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Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2013

OK, deep breath, everyone. One more. Maybe coax a half-hearted smile? There, we’re feeling better. Now, we can perhaps refrain from obsessing about that Fox News-Bill O’Reilly-Jesse Watters silliness that ended up on the front page of The (Key West) Citizen last week. What did we expect from Watters’ World? Surely, we weren’t expecting Jesse […]

Dominic CalabroDecember 16, 2013

Governor Scott: We see your $500 million, and raise you $500 million. The Governor has proposed a $500 million tax cut for Floridians this year, and legislative leaders are working in Tallahassee to pick apart the budget and find a way to pass those savings onto Floridians. Meanwhile, Florida TaxWatch recently identified more than $1 […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 15, 2013

There’s a phrase in Shakespeare that ought to be printed on every politician’s paycheck: Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed That he is grown so great? It might remind him or her that, all too often, it’s all too easy to forget who is supposed to be serving whom. So it is a […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 15, 2013

Vroom, vrooom! That’s the sound of Gov. Rick Scott and fellow Florida GOP candidates revving their engines in hopes that cuts to motor vehicle fees can help drive them to victory in 2014. Question is, will reduced registration, tag and license fees make you forget the ways Scott and Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) legislators […]

Guest AuthorDecember 15, 2013

You have to admire the profile in courage that Florida Republicans are setting. Florida is standing up to all those whiny kids, pregnant women and disabled people and rejecting $51 billion in extra Medicaid funding over the next 10 years. “We don’t need no stinkin’ $5 billion a year for health care,” say the Republicans. […]

Dominic CalabroDecember 15, 2013

With only three months before the legislative session starts, lawmakers are gearing up to help frustrated cities whose pension obligations are eating up larger portions of their municipal budgets. Last month, Sen. Robert Bradley and Sen. Jeremy Ring filed the first 2014 bill addressing local pension legislation, at the behest of many Florida cities that […]

Guest AuthorDecember 13, 2013

Senator Marco Rubio’s endorsement of Obamacare for his own family should end the rhetoric coming from Governor Rick Scott and other tea party groups. As many news outlets reported recently, in addition to enrolling his family through the new exchange, Rubio is also receiving federal subsidies – this is good news for his family. The […]

Dominic CalabroDecember 12, 2013

Florida’s congressional delegation has launched an effort to amend every bill they can before the end of December in an attempt to delay premium increases for flood insurance policyholders across Florida. If they are successful, they would protect hundreds of thousands of Floridians from unaffordable rate increases, preventing serious repercussions in the state economy. Florida […]

Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2013

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It’s never a good idea to take on an issue after Jon Stewart has had his way with it, but you know what they say about fools. The subject, in case you missed it, was the Obama-Castro handshake at the Nelson Mandela funeral celebration. Fox and CNN went gaga with speculation and condemnation over the […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 12, 2013

At Tallahassee, in 1959, four hoodlums accosted a young couple at gunpoint and took the woman away to rape her seven times. The criminals were white. The victims, students at Florida A & M University, were black. The perpetrators were tried, convicted and imprisoned. This made news worldwide; whites who raped blacks were rarely arrested, […]

Month: December 2013

Linda Cunningham: Fox News makes fun of Key West; islanders not laughing

Dominic Calabro: State can save millions in taxes by being more efficient

Martin Dyckman: Crucial court appointments face next governor

Daniel Tilson: Will Scott and GOP legislators drive voters to distraction?

Mark O’Brien: Florida is a Medicaid Santa — for other states

Dominic Calabro: Legislators must help cities with pensions burden

Charlie Crist: Rubio endorsement of ACA should end Scott’s criticism

Dominic Calabro: Applaud efforts to delay flood insurance premium hikes

Doug Clifton: Breathless talk of Obama-Castro handshake ignored crucial issue

Martin Dyckman: Sentencing inequalities point to need to re-establish parole