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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 […]

Mitch PerryAugust 7, 2015

Last night was the most fun I can remember watching a political debate since Chris Matthews moderated the Charlie Crist-Jim Davis-Max Linn Florida gubernatorial debate in 2006. Anyone remember that? Let’s face it, if the same tough questions were asked by moderators at MSNBC, CNN, Univision or any of the major broadcast networks, the story […]

Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2015

This summer has been wet and soggy, with rainstorms hitting neighborhoods here in Tampa nearly every day. It won’t stop. God’s angry tears for unleashing Glenn Beck, Larry the Cable Guy, and Outback on the world or Mother Nature’s wrath for Hulk Hogan, Channing Tatum, and Hooters? You decide. I’m about done with my kids […]

Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2015

Usually, Republicans get a pat on the back for just being brave enough to speak at a black organization’s annual meeting or conference. So we must give Jeb Bush the obligatory props for deigning to speak to an overwhelmingly black crowd at the National Urban League recently. Unlike former GOP presidential nominee and Massachusetts Gov. […]

Bob SparksAugust 6, 2015

The first debate among the top 10 Republican candidates is set for prime time on Thursday. Debate is not the right word. Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker and other contenders will basically play to the base. Some will try to look presentable to independents at the same time. Most of us have […]

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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

Mitch Perry Report for 8.7.15 — The morning after

Catherine Durkin Robinson: 10 things to do when it’s raining, besides kill each other

Chris Timmons: Thanks for the visit, Jeb. Now go home

Bob Sparks: Politics of abortion front and center at GOP debate