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Drew WilsonJuly 25, 2018

Miami Republican Vance Aloupis just released what may be one of the best ads in Florida so far this cycle. Launching his ad entitled “Dominoes” this week in his bid for House District 115, Aloupis uses a cultural touchstone to connect with a community he hopes to represent in the Legislature. The ad hits all […]

Peter SchorschJuly 16, 2018

It comes as no surprise that Republican Jose Fernandez is drawing the support of many of the state’s biggest trial lawyers in his bid for House District 115. But does he represent the best choice for the GOP? Fernandez is himself a lawyer who heads his own personal injury litigation firm, and is one of […]

Associated PressDecember 28, 2016

The massacre of 49 patrons of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando has been voted Florida’s top story of 2016. The state’s newspaper editors said in an Associated Press poll that the second-biggest story of the year was Florida resident Donald Trump‘s defeat of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Florida by 1.3 percentage points in the […]

Joe HendersonDecember 27, 2016

When the news came on Christmas Day that singer George Michael had died, well … can we get this year completed, please? Just this month alone, we have lost actor Alan Thicke, astronaut/hero John Glenn, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, former Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jim Williams, broadcaster Craig Sager and musician Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

I’m not about to be a spoilsport and say that presidential debates are overrated, but the history shows there have been very, very few since they began being held regularly 1976 that have significantly moved voters. The first debate in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush definitely changed some things. That’s the one, you might recall, where Gore was okay on substance […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/ESQPolitics/status/780069471960506368While people in Miami and around the nation mourned the news that 24-year-old Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez had been killed in a boating accident, Matt Gaetz was stirring up a storm on social media. “To all who will kneel during the anthem today — just remember how Jose Fernandez risked his life just for the chance […]

Mitch PerryJuly 2, 2015

There’s no crying in baseball. Remember that maxim handed down to us via Tom Hanks‘ character to Madonna‘s in 1992’s A League of Their Own? But there is heartbreak. Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Indians’ first no-hitter since Len Barker‘s perfect game way back […]

Tag: Jose Fernandez

Vance Aloupis rolls out Spanish-language ad in crowded race for HD 115

HD 115 hopeful Jose Fernandez may not be best for GOP, trial lawyers

Pulse nightclub massacre is Florida’s top story of 2016

Can we just get 2016 over with, please?

Mitch Perry Report for 9.26.16 – Keeping everything in perspective

Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz unleashes firestorm with politicized tweet about Jose Fernandez

Mitch Perry Report for 7.2.15 — A call to (healthy) arms