Associated PressDecember 11, 2020
12min365
Critics question is he's relying too much on prior administration leaders.
Tag: Rahm Emanuel
Associated PressDecember 11, 2020Associated PressDecember 1, 2020
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The pick could be controversial among progressives.
Guest AuthorMarch 29, 2020
7min392
This is a time of national sacrifice.
Jim RosicaOctober 24, 2017
4min268
Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday he will be “leading an economic development mission to Chicago this week to share why businesses in Chicago should consider moving their operations to Florida.” In a news release, Scott said: “Over the past seven years, we have cut taxes more than 75 times in Florida, saving our taxpayers more than $7 […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2017
3min339
As Rahm Emanuel once said: “Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Bill Nelson may be taking that advice to heart. This week, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator sent out a fundraising email featuring Hurricane Irma, the Category 3 storm that devastated much of Nelson’s own state. “As Irma approached, I quickly called on the […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2017
5min173
Over the weekend, the Times’ Rick Danielson and Sue Carlton shared a byline online where they essentially discussed the Bob Buckhorn Experience in Tampa, close to six years after he was elected mayor. Although the initial thrust of the story was how the Mayor wasn’t above looking a little silly on occasions to sell a particular program or […]
Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2016
6min191
Happy Friday, y’all. Hey, can we talk baseball this December morning? Okay, how ’bout hypocrisy? Bud Selig, the commissioner who presided over the game’s golden age of steroid use, was named to the sacred Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this week by what is called the “veterans committee.” That’s not to be confused with the Baseball Writers Association of […]
Mitch PerryDecember 8, 2016
4min316
On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel traveled to Trump Tower to hand deliver a letter signed by 17 big-city Democratic mayors urging President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider his vow to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the provision that protects young, so-called Dreamers who came to the country before the age of 16 from deportation and allows them to study […]
Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2016
4min2059
With Donald Trump soon to begin working with a Republican Congress in January, mayors and police chiefs from around the country pushed back this week on immigration issues, specifically saying they would not cooperate with federal efforts to round up undocumented immigrants in their communities. That’s upsetting to Vern Buchanan, who says it’s time to end federal funding to […]
Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015
6min243
There is a story in Wednesday morning’s New York Times quoting a variety of police chiefs across the country bemoaning how the prevalence of video cameras are changing the way they do their jobs, and makes it harder for them – even when those cameras come from their own agencies. Since the fall of 2014 when […]