Monthly Archives: March 2013
Zest of the Day: Boeing Moving 787 Training Operation to Miami
The Boeing 787 remains grounded which after years of production delay is further embarrassment for the aviation industry in the United States. The 787 training operation will move from Boeing’s traditional home in Seattle (or more accurately Everett at Boeing Field) to Miami. It’s a great victory for Miami providing more jobs at an airport […]
Dangerous Pro-Sugar Bill Working Its Way Through The Legislature With Democratic Support
By Kartik Krishnaiyer The Sugar Industry is getting its way again with the Florida Legislature and the losers will be Florida’s taxpayers, tourism related businesses and ecosystem. The bill which is needed to codify the settlement between the state and feds regarding Everglades cleanup requires Sugar to pay far less than what can be considered […]
Heard it Through the Groves: Charlie Crist to Speak to Tampa Bay Area Democrats April 13th?
Editors Note: Heard it Through The Groves is a section of the Florida Squeeze strictly for rumors and gossip. We require two sources to verify information before we publish it but these are NOT news stories but simply rumors. We urge our readers to treat rumors with a pinch of skepticism as we do. Rumors […]
Zest of the Day: 2012 Record Year For Florida Tourism
From the Orlando Sentinel. Now can you imagine if we actually made this industry sustainable by properly funding our State Parks and protecting our environment!
School “Choice” Part III: The Democrats Sorry Role in the Growth of Vouchers in Florida
By Kartik Krishnaiyer Since the publishing of Part II of this series last week, I have been asked what happened on the school voucher issue to create a dynamic where the number of legislative Democrats who supported corporate tax credit vouchers grew from 1 to 24 between 2001 and 2011. Did the Democrats shift ideologically […]
Kurly’s Kommentary: Arrested political development and forgiveness in Delray Beach
Editors Note: Each Thursday the Florida Squeeze will feature the latest from Steven Kurlander an accomplished writer and political operative. Kurlander’s perspective is different than the other writers at our site as much of his political work has been with Republicans and he currently resides in New York. Kurlander’s columns were until recently featured in […]
Zest of the Day: Politco on What Jeb Bush Wants
What does Jeb Bush want? Alexander Burns of Politico attempts to answer the question in our Zest of the Day.
Jeb Bush’s Bad Week: Is His Confidence Slipping?
By Kartik Krishnaiyer Unless you’ve been in a cave somewhere, I think everyone would agree Jeb Bush is having a bad week. Without rubbing further salt in the wound let’s analyze some of what I observed this week from the former Governor. When he was Governor, Bush was always confident bordering on cocky. His self […]
State Finds Evidence of Voter Fraud by RPOF Contracted Firm
By Kartik Krishnaiyer This morning Ryan Ray’s excellent article highlighted the frustration Floridians have with the current legislature which as he correctly mentions is as out of touch with the state’s population as the infamous pork choppers. Those who rallied yesterday are tried of the voter suppression measures made a priority by Governor Scott and […]
Zest of the Day: Zero Job Growth In Florida Among Small Firms
Despite the continued talk of a recovery in Florida and the claims by the GOP Legislative leadership that they are creating small business jobs, growth numbers remain stagnant in Florida according to the Sun Sentinel. This is coupled with the continued failure of Republican legislators to attract large companies that stimulate economic growth to the […]
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