Emails & Opinions

Mitch PerryJuly 25, 2016

Cory Booker is one of the most dynamic speakers in American politics. But the appearance of soon-to-be-departing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the Florida delegation breakfast at the Marriott in Philadelphia Monday was an impossible act to follow. Despite his passionate and funny delivery, the room was still abuzz over the massive disruption […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2016

On Friday, the Florida Realtors PAC made its endorsements for the 2016 election cycle. There are more than 400 candidates who have qualified to run for the 160 seats in the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate. According to a release from the organization, candidates were evaluated on numerous factors, including their voting record on issues […]

Tom JacksonJuly 25, 2016

If the axiom describing how the major parties go about selecting their presidential nominees — Democrats fall in love; Republicans fall in line — had held up in 2016, the Jeb! versus Feel-the-Bern campaign ahead would be only slightly less bizarre than the one we have. Instead, the parties switched roles — which, in Caitlyn […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2016

Ed Mansouri, the nationally renowned software pioneer who developed the cutting-edge learning management system used by the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) since 2003, will be transitioning away at the end of this year, after a proud partnership with FLVS, to focus his efforts more fully on his equally impressive new WeatherSTEM educational technology. Mansouri will continue […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 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 SAYS VP PICK TIM KAINE IS EVERYTHING GOP TICKET ISN’T Hillary Clinton debuted running mate Sen. Tim Kaine on Saturday as a can-do progressive committed to social justice and equality […]

Joe HendersonJuly 25, 2016

The Democratic game plan heading into their convention in Philadelphia would seem simple enough. Stay positive, show unity, stay on message, don’t respond to Donald Trump’s tweets, and, by all means, don’t try to scare the bejeebers out of America. Do all that and you should be peachy keen, unless WikiLeaks sends out 19,252 damaging emails […]

Mitch PerryJuly 25, 2016

One of the few things I remember national reporters observing about Tampa when they came to cover the 2012 RNC was simply how absurdly hot and humid it was — which it certainly is in the summertime. Presumably, there will be much more to say about the city of Philadelphia by the end of the week, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2016

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With the Democratic coronation of Hillary (and Bill again, too) Clinton slated to begin Monday, it looks like Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz won’t be waving her very curly hair, or the gavel, as chairwoman of the convention in Philadelphia. In fact, she resigned her position as chairwoman before the convention […]

Peter SchorschJuly 23, 2016

While the political conventions are getting all the attention this month, another issue is quietly oozing its way through the sticky Tallahassee heat: Gambling, specifically card games. Pari-mutuel operators (i.e, dog and horse tracks) and state regulators are fighting over something called “designated player games,” essentially a kind of poker. Only the Seminole Tribe can […]

Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2016

You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? —Matthew 7:16 (ESV) Some 2,000 years ago, Peter joined Jesus at the Mount of Olives. That fateful night, the man who walked on water foretold his faithful follower soon would walk away from him. Never, Peter assured. Never. “Truly, […]

Emails & Opinions
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Bob Graham tells Florida delegates Debbie Wasserman Schultz ‘deserves our recognition’

15 picks that stand out among the Florida Realtors’ 2016 legislative endorsements

Tom Jackson: Democrats suddenly in need of a ringmaster

Florida Virtual School entrepreneur Ed Mansouri to focus on new WeatherSTEM tech project

Sunburn for 7.25.16 – From the Democratic National Convention to Comic-Con

Joe Henderson: Email leaks prove DNC fix was in, disgusting and Nixonian

Mitch Perry Report for 7.25.16 — What will Bernie say tonight?

Steven Kurlander: In defense of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Takeaways from Tallahassee – Away from the ‘Mistake on the Lake’

Darryl E. Owens: Evangelical choir singing discordant support for Donald Trump campaign