Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonMarch 21, 2017

I could waste words here on President Donald Trump’s hallucinations about the truth, but why bother. Y’all know that story as well as I do. The president either is delusional or cynical about what the people will believe or maybe both. There is a bigger story, though, one that reduces all the drama about nonexistent wiretaps […]

Peter SchorschMarch 21, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST: Happy birthday to Tampa Electric’s Chuck Hinson. You’ll be shocked (get it, shocked?) to learn that he turns 65 years-old today. FLORIDA CHAMBER’S CAPITOL DAYS KICKS-OFF When the Legislature is […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 21, 2017

The home office pulled me out of a meeting at the Florida Capitol. Former Gov. Claude R. Kirk Jr., was on their line, insisting that I be told right now (!) how much he liked an antibusing provision that the Legislature was considering tacking on the budget. He liked it so much, he told the […]

Guest AuthorMarch 20, 2017

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Florida homeowners need to start taking action regarding an escalating problem that will lead to increases in their insurance premiums in the near future. Abuses of the Assignments of Benefits (AOB) process have already led to substantial insurance rate increases in South and Central Florida and it is only a matter of time before those […]

Florence SnyderMarch 20, 2017

Lola Pouncey, a Florida Department of Health (DOH) “bureau chief” making $90,000 a year in “medical quality assurance,” set up a jewelry store in her state office. She commandeered state workers, state time, and state property in her for-profit business, according to the agency’s inspector general (IG), whose findings were available to DOH Secretary Celeste Philip […]

Peter SchorschMarch 20, 2017

Nearly 200 job seekers will be able to wear a new-to-them suit as they hunt for employment, thanks to a clothing donation drive put on by ridesharing company Uber and Volunteer Florida Wednesday. The second annual “#SuitsForSession” campaign collected professional clothing donations at the Capitol and also sent out Uber drivers to pick up donations […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 20, 2017

Most universities recruit students by offering specialized curricula, top quality faculty and promising to expose students to diverse views which will stimulate creative thinking and prepare the student for life after their university experience. Universities may be partially successful on the first two items, but dramatically fail in exposing students to diverse viewpoints. It is […]

Peter SchorschMarch 20, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. FLORIDA’S ECONOMY STILL GROWING, BUT BUDGET CUTS STILL LOOM State economists say Florida’s economy is growing, but it won’t be enough to dissuade legislators from cutting state spending. State officials met Friday […]

Guest AuthorMarch 20, 2017

At the three local Tallahassee establishments I own, Madison Social, Township and Centrale, we serve more than 30 types of beer from breweries all across the country. And, I sincerely enjoy and have an appreciation for each of their unique qualities and love to share them with our patrons. But in my establishments, like most […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 19, 2017

Some perfectly objective news stories virtually write their own editorials. Here is the top of a recent one from the PBS NewsHour: “A little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and […]

Emails & Opinions

Joe Henderson: No matter what comes out, Donald Trump’s true believers don’t seem to care

Sunburn for 3.21.17 – Chamber’s Capitol Days; CRC kicks-off; A-dot-Bean’s accuser; Big poll on gambling; Happy b’day Chuck Hinson!

Martin Dyckman: Before Donald Trump, there was Florida’s Claude Kirk

Maria Wells: Assignment of Benefits — A growing problem for Florida families

Florence Snyder: What does it take to get fired at DOH?

#SuitsForSession clothing drive brings in more than 3,000 donations

Darryl Paulson: Do universities discriminate? The assault on free speech

Sunburn for 3.20.17 – Budget realities; A-dot-Bean’s papers; Jeb vs. Charlie on Everglades; CRC’s first meeting today

Matt Thompson: SB 1040 & HB 853 — Serving up beer the right way in Florida

Martin Dyckman: Genetic testing bill gives bosses power they shouldn’t have