Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschDecember 18, 2016

The Tampa Bay Times has announced a round of new promotions among its editorial staff, including the naming of two veteran journalists as assistant managing editors. Reading about the Times ‘opening the books’ and elevating some of its best talent into top positions, there are a lot of smart decisions. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Michael LaForgia is the new investigations […]

Florence SnyderDecember 17, 2016

In 1962, a legislative “initial operating money” appropriation plus private donations for “architect fees, salaries and other expenses” added up to $400,000 in seed corn for Florida Atlantic University. It still adds up to more money than most working folks will see in 10 years, but it’s less than half of what the school will […]

Peter SchorschDecember 17, 2016

Pro tip: Never forget your bag in the Florida Capitol. “Suspicious packages” are not taken lightly. Monday afternoon, people who went to get a late lunch were turned away from the lower-level cafeteria by Capitol Police. “The cafeteria’s closed right now,” they told potential customers as they shut the doors. Soon, the three officers became seven, then […]

Peter SchorschDecember 16, 2016

Chinese philosopher-general Sun Tzu once wrote: “Know your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.” This could also be valuable advice for Florida unions and Democrats — pick your battles wisely. The recent dust-up between unions and Wal-Mart over outsourcing security in Florida could impact another upcoming fight in the […]

Peter SchorschDecember 16, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott has confirmed the firings of Chief Operating Officer Vangie McCorvey and Chief Marketing Officer Paul Phipps at Visit Florida, the state’s tourism agency. Scott was in Orlando Friday to release the latest unemployment figures. CEO Will Seccombe suddenly postponed a quarterly staff meeting scheduled for Friday morning to the afternoon. Speculation was that he was heading to the Governor’s Office […]

Joe HendersonDecember 16, 2016

There has been a lot to like about the tone new House Speaker Richard Corcoran has set in Tallahassee. There is a new emphasis on ethics and disclosure of how the people’s representatives do their business — and more importantly who they do it for. We all benefit from that. That includes, especially, Corcoran’s insistence […]

Peter SchorschDecember 16, 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. DONALD TRUMP BRINGS THANK YOU TOUR TO SUNSHINE STATE If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to bring his thank you tour to only to areas of dense supporters, his Friday evening visit to Orlando might […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2016

Good morning to you all on this, the last Friday MPR I’ll be filing in 2016 … Good news for those of us on the Affordable Care Act: While the GOP-led House of Representative promise to repeal the ACA within the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the date that the provisions of the […]

Florence SnyderDecember 15, 2016

With 11 shopping days ‘til Christmas, Yahoo dropped a lump of coal into the stockings of 1 billion of its users with news that their accounts had been “breached.” That’s tech-speak for “bad guys forged your cookies” — and they are not talking about the sweets you leave next to Santa’s glass of milk. Worse, […]

Mitch PerryDecember 15, 2016

St. Pete City Council members are scheduled to receive a report on the progress of the St. Petersburg Pier at City Hall this morning. Architects from ASD Architects, Rogers Partners Architects + Urban Designers, representing the Pier and W Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Wannemacher Jensen Architects, representing the Pier Approach will present updated renderings of the new Pier. […]

Emails & Opinions

Reading about new promotions at the Tampa Bay Times and hoping Adam Smith…

FAU puts its money where its priorities are

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Pro tips

Wal-Mart outsourcing security issue could make Democrats ‘natural allies’ in whiskey and Wheaties fight

Visit Florida axes top officials after Pitbull controversy

Richard Corcoran battle over Pitbull, Visit Florida contract sets the right tone

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 12.16.16

Mitch Perry Report for 12.16.16 – Friday follies

Christmas is a-‘comin’ and the geese are gettin’ hacked

Mitch Perry Report for 12.15.16 — Pier politics, part VIII