Emails & Opinions

Florence SnyderJanuary 24, 2017

Finland lacks a “culture of apology,” but sucked it up anyway and joined the growing number of western countries owning up to the suffering of generations of children whose lives went from bad to worse in state care. You can cross your fingers and pray, but you’re probably never going to see Florida apologize to Victor […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 24, 2017

Adorning the top of Vito Sheeley’s Facebook page are pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and former President Barack Obama. Scroll down some and you’ll see a photo of Sheeley with former Vice President Joe Biden. After that, it’s a shot of U.S. Rep John Lewis. With the exception MLK, each of these men are proud Democrats. As is Kathy Castor, […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 24, 2017

His job as Florida House Speaker requires Richard Corcoran to make some tough calls, but this one had to be easy for a man whose stated mission is to clean up the way Tallahassee operates. While some politicians talk with a swagger (here’s looking at you, Marco Rubio) but don’t want the ball when the […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 24, 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. BREAKING: NEWBORN ELIZABETH ANN BLACK TO RUN FOR AG. COMMISSIONER IN 2050 – Metz Husband & Daughton lobbyist Greg Black and wife Melanie Black celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Elizabeth Ann Sunday — one day after her father’s […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 23, 2017

A Florida digital firm is getting national recognition as one of the best in political communications. Strategic Digital Services (SDS), is receiving notice for exceptional client work in 2016, with three projects among the finalists for the 2017 Reed Awards. SDS, based in Tallahassee, specializes in data analysis, digital media, and software development for a […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 23, 2017

Little Marco. Donald Trump had it right all along. By announcing he will vote to approve Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, the fittingly titled junior U.S. senator from Florida proved he is compromised and cut down to size. As they say out West, he is all hat and no cattle. Under what certainly was […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 23, 2017

It’s no secret to lawmakers, business owners and workers throughout the state that Florida’s workers’ compensation system is in need of reform. With the recent unnecessary rate hike in premiums for workers’ comp insurance, the state’s economy will suffer along with the looming potential for job loss. Recent coverage of the workers’ comp system has […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 23, 2017

For the fourth year in a row, lawmakers will try to tear down the wall that separates tequila from tangelos. Senate President pro tem Anitere Flores has a bill (SB 106) to repeal the Prohibition-era state law requiring businesses, such as grocery chains and big-box retailers, to have separate stores to sell liquor. State Rep. Bryan Avila, a Hialeah Republican, filed a […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 23, 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. WHY YOU READ US In case you missed it Friday night, FloridaPolitics.com broke news about two major departures from the Rick Scott administration: JIM BOXOLD TO STEP DOWN AS DOT HEAD FOR LOBBYING […]

Martin DyckmanJanuary 23, 2017

A letter to my Senators and Representative. Crib freely if you wish. Dear Senator Burr: It would seem that we are living in an alternative universe, one in which Nazis, Ku Kluxers and other traitors to our American way of life are euphemized as the “alternative right” and the propagandists for Donald Trump claim entitlement […]

Emails & Opinions
The Yankees organization is generous with Helene relief in Florida. Image via AP.

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

L’affair Vito Sheeley is an embarrassment to him, Charlie Crist and David Jolly

Richard Corcoran walks the walk, denies extra $13M for DEP water war

Sunburn for 01.24.17 – A future Ag. Commish? Scott polls vs. Corcoran; A spine for ‘Little Marco’; Tampon taxes and fracking bans

Strategic Digital Services garners national attention

Donald Trump was right about ‘Little Marco’ all along

Richard Chait: Reform workers’ comp to protect Florida’s businesses and workers

Why I have second thoughts about tearing down the wall between the whiskey and the Wheaties

Sunburn for 01.23.17 – Jim Boxold, Jon Steverson out; Trump’s first 60 hours; Women’s march! Missile fired off Florida coast? Jack Latvala raising $$$

Dear Congress: On Jan. 21, the people roared – and they will vote