Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschFebruary 20, 2017

I apologize in advance for being so juvenile … Last week, I camped out at Kahwa Coffee on Second Avenue South. I had just dropped off Ella at school and I wanted to get back to work right away. So I returned to the bustling coffee shop that once served as my “office” when Michelle and I lived downtown. […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 20, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Les Neuhaus, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. SUPPORTERS, PROTESTERS COME OUT IN DROVES FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FLORIDA VISIT When Air Force One flew just a few hundred feet over a massive line of supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday waiting […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 20, 2017

In 10 years as head of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC), Stephen Auger didn’t do much to solve the chronic, critical problems of people who work hard, play by the rules, and still can’t afford a decent place to live. But he won the hearts and minds of millionaire senators like Dennis Baxley and […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 19, 2017

Late in the campaign, the New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz wrote that Queen Elizabeth II was offering to take the colonies back, suggesting that Americans dissatisfied with their options should just write in her name for president. It doesn’t seem quite as funny now as it did then. Let’s imagine, though, that we are still […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 19, 2017

I don’t know what to tell you. Honestly. One of the hallmarks of an unfree society is a lack of narratives to make clear sense of the government’s behavior — especially the government’s preferred narratives. But this government has no narratives; no coherent, meaningful story to tell to us, the governed; no clear philosophy. We […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 18, 2017

When we wrote about Foley & Lardner’s Tallahassee lobbying practice in the last issue of INFLUENCE magazine, we called it “a sort of think tank with political muscle.” The law firm is about to get even stronger with the imminent addition of Jason Allison, head of the state’s Agency for State Technology, whose departure from […]

Dominic CalabroFebruary 17, 2017

Shaping up to be one of the biggest battles in the Legislature in many years, the fight on economic development incentives and tourism funding has been swirling throughout the halls of the Capitol the last few weeks. On one side are those who believe that taxpayer dollars should not be used to entice businesses and […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 17, 2017

I was watching the fascinating video from the Florida House of Representatives in its escalating war with Gov. Rick Scott over state subsidies for private businesses and tourism when an image caught my eye as it streaked by quickly. It was the logo for Enterprise Florida, the public-private partnership that is supposed to create jobs. […]

Susan WashingtonFebruary 17, 2017

The black-robed justices who filed solemnly into a courtroom at the University of Florida law school Thursday morning were not the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, but they were announced as if they were. “All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 17, 2017

One of the guilty pleasures of my misspent youth was the movie Red Dawn, a 1980s cult classic depicting the Soviet invasion of America. While it undoubtedly has artistic value, it’s also notable for including the last role Charlie Sheen played while sober. Red Dawn featured a stirring display of Eastern Bloc military hardware and thousands of faux-Soviet […]

Emails & Opinions

What Adam Smith will be writing about next …

Sunburn for 2.20.17 – A month of Trump; Trey Radel’s campaign advice; Jeff Greene for Gov.? Happy President’s Day

Dan Raulerson and Dennis Baxley say ‘Let them eat steak’

Hail Britannia: U.K. could teach U.S. a thing or two about running government

We don’t have a president. We have a high priest of the American id

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Some Assembly Required

Economic development incentives drive jobs to Florida, boost state economy

Subliminal message no help in Enterprise Florida fight

In mock court, UF law students argue case echoing infamous FSU ‘Jane Doe’ lawsuit

Red Don