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Guest AuthorOctober 19, 2014

One issue bubbling to the surface is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan. The EPA has extended the deadline to collect additional public comments on the plan to Dec. 1. We support new clean-energy strategies for Florida and the programs that already exist. The U.S. has been working toward affordable and secure clean-energy […]

Peter SchorschOctober 17, 2014

A friend who owns properties in Tallahassee told me he had no interest in buying the The Florida Press Center because there would be less turnover in a halfway house than in a building where newspaper, television, radio and wire services reporters work. That Dean Wormer, err, Ridings, president and CEO of the FPA, was able […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2014

By now, most of the free world knows about Ebola and #fangate. In case you are late to the debate, the host at the Florida gubernatorial debate Wednesday night invited both candidates to come on stage. After about a minute and a half, former Gov. Charlie Crist walked on and the host announced that Rick […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2014

If the election for Florida governor were held today, less than 24 hours after Fangate or Fanghazi, it’s likely Democrat Charlie Crist would win his old job back. Not by much, but by the few points afforded to him by Republican Rick Scott’s for-the-history-books petulance. Or maybe not. Maybe there just aren’t enough undecided voters […]

Daniel TilsonOctober 16, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott’s remarkable bid for re-election in 2014 likely got blown away Wednesday night. If you haven’t heard about “Fangate” and the stunning early minutes of Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate against Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, check out the video. Words alone cannot describe it. What’s remarkable is that a governor with a history of questionable […]

Bruce RitchieOctober 16, 2014

The environment was front and center in Wednesday’s gubernatorial debate even if an electric fan received the most media attention. By now you may know that former Gov. Charlie Crist was on stage for about five minutes at the start of a televised debate without Gov. Rick Scott. That’s because of a dispute over whether […]

Guest AuthorOctober 16, 2014

Recently I saw a blurb about a meeting of the Boca Area Post Polio Group. This jolted my memory back 20 years and a conversation with my friend “Jeremy,” a radiologist. Usually a robust man in his early 50s, he appeared a little stooped and sluggish. Finally, he confided to his closest friends what had been happening. J. had polio as a […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2014

The Florida Chamber of Commerce is one of the few entities publicly opposing Amendment 1 on the November ballot. Yet at the end of September, the Florida Chamber Political Institute’s polling data showed that Amendment 1 has very strong support: 75 percent in favor and 14 percent opposed. Amendment 1, if approved by the voters […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2014

Help books, talk shows and countless studies help parents maneuver through the tween years. They are primarily focused on girls and boys between the ages of, “What do these growing body parts do?” and “Let’s do these growing body parts.” What about real tweens? Those of us in our mid-40s, straddled between two unruly generations […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2014

Second of two parts In my previous article, I discussed the financial backers of the groups both for and against Amendment 2 and noted how their money and motives drive both sides as they spend millions to sway public opinion. But just as important, if not more significant, are the stories of the people whose […]

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Samantha Stratton: A smart energy plan is necessary for Florida

Peter Schorsch: Dean Ridings — Fangate makes him ‘Loser of the Week in Fla. Politics’

Jamie Miller: Some ways Rick Scott could have handled #fangate better

Peter Schorsch: The two worst days of Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election campaign

Daniel Tilson: Charlie Crist’s electric fan short-circuits Rick Scott’s re-election plan

Bruce Ritchie: Crist, Scott also got hot over environment, climate change during debate

Rachel Patron: The remnants of an old epidemic

Barbara Joy Cooley: Amendment 1’s fate depends on voter turnout

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Grappling with guilt as parents grow older

Gary Stein: Of pain, people, pot, politics, public figures and priorities