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Staff ReportsNovember 25, 2015

As last-minute shoppers scarf up pre-cooked turkey breasts, pumpkin pies and canned veggies for Thanksgiving, it’s not always clear what they’ll pay tax on and what they won’t. No surprise, then that Florida TaxWatch has a quick guide to clue in those hapless supermarket-goers. Dominic M. Calabro, president and CEO of TaxWatch, says his group is […]

Peter SchorschNovember 25, 2015

From the diners and town halls of Iowa and New Hampshire to the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee and from … to Charlie Crist’s waterfront condominium in St. Petersburg, politicians across Florida will gather around Thanksgiving dinner tables to celebrate the most American of holidays. Before they dig into dishes of stuffed Florida zucchini and yellow squash parmesan and Florida snap […]

Guest AuthorNovember 24, 2015

The day typically starts with the boy, 1-and-a-half, waking up too early. He’s tired, he’s fussy, and if I don’t get Elmo and his friends on “Sesame Street” on the TV fast, things will go downhill. If we’re lucky, his 3-year-old sister, who is a late sleeper like her mother, will get up on her […]

Phil AmmannNovember 24, 2015

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For most people, holidays are supposed to be filled with fun, food and celebration. With that in mind, for the sake of keeping the peace, it’s always a good rule of thumb to avoid talking politics during family get-togethers. However, that may be next to impossible this year, as Thanksgiving falls in the midst of the […]

Guest AuthorNovember 24, 2015

About this time of year the past several years, my husband can’t help but comment on the total departure from the “traditional” Thanksgiving feast available at our family’s gathering. He says something along the lines of: “I’m pretty sure the Pilgrims at Plymouth did not have pernil on their table during their Thanksgiving celebration.” (For […]

Guest AuthorNovember 24, 2015

In the place where folks sport T-shirts proclaiming, “Key West. Where the weird go pro,” the only actual weird about Thanksgiving is that there’s no weird. Here we are, half way between the truly over-the-top weird of Fantasy Fest-Halloween and the run-up to not one, but three jaw-droppingly weird New Year’s Eve celebrations, and there’s […]

Bill PrescottNovember 23, 2015

Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for family. This year, I’m particularly grateful that I got to meet a descendant of my Wild West relatives. I’d never been to Jackson Hole, but when our plane landed in August, the picturesque Wyoming town felt familiar. The Grand Tetons, dotted with pines, rise abruptly around the […]

Florence SnyderNovember 17, 2015

Death happens to the best of us, and also to the worst. We saw that again last week in Paris, and in Beirut, where hundreds of people going about the business of daily living had the bad fortune to cross paths with fanatics armed with weapons of war and hearts full of hate. The Grim […]

Guest AuthorNovember 27, 2014

This time of year, Norman Rockwell’s classic painting of Thanksgiving dinner often comes to mind. You may remember this painting, which appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1942. Family and friends are gathered around a dinner table, where the matriarch is presenting a perfectly cooked turkey, ready to carve. Covered dishes […]

Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2014

We’ve all seen the words “turkey” and “lobbyist” in the same sentence before. But, more than likely, this referred to the role of special interests in securing political pork for clients. Indeed, Florida’s political process has its own special “turkey day” which falls after each legislative session, before the governor gets to the bulk of […]

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Florida TaxWatch talks taxes and Thanksgiving

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Ben Kirby: Thanksgiving is a time to think of less fortunate families

Email insights: Democratic website helps handle “Your Republican Uncle” during Thanksgiving

Maritza Martinez: We have many menus, but Thanksgiving is for everyone

Linda Cunningham: There’s nothing weird about a Key West Thanksgiving

Sally Swartz: Western roots flavor family thanks

Florence Snyder: He’s waiting, we just don’t when or where

Adam Putnam: Add Florida farmers to Thanksgiving blessings

Thanksgiving, as brought you by these Florida lobbyists and political organizations