Emails & Opinions

Florence SnyderJanuary 26, 2017

Naika Venant kept a journal and hoped one day to write a memoir. Instead, her life story will be told by the Miami Herald. Eight of the paper’s most experienced reporters collaborated Tuesday to piece together the last hours of the last chapter of the 14-year-old foster child’s life. But it was old news to […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 26, 2017

Health care continues to be at the center of debate across our nation and in Florida’s State Capitol. At the national level, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Representative Tom Price are vowing to make tort reform a key part of their replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act which is usually referred to as “Obamacare.” […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 26, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott threatened Florida ports with sanctions if they do business with Cuba. He underscored it with a pair of tweets, the first in Spanish: “No podemos tolerar una dictadura brutal en Cuba.” Translation: We cannot tolerate a brutal dictatorship in Cuba. In another tweet, channeling his inner Donald Trump, Gov. Scott noted, “We […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 2017

Only two words are needed to describe Harris Corporation’s latest online ad, which appears on a variety of sites, including that of the Tallahassee Democrat. Downright creepy. Harris is clearly trying to sway lawmakers to its side. It’s just that they may be using the wrong strategy. Not that the Melbourne-based telecommunications firm has been noticeably […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 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. DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCES ‘MAJOR’ VOTER FRAUD INVESTIGATION via Julie Pace and Jonathan Lemire of The Associated Press –The investigation, he said, will look at those registered to vote in more than one state, “those who […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 2017

In recent years, using taxpayer dollars for private ventures has become a combative issue. Proponents say that doing so incentivizes businesses to operate in Florida. Opponents argue it’s “corporate welfare,” a bad deal for taxpayers that often fails to deliver on promises of economic growth and good jobs. In this contentious time, one developer hopes […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 2017

Dear Pam: Imagine my excitement when I heard on Saturday that you were at a nearby party celebrating the Gasparilla Children’s Parade? We were at Robert and Nancy Watkins‘ home and the talk was that you would drop by. I was so excited. Plus, I would have done anything to get away from having to listen to Will Weatherford talk about […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 25, 2017

For voters who want to piss their politics into the wind, there’s Facebook. For voters who want to change the hearts, minds, and votes of elected officials, the telephone is the easiest, most effective way to go. Every officeholder from Carrabelle to Congress employs human beings whose primary job is to lend a respectful ear […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 25, 2017

Veteran NBC News reporter Kerry Sanders says he’s concerned about the proliferation of talk about “fake news,” and says that the perception of partisanship in the media is hurting the credibility of mainstream reporters like himself. “People think that we all have an agenda, and it makes my job that much more difficult,” he said while speaking […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 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. BOB BUCKHORN’S OPENING IS NOW Andrew Gillum has the personal story. Gwen Graham has the pedigree. John Morgan has the bravado. Phillip Levine has the money. All four of the rumored contenders for the Democratic nomination for […]

Emails & Opinions

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell, part 2

Wayne W. Oliver: Solution to address health care affordability

Rick Scott cannot condone Cuba’s ‘oppressive behavior.’ What about China’s?

Harris Corp. releases positively creepy online ad

Sunburn for 01.26.17 – Donald Trump’s voter fraud whopper; Rick Scott sells his tax cuts; Bill Galvano’s grease; Meet Jayer Williamson

Will American Dream Miami pay the price for Miami-Dade’s past public-funding sins?

Dear Pam: Don’t go!

The room where it happens just a phone call away

In Tampa, NBC’s Kerry Sanders talks about reporting in the age of fake news, Donald Trump and Twitter

Sunburn for 1.25.17 – Bob Buckhorn’s opening; Bush staffer to Trump admin; Rick Scott’s tax cuts; Whiskey & Wheaties return