Emails & Opinions

guestAugust 2, 2016

August is here. And we’re starting to get clarity in some northeast Florida state House races, with all campaigns reporting what they’ve raised through July 22 Some races, such as in House Districts 11 and 12, show a candidate with solid momentum. Others, such as in HD 13, 14 and 16, reveal contests that still have […]

Peter SchorschAugust 2, 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. FIRST & FOREMOST — GOOD NEWS FOR A GREAT PERSON: ASHLEY WALKER NAMED PARTNER AT MERCURY — The bipartisan public strategy firm announced Walker, who has led the public affairs operation for Mercury in Florida […]

Mitch PerryAugust 2, 2016

Let’s stipulate at the top that the results in last night’s Hillsborough County Hob Nob hosted by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce isn’t indicative of much of anything, except what several hundred well-heeled folks who mostly live in Tampa think about the various races that will be on the ballot later this month and in November. It’s […]

Peter SchorschAugust 1, 2016

Mike Fasano took to social media last week to “shame” GOP political consulting firm Data Targeting for having the audacity to request public personnel records. In doing so, the Pasco County Tax Collector — recognized with the Friend of the First Amendment award only last year — disappointed a number of people, including several of his friends. But in the […]

Peter SchorschAugust 1, 2016

The Florida Chamber of Commerce last week rolled out a second round of endorsements in legislative races across the state. There are more than 400 candidates who have qualified to run for the 160 seats in the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate. With this latest round of endorsements, the Chamber is now backing 110 candidates […]

Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2016

One of the many indelible moments that I bore witness to last week in Philadelphia at the Democratic National Convention was when Bernie Sanders delegated booed down Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the Florida Delegation Breakfast last Monday. It was a day after Wasserman Schultz had been forced to step down as DNC Chair (“taking one for […]

Peter SchorschAugust 1, 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. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS HEAD TO FLORIDA THIS WEEK The presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are heading to Florida this week. The campaign of the Republican nominee announced Saturday that Trump will hold an afternoon town hall […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 31, 2016

Thousands of speeches have I heard and forgotten since my first byline 64 years ago. Very few have deserved to be remembered nearly as much as Khizr Kahn‘s 368-word address to the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. Eloquent and powerful in its simplicity and directness, it was timely, to the point, and to the heart […]

Peter SchorschJuly 30, 2016

If you can’t beat ’em, make sure they don’t have enough people to fight. The state’s Environmental Regulations Commission this week OK’d new standards that caused conniptions among the clean water set. The new rules seemingly have a split personality: They “will increase the amount of cancer-causing toxins allowed in Florida’s rivers and streams,” the AP […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2016

Supervisor of elections offices have been inundated with voters switching from Democrat, Independent and NPA (no party affiliation) to Republican. Is there a conservative wave taking over Northeast Florida? Not quite. Two of the most important races in Northeast Florida include the race for State Attorney and Public Defender for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, which […]

Emails & Opinions
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Jacksonville Bold for 8.02.16 — Cash and carry

Sunburn for 8.02.16 – Tim Kaine in Florida; Sally Bradshaw’s bombshell; Zika outbreak; Ashley Walker promoted; TV ads galore

Mitch Perry Report for 8.2.16 — Hob Nob vote indicative of Jim Norman’s vulnerabilities?

First Amendment Foundation calls Mike Fasano’s conditions on public record access ‘highly inappropriate,’ illegal

10 picks that stand out among the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 legislative endorsements

Mitch Perry Report for 8.1.16 – Crunch time in the Florida primary

Sunburn for 08.01.16 — Donald Trump’s bad weekend

Martin Dyckman: Khizr Kahn challenges a ‘morally untethered’ Donald Trump

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Come for the water, stay for the Zika

Leslie Jean-Bart: Conservative wave in NE Florida? Not quite.