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Guest AuthorAugust 10, 2015

Welcome back to another Special Session! It’s been fun blaming the Florida Legislature for gerrymandering and all that, but GOP state Rep. Mike Hill from Pensacola wrote penned an interesting letter to House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. In part, he wrote: “Under the guise of interpreting Sections 20 and 21 of Article III of the Florida […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2015

Happy Monday, y’all. While the entertainment show that is the 2016 GOP presidential campaign continued to make the headlines over the weekend, I was at the movies, checking out the newest Woody Allen film and the surprise Hollywood picture of the summer. First the Woodman: Let’s face it, Woody Allen films rarely are a completely satisfying experience […]

Phil AmmannAugust 10, 2015

With barefaced demagoguery, Rick Scott once again shows his inner Pinocchio. The latest from Bill Day highlights the Florida governor — here called “Scottocchio” — and his changing rules on abortions, part of the shameless effort to demonize Planned Parenthood. Last week, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration ordered three of the state’s Planned […]

Guest AuthorAugust 9, 2015

Presidential campaigns are always won with big-picture ideas articulated with simple, memorable and disciplined messaging. Even in a primary, voters respond more favorably to a candidate with a grand vision of what our country should be than to policy wonks. Just ask President Gingrich. Although I resigned from his campaign effort last week I remain […]

Guest AuthorAugust 9, 2015

Welcome back to another Special Session! It’s been fun blaming the Florida Legislature for gerrymandering and all that, but GOP state Rep. Mike Hill from Pensacola wrote penned an interesting letter to House Speaker Steve Crisafulli. In part, he wrote: “Under the guise of interpreting Sections 20 and 21 of Article III of the Florida […]

Marc YachtAugust 9, 2015

The Donald clearly trumped the field of Republican presidential wannabes in Thursday’s Ohio debate. Fox kept the debate within its own cable network denying millions from watching. It could be heard online on Fox radio but proved difficult to follow. Donald Trump separated himself quickly from the pack when he refused to agree to support […]

Guest AuthorAugust 9, 2015

Over the course of the past 2½ years I found myself in a position I never dreamed possible: Three of my immediate family members died. Although not all of their deaths were the same, each one was painful to me and deeply felt in its own way. Nothing about the human condition prepares you for […]

Phil AmmannAugust 9, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Legislature’s last chance to get congressional districts right The third time had better be the charm for the Florida Legislature this week as it opens a two-week special session to redraw congressional districts. The redistricting assignment should be taken over by the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 8, 2015

Donald Trump was last night’s biggest loser in the first official GOP presidential debate heading into election season. That’s according to USF St. Pete political scientist and professor emeritus Darryl Paulson. “People watch [debates] not to see who wins, but to see who crashes and to me the guy who hit the rail last night was […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 7, 2015

HD 24 incumbent Republican Paul Renner, who may be the brightest hope to be speaker of the House from Northeast Florida anytime soon, reports raising $8,000 in July. That money is the first he has raised in the current cycle. Renner’s support, interestingly, comes largely from PACs: $4,500 of the $8,000 total. Agents for a Better […]

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Henry Kelley: It’s time to fix high court’s districting overreach

Mitch Perry Report for 8.10.15 – A summer cinema surprise

Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott shows his inner Pinocchio

Roger Stone op-ed: How Donald Trump can win

Henry Kelley: It’s time to fix high court’s districting overreach

Marc J. Yacht: “The Donald” trumps the Republican Party

Traci Evison: We all grieve in different ways, on different days

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

USF St. Pete political scientist Darryl Paulson says Donald Trump was GOP debate’s biggest loser

HD24 Paul Renner draws strong PAC support in July