Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 2017

Dear Pam: Imagine my excitement when I heard on Saturday that you were at a nearby party celebrating the Gasparilla Children’s Parade? We were at Robert and Nancy Watkins‘ home and the talk was that you would drop by. I was so excited. Plus, I would have done anything to get away from having to listen to Will Weatherford talk about […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 25, 2017

For voters who want to piss their politics into the wind, there’s Facebook. For voters who want to change the hearts, minds, and votes of elected officials, the telephone is the easiest, most effective way to go. Every officeholder from Carrabelle to Congress employs human beings whose primary job is to lend a respectful ear […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 25, 2017

Veteran NBC News reporter Kerry Sanders says he’s concerned about the proliferation of talk about “fake news,” and says that the perception of partisanship in the media is hurting the credibility of mainstream reporters like himself. “People think that we all have an agenda, and it makes my job that much more difficult,” he said while speaking […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. BOB BUCKHORN’S OPENING IS NOW Andrew Gillum has the personal story. Gwen Graham has the pedigree. John Morgan has the bravado. Phillip Levine has the money. All four of the rumored contenders for the Democratic nomination for […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 24, 2017

Finland lacks a “culture of apology,” but sucked it up anyway and joined the growing number of western countries owning up to the suffering of generations of children whose lives went from bad to worse in state care. You can cross your fingers and pray, but you’re probably never going to see Florida apologize to Victor […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 24, 2017

Adorning the top of Vito Sheeley’s Facebook page are pictures of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and former President Barack Obama. Scroll down some and you’ll see a photo of Sheeley with former Vice President Joe Biden. After that, it’s a shot of U.S. Rep John Lewis. With the exception MLK, each of these men are proud Democrats. As is Kathy Castor, […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 24, 2017

His job as Florida House Speaker requires Richard Corcoran to make some tough calls, but this one had to be easy for a man whose stated mission is to clean up the way Tallahassee operates. While some politicians talk with a swagger (here’s looking at you, Marco Rubio) but don’t want the ball when the […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 24, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. BREAKING: NEWBORN ELIZABETH ANN BLACK TO RUN FOR AG. COMMISSIONER IN 2050 – Metz Husband & Daughton lobbyist Greg Black and wife Melanie Black celebrated the birth of their first daughter, Elizabeth Ann Sunday — one day after her father’s […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 23, 2017

A Florida digital firm is getting national recognition as one of the best in political communications. Strategic Digital Services (SDS), is receiving notice for exceptional client work in 2016, with three projects among the finalists for the 2017 Reed Awards. SDS, based in Tallahassee, specializes in data analysis, digital media, and software development for a […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 23, 2017

Little Marco. Donald Trump had it right all along. By announcing he will vote to approve Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, the fittingly titled junior U.S. senator from Florida proved he is compromised and cut down to size. As they say out West, he is all hat and no cattle. Under what certainly was […]

Emails & Opinions

Dear Pam: Don’t go!

The room where it happens just a phone call away

In Tampa, NBC’s Kerry Sanders talks about reporting in the age of fake news, Donald Trump and Twitter

Sunburn for 1.25.17 – Bob Buckhorn’s opening; Bush staffer to Trump admin; Rick Scott’s tax cuts; Whiskey & Wheaties return

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell

L’affair Vito Sheeley is an embarrassment to him, Charlie Crist and David Jolly

Richard Corcoran walks the walk, denies extra $13M for DEP water war

Sunburn for 01.24.17 – A future Ag. Commish? Scott polls vs. Corcoran; A spine for ‘Little Marco’; Tampon taxes and fracking bans

Strategic Digital Services garners national attention

Donald Trump was right about ‘Little Marco’ all along