Monthly Archives: March 2013
Zest of the Day: Lucy Morgan’s Advice to Speaker Weatherford
The great Lucy Morgan has some great advice for Speaker Will Weatherford.
Charlie Crist For Governor (Again)?: A History of Populism in Florida
As Charlie Crist weighs another run for Governor, now as a Democrat and Rick Scott changes his positions out of political convenience, let’s take a look back at some of the other populists that have run for or obtained the Governorship in this state. Note that I distinguish populism from mainstream political philosophy by noting […]
Uncovered: Harry Sargeant’s Political Donations Between 2000 and 2008
Our crack research team has uncovered the numerous federal and state of Florida donations by Harry Sargeant III the subject of today’s excellent Lucy Morgan piece in the Tampa Bay Times. Our chart includes all donations made between 2000 and 2008 to either federal of state of Florida races. We have not researched donations by […]
One Week of TFS: Website Update
Thanks to all our loyal readers and followers. We launched exactly one week ago, and have had 5,411 hits on the site since our launch. We are in the process of attracting new writers to the site and building new features. We are setting up a system of “appointment viewing” as well where you can […]
Zest of the Day: TB Times, Who is Harry Sargeant?
Last month I reported on The Political Hurricane about accused war profiteer Harry Sargeant and his role in the Jim Greer trial. This morning the Tampa Bay Times’ legendary Lucy Morgan has a profile of the man whose activities have had a huge impact on Florida political life recently.
Do Governor Scott & the Legislature Have a Plan To Keep Office Depot HQ?
With Boca Raton based Office Depot announcing last week they would merge with Office Max which is based in Illinois. Office Depot is the 8th largest company based in the state of Florida and has received millions of dollars in tax “incentives” from the state and just over a million dollars from financially struggling Palm […]
The Florida Squeeze 