Guest AuthorApril 17, 2024
13min0
Legends do not pass our way often. Peace and comfort to his family and friends.
Tag: Tom Slade
Guest AuthorApril 17, 2024
Darryl PaulsonDecember 21, 2016
8min263
(Part 2 of 2) In the first part of this series, I discussed the process and candidates used by the Republican and Democratic parties to select their national party chairperson. We will now look at the process and candidates used to choose the Florida Republican and Democratic chairs. After a disastrous showing by the Florida […]
Peter SchorschOctober 28, 2015
7min283
We sat down for a few minutes with Chip Case of Jefferson Monroe Consulting and he shared with us just a little bit about what makes him tick. Here is the file on Chip Case: Significant other? Children? Grand kids? A daughter, who is a blessing and will always be my greatest accomplishment. In 25 words […]
Bob SparksNovember 11, 20147min251
On Nov. 4, Florida Republicans joined with their counterparts around the country to celebrate a number of big victories. The next day, a group of Republicans gathered in Orange Park to lament a tremendous loss. We were there to remember the man many believe was the architect and general contractor who laid the foundation for […]
Martin DyckmanNovember 3, 20147min192
The strengths of Tom Slade, the former Florida Republican chairman who died Oct. 20, included a talent for recruiting good candidates for offices the party had not won before. Comptroller Bob Milligan and Education Commissioner Frank Brogan were two of them. But this story, untold until now, is about a big one that got away. […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 11, 20149min161
There was a different mood on the streets of London in early September 2001. Of course, some of the London suburbs had already taken on an Arabic flavor, but downtown was a different story on most days. London was always a very cosmopolitan city, filled with people in all kinds of attire, from all over […]
Guest AuthorJune 2, 20147min199
Amidst the Memorial Day barbecues, shopping sprees, sporting events and endless miles of “are we there yet?” there were speeches and commentaries to remind us of the fallen and the freedoms they died to protect. Typically, these tributes mentioned the rights specified in the Constitution: religion, speech, assembly and press. U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross wrote […]