering, even by the standards of our Jacksonville correspondent. […]

Peter SchorschNovember 17, 2017

Floridians join with tough questions for Attorney General This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made yet another appearance on Capitol Hill. This time it was before the House Judiciary Committee. Normally agency heads will see supporting comments or questions from members of their own party after taking a beating from a committee member of the […]

Peter SchorschNovember 17, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel has been accused of creating a hostile workplace environment for women by making constant inappropriate comments and suggestion, according to six unnamed women who talked to POLITICO Florida. […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2017

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Senate President Joe Negron has hired the GrayRobinson law firm to represent the chamber in the investigation into the sexual harassment claims against Sen. Jack Latvala. In a related story, a lawyer for one of the accusers said state Reps. Chris […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2017

The Florida Health Care Association (FHCA), a nursing home industry trade association, recently attacked my proposed “Resident’s Bill of Rights” amendment to the state constitution saying that it does not belong there, that it “weakens protections for residents,” and that it is “glaringly bad.” Unfortunately, they offered nothing in the way of evidence to support these claims and […]

Emails & Opinions

Darryl Paulson: Republican prospects in the 2018 Florida congressional campaign

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Carlos Beruff’s ‘constitutional’ angst

Kiran Patel is no longer ‘anonymous’ as a Tampa Bay Times investor

Blake Dowling: Flying taxis for you and me!

Curbelo incident demonstrates pettiness of Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Jacksonville Bold for 11.17.17 — Time for reflection

The Delegation for 11.17.17 — Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.17.17

Sixty Days for 11.16.17 — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session

Brecht Heuchan: FHCA ‘wrong on all’ counts