Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJuly 19, 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. DONALD TRUMP’S DISASTROUS DAY ONE via Shane Goldmacher, Ben Schreckinger and Katie Glueck of POLITICO – Trump’s supporters painted a dark and dystopian portrait of an America in decline on Monday, as […]

Steve SchaleJuly 18, 2016

In the last two weeks, I’ve gotten more calls from reporters and political types wanting to talk about the political implications of the Everglades than I’ve gotten in the last 10 years. Algae is on everyone’s mind. Environmental issues tend to be the type that polls well. However, they aren’t the sort of issues that tend […]

Tom JacksonJuly 18, 2016

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At long last, it looks like Republicans are going to do this thing. This unexpected, astonishing and — not to put too fine a point on it — crazy thing. They’re going to nominate for president a demagogic, bullying, uncouth, uncurious, insincere, shifty, disloyal blowhard with minuscule thumbs and an unconscionable combover. In short, out […]

Guest AuthorJuly 18, 2016

Consumers for Smart Solar wants to encourage the use of more solar energy in Florida, but we believe it should be done the right way — a way that protects consumers. Amendment 1, which will be on the November ballot, is a straightforward plan to promote solar while allowing for consumer protection laws to keep […]

Peter SchorschJuly 18, 2016

Last week, the Miami Herald’s Mary Ellen Klas reported Florida’s sugar industry has spent a “whopping” $57.8 million over the last 22 years on political campaign contributions. This number sounds huge. But to those actively involved in Florida’s political process, the number is not so whopping when you’re plying your trade as a health care, theme park/entertainment, […]

Joe HendersonJuly 18, 2016

When Donald Trump formally announced his intention to run for president, comedians everywhere fell to their knees in praise for the heaven-sent gift of a nonstop laugh track. That was one year, one month and two days ago when no one seriously entertained the notion of Trump heading to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland […]

Mitch PerryJuly 18, 2016

Greetings, y’all. My dateline is V.M. Ybor this morning in Tampa , NOT the Baymont Inn in Hudson, Ohio — some 30 minutes away from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, site of this week’s Republican National Convention. Circumstances have dictated that I won’t be reporting from the RNC this week, but I certainly intend to observe from afar […]

Peter SchorschJuly 18, 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. #RNCinCLE After months of bickering, Republicans are set to formally select Donald Trump as their party’s nominee during the Republican National Convention. Will there be fireworks? Probably not. Efforts by […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 17, 2016

Better could have been expected of Jeb Bush than his op-ed in Saturday’s Washington Post, which attempted to lay the blame for Donald Trump primarily on President Obama. Here are his words. Interpret them for yourself: “As much as I reject Donald Trump as our party leader, he did not create the political culture of […]

Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2016

The thick, smelly bright green algae has plagued the Treasure Coast for weeks. It has given residents coughs and rashes. It is choking the oxygen out of the water and threatening wildlife. And it is also becoming a political volleyball. Everyone seems to agree: It’s time to fix the region’s water woes. But what’s harder […]

Emails & Opinions
Milton aftermath. Photo by Phil Ammann.

Sunburn for 7.19.16 – Donald Trump’s disastrous Day One

Steve Schale: Watching algae politics? Here is a race to watch.

Tom Jackson: A GOP convention unlike any other

Jim Kallinger: Why Floridians should vote ‘Yes on 1 for the Sun’

Putting the sugar industry’s history of political contributions into some much-needed context

Joe Henderson: With Donald Trump, perhaps the beginning of a movement

Mitch Perry Report for 7.18.16 — Here’s the Trump-Pence ticket, America

Sunburn for 7.18.16 – Day One of #RNCinCLE

Martin Dyckman: Hey Jeb, don’t blame Donald on Barack

Takeaways from Tallahassee — When algae becomes a volleyball