Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonOctober 10, 2016

The unmoving needle: It generally is conceded Donald Trump’s fervent base will be ecstatic with his performance. Breitbart.com, for instance, declared in a giant headline on its home page — Clinton Crash: Trump dominates. It highlighted a quote from Rudy Giuliani declaring, “Biggest knockout I’ve seen in a presidential debate.” Breitbart ran one of those quick-click polls […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2016

Now that the ink is dry on a federal criminal plea deal that put an end to a $36 million housing fraud, what will legislators do now to make sure it doesn’t happen again? To recap, federal prosecutors had alleged 70-year-old developer Lloyd Boggio of Carlisle Development Group and others defrauded the government out of […]

Guest AuthorOctober 10, 2016

The Donald Trump tape scandal unloaded a torrent of un-endorsements over the weekend, much to the delight of the longtime “Never Trump” crowd. Here is the problem, my “Never Trump” friends: you are probably a big cause of the Trump phenomenon. Perhaps no group of people in the history of earth has been more gratuitously […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 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. DONALD TRUMP AGGRESSIVE, HILLARY CLINTON STEADY IN TENSE DEBATE His candidacy spiraling out of control, Donald Trump faced Hillary Clinton on the debate stage Sunday night in the most critical moment of […]

Guest AuthorOctober 10, 2016

Attention Florida business owners — in case you missed it, you are about to be hit with a workers’ compensation insurance increase that you most likely haven’t planned for, all for the benefit of Florida’s billboard trial lawyers. This week, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a 14.5 percent workers’ compensation rate increase that […]

Mitch PerryOctober 10, 2016

Happy Columbus Day, for those few of you who actually get to observe (i.e. take off) the federal holiday. And a simple request today? Can we just end this sad presidential election now and not wait the remaining 29 days? Well, hardly anyone has voted, so that won’t work. Nevertheless, that presidential debate Sunday night […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2016

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Donald Trump was caught on tape boasting about sexually harassing women. His comments are sickening, inexcusable, and dangerous. They contribute to a culture that devalues women and makes our society unsafe. His behavior is enough to disqualify him from pretty much any job, let alone our country’s highest office. Sen. Marco Rubio responded to his choice […]

Joe HendersonOctober 8, 2016

Many Republicans have distanced themselves from Donald Trump after crude sexual remarks about women he made surfaced on tape Friday, but stopped short of saying they won’t vote for him in November. David Jolly is not one of those. His anti-Trump chops can no longer be debated. He is all-in on being all-out on Trump. […]

Joe HendersonOctober 8, 2016

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If Republicans were honest, many would admit they have been looking for the right chance to bail on Donald Trump without looking disloyal to the party. He just gave it to them after the Washington Post reported Friday about a crude, vulgar conversation he had a decade ago. This isn’t just a chance to run […]

Peter SchorschOctober 8, 2016

When it comes to state budgeting, what’s Richard Corcoran got up his sleeve? The House Speaker-designate played a tad coy in a social media exchange this week with POLITICO Florida’s Matt Dixon and FloridaPolitics.com’s Jim Rosica. Dixon started it by tweeting a photo of an undated budget document, called “Detail New Funding Demands – Speaker’s Issues.” […]

Emails & Opinions
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Who watches the low-income housing watchmen? (Part III)

Joe Clements: ‘Never Trump’ politicos set the stage for this

Sunburn for 10.11.16 — A dark night

Mark Wilson: Rising workers’ comp rates hurt businesses

Mitch Perry Report for 10.10.16 — Shock and Awe

Patrick Murphy: Marco Rubio, unendorse Donald Trump or withdraw from the race

Joe Henderson: GOP is distancing from Donald Trump. Except David Jolly; he was already there.

Joe Henderson: Republicans wonder how quickly they can get as far away from Donald Trump

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