Emails & Opinions

Martin DyckmanOctober 8, 2016

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What sort of Supreme Court justices would Donald Trump appoint? For an insight, consider the case of Kathy Johnson v. Omega Insurance Co., decided by the Florida Supreme Court Sept. 29. One of his prospective nominees was on the wrong side of that. The business model of an insurance company is to take as much […]

Associated PressOctober 7, 2016

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By Seth Borenstein — AP Science Writer Winds whipped around my pulled-tight raincoat with a fierce noise as pieces of a giant red sign my newspaper installed atop its office tower littered the ground around me. After what seemed like an excruciatingly long wait, Hurricane Andrew had arrived. Hours and days later I would see how deadly […]

Joe HendersonOctober 7, 2016

It seemed like Gov. Rick Scott was everywhere in the days and hours leading up to the impact on our state by Hurricane Matthew. His face was on nearly every news show, local and national, warning the people of Florida “this storm will kill you.” He pleaded, “If instructed to evacuate, don’t wait. You can […]

Peter SchorschOctober 7, 2016

Editor’s note: CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem is the author of the best-selling “Security Mom: An Unclassified Guide to Protecting Our Homeland and Your Home.” She is a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, a former assistant secretary of homeland security in the Obama administration and founder of Kayyem Solutions, a security consulting firm. As […]

Peter SchorschOctober 7, 2016

A new poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee shows Charlie Crist maintaining a double-digit lead over incumbent Republican David Jolly. Crist leads Jolly by a 50-39 percent margin. The 11 percent of undecided voters lean Democratic by a 37-20 percent margin. Despite this healthy lead, the Crist campaign would do well not to […]

Peter SchorschOctober 7, 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 THE POLITICS OF MATTHEW Kevin Cate of CATECOMM, a veteran of many campaigns and storms, shares some smart notes with Sunburn about the politics of Hurricane Matthew and voting-by-mail in Florida. The most […]

Peter SchorschOctober 7, 2016

In the greater Tampa Bay area, we’re the lucky ones just now. Hurricane Matthew is churning north, bearing down on Florida’s eastern flank, threatening the coasts with their charming names: Gold, Treasure, Space, First … now suddenly sounding like the beaches of Normandy — Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold, and Sword. So much likely destruction, so […]

Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2016

As I begin typing at 6:40 a.m., the worst effects from Hurricane Matthew have yet to occur on the Atlantic coast of Florida, though more than 300,000 are without power. A shift of the eye of the storm towards the east has made the expected damage not nearly as significant — as of early this morning. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 6, 2016

Florida is reportedly vulnerable to energy disruption in one of two ways: if supply is shut down in the Gulf of Mexico, or if a pipeline fails. Hurricanes — which can interrupt supply and leave the state susceptible to shortfalls and excessive prices — can do both. After a string of quiet hurricane seasons — […]

Peter SchorschOctober 6, 2016

The Sandy aid bill, providing $9.7B in aid, otherwise passed unanimously through the Senate.

Emails & Opinions
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Martin Dyckman: Donald Trump pick Charles Canady could bring ‘dog whistles’ to SCOTUS

Covering Florida’s past big storms: Music and wait from hell

Joe Henderson: Rick Scott again passes the ‘hurricane test’

Why the ‘tough love’ on Hurricane Matthew evacuation?

Latest polling should serve as a warning to ‘Mean David’ Jolly

Sunburn for 10.07.16 – The politics of Matthew

Tom Jackson: Let’s be careful out there, even on Matthew’s ‘safe’ side

Mitch Perry Report for 10.7.16 — On any given Sunday

Kevin Doyle: During hurricane season, pipelines expansion is a must-have

Ron DeSantis voted against Hurricane Sandy aid. How will he vote next week?