Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonDecember 12, 2016

In 2003, then-Gov. Jeb Bush punished reporters from the Tallahassee bureau of the Palm Beach Post by canceling their invitation to his year-end interview session. His staff cited the “unprofessional behavior” while dealing with some of Bush’s officials, but the paper suspected it was in retaliation for critical reporting on Bush’s pet school vouchers program. I’m betting […]

Peter SchorschDecember 12, 2016

Harris Corp. is casting doubt on the future of its public-sector business in Florida after reports emerged of plans to sell one of its key satellite communications companies. Last month, the Melbourne-based communications firm announced it would sell CapRock Communications to SpeedCast International Ltd. for an estimated $425 million. According to SpaceNews.com, Harris explained to investors earlier this […]

Florence SnyderDecember 12, 2016

Facts may have died in 2012, but the obituary has yet to reach a handful of plucky high school kids who know that local news is important, and work hard to bring it to their classmates. The Daytona Beach News-Journal’s Erica Breunlin takes a deep dive into the shallow pool of secondary school resources for kids […]

Florence SnyderDecember 12, 2016

Florida changes higher education funding formulas nearly as often as Kardashians change clothes. At the Department of Making Things Incomprehensible, Metrics Mavens have their hands full monkeying around with the Ten Metrics that determine which universities get the rich gravy, and which get the thin gruel. Florida’s Ten Metrics appear to have been written by […]

Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2016

Bob Dylan opted to blow off the Nobel Prize for Literature awards ceremony in Sweden this weekend, instead opting to have Azita Raji, the U.S. Ambassador in Sweden, read a speech that he composed (And no, I had never heard of our ambassador to Sweden until I looked it up this weekend). Among those who care about this […]

Peter SchorschDecember 12, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. OUR MISTAKE: In Friday’s Sunburn, we erroneously said John Morgan was chair of Florida for Care, the panel involved with medical marijuana implementation. Morgan chaired United for Care, the group that backed the medical marijuana amendment, […]

Florence SnyderDecember 11, 2016

Florida’s Ministries of Disinformation got an early Christmas present from Santa in Atlanta when Cox Newspapers pulled the plug on the Tallahassee Bureau of The Palm Beach Post and laid off its lone remaining ranger, veteran newsman John Kennedy. The Cox media empire was born in Dayton, Ohio in an era when men with political […]

Peter SchorschDecember 10, 2016

It’s a lesson we all learned in school: There’s no such thing as a stupid question. But some of the queries posed during ethics training may have left House General Counsel Adam Tanenbaum scratching his head. Members of the Florida House were required to attend ethics training this week as part of the chamber’s “Legislator […]

Peter SchorschDecember 10, 2016

Forty years ago, as the United States celebrated its bicentennial, Democrat Jimmy Carter won Florida’s seventeen electoral votes and ended eight years of GOP rule. The top 100 songs included “Play That Funky Music” and “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover.” Americans gathered around their TV sets to watch Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. […]

Peter SchorschDecember 9, 2016

It will come as no surprise that trial lawyers are looking to shoot the moon this Legislative Session. They already made a power play during the 2016 election cycle. The Florida Justice Association, through its political committee Florida Justice PAC, spent $4.5 million since the beginning of 2015, much of which went to candidates or […]

Emails & Opinions

Joe Henderson to the Palm Beach Post: Are you freaking crazy?

After $700M Florida deal, is Harris Corp. looking to sell its government radio business?

Plucky kids and dedicated teachers work to save school news

Meaningless metrics mask troublesome trends in higher education

Mitch Perry Report for 12.12.16 – Heroes

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.12.16

Cox Newspapers’ founder spins in his grave as lights go out at The Palm Beach Post

Takeaways from Tallahassee – No stupid questions

Ian Whitney: A roadmap for reforming the Florida Democratic Party

Trial lawyers must be very happy with Florida Senate committee assignments