Emails & Opinions

Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2016

America celebrates its 240th birthday Monday, and the 40th anniversary of the Bicentennial. I was a relatively young kid who doesn’t have a whole lot of recollection of that particular day (other than our family was on vacation someplace in Northern California), but I certainly do remember the yearlong hype into that summer. Two days […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2016

Pat Summitt’s death presented a solemn moment for reflection on an accomplished life. In a legendary 38-year career, the former University of Tennessee coach with a Hall of Fame scowl put women’s basketball on the map. She guided her Lady Vols to 18 NCAA Final Four appearances and eight national championships while exploding myths about […]

Peter SchorschJune 30, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. WHEN ELECTIONS OFFER FEW CHOICES via Joe Henderson of Florida Politics Elections are supposed to be about choices, but after candidate qualifying ended last week in Florida many of the elections are already decided. Voters […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2016

There are many people in the world concerned about the pace of climate change, and whether our leaders doing enough to combat it for future generations. Most of those people aren’t elected officials in the Republican Party. In recent years, the GOP has castigated San Francisco-based environmentalist Tom Steyer, tagging him with famed boogeyman George Soros as among the […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2016

After the Pulse tragedy, gun control talks predictably spiked. The gun lobby trained its sights on proposals that supposedly kneecapped the Second Amendment. Weary anti-gun violence crusaders petitioned Congress to holster massacres by doing something — anything. Shouting, pleading, debating, cajoling, exhorting — and a brief political theater revival of circa ‘60s sit-ins — appallingly […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2016

As Immigrant Heritage Month ends, I’ve taken the time to reflect on my humble beginnings and all the opportunities this great country has provided me with. As the director of policy and advocacy of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, I have worked with many, many immigrants who have made America their home in order to escape […]

Peter SchorschJune 29, 2016

At a press conference yesterday, Darren Soto called for a special legislative session to close the “terror loophole” in the aftermath of the Orlando Shooting. Soto refused to take questions from the public at the event — which is a shame, because voters deserve to know the truth about Soto’s record on guns. But the only time Soto […]

Joe HendersonJune 29, 2016

Elections are supposed to be about choices, but after candidate qualifying ended in Florida last week, many elections are already decided. Voters in 11 districts won’t get to choose their state senator because the incumbent faces no opposition — seven Republicans and four Democrats, if you’re keeping score. And in Senate District 24, Pinellas County […]

Peter SchorschJune 29, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARAH BASCOM Your friends in The Process would like to wish you a happy birthday: “It’s always special to work with family, even more special when they’re the […]

Mitch PerryJune 29, 2016

For those of you who were looking for a smoking gun that would nail Hillary Clinton from Trey Gowdy‘s Select Committee on Benghazi’s two-year investigation, you might be out of luck. At least that’s the consensus from reporters who (presumably) read all 800-pages of that committee’s report which was released to the public yesterday. I didn’t […]

Emails & Opinions
Anna Maria Island home after Hurricane Milton.

Mitch Perry Report for 7.1.16 — The wheels of justice move excruciatingly slow

Darryl E. Owens: Pat Summitt’s death is slam-dunk signal of need for more funding to fight Alzheimer’s Disease

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 6.30.16

Mitch Perry Report for 6.30.16 — The GOP’s Tom Steyer?

Darryl E. Owens: SCOTUS hits mark for domestic violence with disarming Voisine ruling

Francesca Menes: Celebrating Florida’s immigrants during Immigrant Heritage Month

Three questions for Darren Soto

Joe Henderson: Unopposed candidates create ‘great void’ in local politics

Sunburn for 6.29.16 – Happy birthday, Sarah Bascom

Mitch Perry Report for 6.29.16 – Clinton survives Trey Gowdy, now what about James Comey?