Emails & Opinions

Mitch PerryDecember 2, 2016

Rick Kriseman’s appointment of former WTFS weatherman Bill Logan to serve in the newly created position of communications director for the public works department is getting (predictably) negative reviews in the Pinellas County GOP world, who think it is more “big government” from the Democratic-leaning administration. It naturally fuels speculation about who will the Pinellas County Republican prop up […]

Florence SnyderDecember 1, 2016

Prisoners are rioting on a regular basis at the Franklin Correctional Institution, and taxpayers will join in soon if the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) doesn’t stop using public funds like cheap toilet paper. It’s been three years since three prison investigators who were doing the jobs we pay them to do confirmed cover-ups of inmate abuse […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 1, 2016

Aiming to regain some relevance in the Republican Party, Jeb Bush argues that it should show voters that it stands “for a few a big ideas” rather than only for things to vote against. Regrettably, four specific ideas that he proposed in a Nov. 24 Wall Street Journal op-ed are not simply big but bad. […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2016

This Thanksgiving, a Leon County judge gave trial lawyers one more reason to be thankful. But that may not last long. On Nov. 23 – just one day before Thanksgiving — Circuit Judge Karen Gievers put the brakes on a 14.5 percent workers’ compensation rate increase, scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1. Gievers ruled […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2016

Florida lawmakers have been filing bills this week for the 2017 Legislative Session, and one of the most provocative ones so far is an immigration-related issue from Sarasota Republican Sen. Greg Steube. As initially reported by the Tampa Bay Times Claire McNeill, Steube would repeal the Jack Latvala-sponsored bill that waives out-of-state fees for undocumented Florida high school students. “It is certainly […]

Blake DowlingDecember 1, 2016

I think I have downloaded more apps in the past five years than anyone in the southern United States. When the kids were younger, new game? Done. Five a day, we would play incessantly, then delete. The gaming app 100 Balls took over two weeks of our life; Stack took a few weeks. Jet Pack […]

Joe HendersonNovember 30, 2016

We probably will never know what happened inside Trump Tower recently when Florida Gov. Rick Scott met with the president-elect. It wouldn’t surprise me, though, if they talked about jobs the entire time. I mention this because Donald Trump gave a preview this week of what he hopes are coming attractions. He announced that Carrier, […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 2016

Almost a year ago, Jacksonville City Councilmembers Tommy Hazouri and Bill Gulliford introduced bills related to expanding Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance to cover the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Hazouri’s bill included “sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression” in the current ordinance as protected categories. Gulliford sought a referendum on the topic … […]

Peter SchorschNovember 30, 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. IS DEMOCRACY IN TROUBLE? I read about late last night and had to share it with Sunburn readers. This big-picture story from The New York Times’ Amanda Taub on the state of democracy globally […]

Darryl PaulsonNovember 30, 2016

(Part two of two) In the first part of this article, I focused on the origins of the felon vote in Florida and the consequences it creates for both those convicted of a felony and on the Florida taxpayers. This part will focus on the various options concerning the felon vote. We know that over […]

Emails & Opinions
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Mitch Perry Report for 12.2.16 – The Rock in 2024?

Reasons for taxpayers to join prisoners and riot @DOC

Martin Dyckman: On Jeb Bush’s relevance

Workers comp rate hike ruling gives trial lawyers reason to cheer. But how long will it last?

Mitch Perry Report for 12.1.16 — What does Rick Scott and rest of Legislature do with bill repealing in-state tuition rates for the undocumented?

Blake Dowling: Apps for everything

Joe Henderson: What Democrats missed about Donald Trump, Rick Scott — it’s about jobs

Jacksonville Bold for 11.30.16 — Will Jax liberals botch the HRO push again?

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.30.16

The Shame of Florida: Options on the felon vote