Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschSeptember 27, 2016

Bridges of America and the Department of Corrections are at it again. As Florida Politics’ Jim Rosica reported Monday, Bridges and the DOC are once more warring over transitional programs for the state’s inmates. This isn’t the first time Lori Costantino-Brown, president and chief executive officer of Bridges of America, and Corrections Secretary Julie Jones had a high-profile scuffle. A […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 27, 2016

During Monday’s presidential debate, I kept waiting for a moment that never came. Donald Trump had 100 million sets of eyeballs focused on him. What better time to prove he is not, as Hillary Clinton paints him, a racist, sexist, selfish jerk from an alternate universe. Trump was combative, but that’s who he is. Clinton […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 27, 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. HILLARY CLINTON, DONALD TRUMP BATTLE FIERCELY OVER TAXES, RACES, TERROR In a combative opening debate, Hillary Clinton emphatically denounced Donald Trump Monday night for keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

Was it as good as you hoped it would be, America? For months, people have talked about how they could not wait to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battle it out in their first presidential debate. We all know that excitement wasn’t because of Clinton’s sterling debate style. No, it was because of the unknown about how The Donald […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 26, 2016

Things we are curious about for the Trump-Clinton I: The Debate. The television audience How many people will be watching? Well, a lot – that’s for sure. Some predict the audience could exceed 100 million people. The record audience for a presidential debate is 80 million people for Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1983. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2016

Everyone loves a great show; tonight, we are sure to get one. In what is the most highly awaited political event in modern history, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off Monday evening in the first presidential debate from Long Island’s Hofstra University hosted by Lester Holt of NBC News. However, with the bar set exceedingly high for Clinton (and low, […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 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. LAUNCHING TODAY: THE LATEST EDITION OF INFLUENCE MAGAZINE — WITH A FOCUS ON CENTRAL FLORIDA Click here to read it Anyone who actually lives in bustling Orlando and the surrounding communities will tell […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

I’m not about to be a spoilsport and say that presidential debates are overrated, but the history shows there have been very, very few since they began being held regularly 1976 that have significantly moved voters. The first debate in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush definitely changed some things. That’s the one, you might recall, where Gore was okay on substance […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2016

Florida’s tradition of open government keeps taking a licking. First, the Governor’s Office, in a remodeling of its reception room, shrunk the size of its public area by about 75 percent. Sure, the re-do was prompted by security concerns, but it also means we’ll never again see scenes of protesters and news media jamming the office, shouting and chanting […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 25, 2016

As fans of the Rolling Stones know (as well as anyone who ever attended a Donald Trump rally): “You can’t always get what you want; but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.” That maxim was proved true yet again this week, when the Jacksonville political establishment decided, seemingly […]

Emails & Opinions

One reason to support Bridges of America in its latest dust-up with the Department of Corrections

Joe Henderson: Donald Trump’s curious debate strategy — ‘he blew it’

Sunburn for 9.27.16 – Woo! OK.

Mitch Perry Report for 9.27.16 — The ‘what difference does it make?’ debate

Joe Henderson: 5 things we’re curious about the Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debate

Thoughts on tonight’s debate: Could Donald Trump really win this thing?

Sunburn for 9.26.16 – Debuting today: the latest issue of INFLUENCE Magazine

Mitch Perry Report for 9.26.16 – Keeping everything in perspective

Takeaways from Tallahassee – Not-so-open government

Jacksonville bold for 9.25.16 — The Establishment Strikes Back