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Guest AuthorJune 11, 2015

NOTE: This was written by Jesse Panuccio in response to a column that appeared earlier on ContextFlorida.com and SaintPetersBlog.com and written by Dale Brill, “Hint to presidential candidates wooing Florida — it’s still the economy.” Florida’s economy has witnessed a remarkable turnaround after being one of the hardest hit states during the Great Recession. The […]

Guest AuthorApril 29, 2015

I grew up in a segregated community in Florida and attended supposedly “separate but equal” schools in a small town that had separate water fountains, bathrooms and even beaches, among other restrictions. We were expected to cross the street when a white woman was approaching and never look a white man in the eyes – […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 3, 2015

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A short quiz on recent news: 1) Florida taxes its poorest citizens at what rate in proportion to the richest? Half as much. The same. Twice as much. Nearly seven times as much. 2) In which of these states did the wealthiest 1 percent NOT capture ALL the post-recession income growth between 2009 and 2012? […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 3, 2015

A short quiz on recent news: 1) Florida taxes its poorest citizens at what rate in proportion to the richest? Half as much. The same. Twice as much. Nearly seven times as much. 2) In which of these states did the wealthiest 1 percent NOT capture ALL the post-recession income growth between 2009 and 2012? […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 3, 2015

A short quiz on recent news: 1) Florida taxes its poorest citizens at what rate in proportion to the richest? Half as much. The same. Twice as much. Nearly seven times as much. 2) In which of these states did the wealthiest 1 percent NOT capture ALL the post-recession income growth between 2009 and 2012? […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2015

Presidential elections only come around once every four years, and the Oscars don’t pull in the numbers nearly like they used to, so the Super Bowl has become truly the premiere American event over the past few decades. And that event is much longer than the 3 1/2 hours that the game is actually played on […]

James CallJanuary 6, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott took the oath of office for a second term at 12:09 p.m. Tuesday. The ceremony put an exclamation mark on Scott’s evolution from a Tea Party outsider who captured the governor’s mansion four years ago to a pillar of the GOP establishment; potential presidential candidates Texas Gov. Rick Perry and New Jersey […]

Guest AuthorNovember 3, 2014

We now know that more than half of Florida’s voters are deciding not to vote this year. Your vote matters more than ever. Like you, I have faith in our state and believe Florida is moving in the right direction again. I believe if we focus less on the left, the right, or who’s right […]

Daniel TilsonJuly 15, 2014

Now is the time for Florida to build momentum toward further state-level immigration reform. The 2014 legislative victory granting in-state tuition rates to undocumented college students has put us on the right path…forward. What we can’t afford to do now is settle for anything less than creating full-steam-ahead support for taking the next steps. Republican […]

Guest AuthorApril 1, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule soon in a case that will determine whether prayers at government meetings should continue to be allowed and if so, what kind. The court will rule on whether an upstate New York town violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from making […]

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Jesse Panuccio: Florida’s economic turnaround story was not written by chance

Anthony Major: Live, learn – and let live

Martin Dyckman: Is glaring income gap getting Jeb Bush’s attention?

Martin Dyckman: Is glaring income gap getting Jeb Bush's attention?

Martin Dyckman: Is glaring income gap getting Jeb Bush's attention?

Mitch Perry Report for 1.30.15 -So when does the Super Bowl come back to Tampa?

In inauguration speech, Rick Scott puts N.Y., California on notice

Mark Wilson: Your vote matters more than ever

Daniel Tilson: Florida must enact its own bold immigration reform

Steve Kurlander: Overt Christian prayers have no place at government meetings