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Gary FineoutOctober 11, 2014

Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Republican-turned-Democrat former Gov. Charlie Crist agreed during a debate Friday that Ebola would be bad for Florida – and they disagreed about nearly everything else. In a contentious debate that reflected the negative tone of the campaign, Scott and Crist took opposite sides on issues including health care, the minimum […]

Gary FineoutOctober 10, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist are the only candidates that qualify for a Leadership Florida/Florida Press Association debate. Representatives from the groups said Wednesday that Libertarian Adrian Wyllie won’t be included in the Oct. 15 debate unless a poll shows he has stronger support by the end of the month. Candidates need at […]

Gary FineoutOctober 10, 2014

Gov. Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist are the only candidates that qualify for a Leadership Florida/Florida Press Association debate. Representatives from the groups said Wednesday that Libertarian Adrian Wyllie won’t be included in the Oct. 15 debate unless a poll shows he has stronger support by the end of the month. Candidates need at […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2014

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Libertarian Party candidate for governor, Adrian Wyllie, seeking to force his way in to next week’s debate between Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist is another case of history repeating itself. In 2006, Reform Party candidate for governor, Max Linn, filed a federal lawsuit in an effort […]

Bruce RitchieOctober 9, 2014

The debate season is here. Now maybe we can hear candidates for governor talk about what they plan to do over the next four years rather than what their opponents did years ago. The first debate between Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist is set for Friday at 7 p.m. on Telemundo. The […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 8, 2014

The campaign for governor strikes many Floridians as all sound and fury, signifying nothing but that too much money is being put to too little good. Some are even questioning why they should bother to vote. The answer is elemental. If they don’t, other people will be voting for them. At the end of the […]

Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2014

The Tampa Bay Times is recommending a “no” vote for a constitutional amendment before voters in November. The proposal put forward by conservationists would allocate one-third of the documentary stamp tax required of real estate transactions to be applied to acquisition of conservation lands. In 2016, the newspaper notes, more than $600 million could be allocated to this important […]

Guest AuthorOctober 6, 2014

The Florida Education Association is highly litigious, politically active and flush with resources from membership dues and fees. It often gets its way, but not without collateral damage. In its fight with the Legislature for more school funding, the union is determined to destroy a privately funded scholarship program giving 68,000 of Florida’s poorest students the opportunity to […]

Diane RobertsOctober 5, 2014

A College Republican Speaks: So, OK, chicks. I mean, girls, um, WOMEN. That’s it. Women. They don’t vote for us. We need to make them vote for us. So we’re targeting some campaign spots, spots focusing on the sh–, the stuff, girls like. I mean, women. Like this genius wedding dress ad for the Florida […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2014

Notionally, the Charlie Crist campaign for governor is ramping up its efforts to motivate Florida black voters to get to the polls on November 4. But actually the Crist campaign merely expects black voters to slavishly support him without a compensating policy effort. This should not be surprising. It is the party of Jackson’s approach […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Little common ground in gubernatorial debate

Gubernatorial debate organizers to Libertarian Adrian Wyllie: ‘Drop dead!’

Gubernatorial debate organizers to Libertarian Adrian Wyllie: 'Drop dead!'

Jeff Kottkamp: History repeated with legal challenge over gubernatorial debate

Bruce Ritchie: Please ask an environmental question during gubernatorial debates

Martin Dyckman: Two huge reasons to vote — the courts, the state constitution

Alan Farago: GOP forcing Floridians to use Amendment 1 to conserve vital lands

William Patrick: Coalition forms to help protect scholarship program for poor

Diane Roberts: Like, what’s all the fuss, like, over this Scott ad about chicks?

Chris Timmons: Will the Crist campaign start taking Florida black voters seriously?