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Martin DyckmanOctober 20, 2014

The title of the Florida Public Service Commission is about as relevant to reality as that of the People’s Republic of China. In each case, the true constituency is a narrow group of self-perpetuating special interests. Making the public interest the true constituency of the PSC ought to be high on the agenda of the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 17, 2014

A friend who owns properties in Tallahassee told me he had no interest in buying the The Florida Press Center because there would be less turnover in a halfway house than in a building where newspaper, television, radio and wire services reporters work. That Dean Wormer, err, Ridings, president and CEO of the FPA, was able […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2014

By now, most of the free world knows about Ebola and #fangate. In case you are late to the debate, the host at the Florida gubernatorial debate Wednesday night invited both candidates to come on stage. After about a minute and a half, former Gov. Charlie Crist walked on and the host announced that Rick […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2014

The Florida Chamber of Commerce is one of the few entities publicly opposing Amendment 1 on the November ballot. Yet at the end of September, the Florida Chamber Political Institute’s polling data showed that Amendment 1 has very strong support: 75 percent in favor and 14 percent opposed. Amendment 1, if approved by the voters […]

Daniel TilsonOctober 15, 2014

Imagine putting mainstream Floridians in charge of one of these 2014 Florida gubernatorial debates. Not the kind of pat-on-the-head we sometimes get from debate sponsors who include a few questions for the candidates from us average folks. I’m talking about a full hour of tough primetime TV questioning by an uncompromising panel that truly represents […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 14, 2014

Whether to legalize marijuana for medical use — and with what conditions — are questions that should have been debated by the Legislature. There have been opportunities. But the profile most legislators display on such topics is not one of courage. Sports anglers encountered the same quicksand when they asked for restrictions on the massive […]

Steve VancoreOctober 14, 2014

On Wednesday, there will be a televised live debate between Charlie Crist and Rick Scott — and possibly Adrian Wyllie. Wyllie is suing to participate under the presumption that he has met the threshold of 15 percent in polls set by the debate organizers. Did he make it? This is not a legal analysis of […]

Guest AuthorOctober 14, 2014

The United States is in the middle of a devastating epidemic of “Obsessive CEO Syndrome” (OCS). It’s a debilitating condition in which victims are deluded into thinking that the chosen people at the top of organization charts have the best minds, all the answers to all of our problems, and, should they choose to abandon the rarefied air of […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 12, 2014

Whether to legalize marijuana for medical use — and with what conditions — are questions that should have been debated by the Legislature. There have been opportunities. But the profile most legislators display on such topics is not one of courage. Sports anglers encountered the same quicksand when they asked for restrictions on the massive […]

Daniel TilsonOctober 12, 2014

To take the pulse of public sentiment about something or someone in Florida politics, I’d rather eavesdrop on strangers’ coffee shop conversations than pour over the latest polls. The anecdotal approach certainly has a higher margin of error, no doubt about it. It will never replace the statistical science of polling, nor should it. But […]

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Martin Dyckman: If you want the PSC to protect customers, vote for Crist

Peter Schorsch: Dean Ridings — Fangate makes him ‘Loser of the Week in Fla. Politics’

Jamie Miller: Some ways Rick Scott could have handled #fangate better

Barbara Joy Cooley: Amendment 1’s fate depends on voter turnout

Daniel Tilson: Here is a sample of the Crist-Scott debate Floridians deserve

Martin Dyckman: Vote for Crist if you want much-needed constitutional reform

Steve Vancore: Adrian Wyllie fails to meet polling threshold to qualify for debate

Stephen Goldstein: Check the symptoms – you may have ‘Obsessive CEO Syndrome’

Martin Dyckman: Vote for Crist if you want much-needed constitutional reform

Daniel Tilson: What I learned eavesdropping on Scott-Crist coffee shop talk