Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2016

The Gainesville Sun is reporting on Christopher Mark Smith, a genuinely evil sicko. Smith, it turns out, was apparently repeatedly sexually molesting a very young girl; he had been doing so for years. This creep was also trying to get the 11-year old girl to perform a pornographic live-feed video. For that alone, Dante will […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 8, 2016

Let’s get this straight: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says “Hillary Clinton will not bully me” over the legitimate scrutiny being paid to the timing of a campaign donation Bondi received in 2014 from Donald Trump. Bullying is a pretty stern accusation, so let’s explore this further. What did Clinton do to rise to that […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 8, 2016

Working in higher education allows me the privilege of working firsthand with some of the brightest and engaged minds in our state. It is trite, but worth saying, that education is key to our country’s future and we must continue to equip the next generation with the knowledge and power to make our country even […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2016

Beyond convenience and affordability, ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber have become an essential, safe alternative to drunken driving. One person who should understand this best is David Pogorilich; Uber could have prevented his DUI nearly two decades ago. An Uber ride — at only a few dollars — is certainly preferable to a DUI, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2016

To begin with today, props to the Tampa Bay Times’ Anastasia Dawson for her portrayal on the very short life of Levonia Riggins, the 22-year-old black man shot and killed last week by a white Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy because … well, because they said he went for a gun when he was confronted in […]

Tom JacksonSeptember 7, 2016

As someone who lives near a thoroughfare in a constant state of construction, I sympathize with anyone who looks upon the approach of road expansion with dread. It’s noisy. It’s dirty. It’s inconvenient. It’s hard on tires and suspensions. It impedes traffic in ways that seem to outweigh any eventual benefit. And all but the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2016

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Lloyd Dunkelberger and Jim Rosica. FIVE DAYS LATER… RICK SCOTT REMAINS VEXED BY TALLAHASSEE’S HERMINE RESPONSE via Arek Sarkissian of the USA Today Network – Scott and Gillum said nothing to each other during a Tuesday […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2016

Who knew Hillary Clinton was a fan of the University of South Florida Bulls? “Hello, Tampa! Hello, USF! I know I’m only the second-most exciting thing that’s happened here in the last few days. Your big win to open your football season got some attention,” the Democratic presidential nominee said to the audience who gathered […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 6, 2016

While city officials play those favored political parlor games of finger-pointing and pass-the-blame, thousands of residents remain without power. That’s all we ought to care about now. There are reports of price gouging. Large trees are down all over the city. People are steaming as they wonder about the competence of the power they have […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2016

It is the difference between the executive and the legislative. The former is about the buck stopping here. The latter is about forming a committee to explore when would be best to meet to address the problem. It’s about management style. With a political career that included time on St. Petersburg’s City Council and as a […]

Emails & Opinions

When a Book changes a life

Joe Henderson: Pam Bondi is no ‘victim’ in Trump U scandal

Ed Moore: Immigration reform key to education, workforce

If there is one member of the PTC who should support Uber, it’s David Pogorilich

Mitch Perry Report for 9.8.16 — The reality of our binary choice for POTUS

Tom Jackson: TBX meets the Star Trek test

Sunburn 09.07.16 — Five days later

Mitch Perry Report for 9.7.16 — Pam Bondi’s reluctance to investigate Trump University resurfaces on the campaign trail

Joe Henderson: Hurricane Hermine leaves Category 5 mess in unprepared Tallahassee

Remind us again what big project Rick Kriseman’s administration is good at managing?