Monthly Archives: January 2015
Azul adds second Fort Lauderdale-Brazil flight
Azul Brazilian Airlines has added a second daily flight from Sao Paulo Campinas-Viracopos to Fort Lauderdale three days a week. In December 2014, Azul underscored the importance of Florida to Brazilian commerce by making Fort Lauderdale and Orlando its first two international destinations. The first flight to Fort Lauderdale has been so successful that the […]
Monday Musings – Rick Scott Inaugural, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and immigration reform, legislative right-wing agenda, Broward County or Fort Lauderdale?
While there are some big names coming to Rick Scott’s inauguration, the event keeps being played down as a low key affair. Even though the Governor has much to celebrate, the $800,000 affair will be the most under-celebrated inauguration in recent history. However, a look at the donors make it very clear who will be […]
High-speed rail gaining momentum across the country even among Republicans
While Florida’s political leadership felt it was in the state’s best interest to turn down federal funds for High-speed rail (HSR) in 2011, allowing that money to be allocated to other states, politicians in other parts of the country including many Republicans are embracing the concept as a driver of economic development and a nnecessityin […]
Saudi Arabia, Florida officials, sexism and gender segregation in the air?
Last week, a Saudi Arabian Airlines (better known as Saudia) A340 made a visit to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The airline has regularly sent VIP planes to the Broward County airport in recent months for whatever reason. Perhaps some serious Saudi investment in the area has come from the dealings between Broward County municipalities and […]
2015: 150 years since the Civil War ended
Throughout 2015 we will be looking back at the end of the Civil War in Florida. Throughout much of the war, union forces occupied Pensacola and Key West the two most strategic locations in the state. But the capital, Tallahassee which was the size of a large village at the time was never captured and […]
Flashback Friday: 1984 Orange Bowl Classic
Thirty one years ago, on January 2nd 1984 the University of Miami won the first national championship in the schools history. It was the first title for a school from the state of Florida and also the first by a school running a pro style offense. It was a game that changed the college football […]
Thursday Bookshelf: Last Train to Paradise
The building of the Overseas Railroad is one of great engineering feats in Florida’s history – in fact it might actually be one of the most amazing marvels in American history. Built thanks to Henry Flagler’s ingenuity and his deep pockets, the east coast railroad that had changed Florida was extended to the Keys to […]
Changes at the Florida Squeeze for 2015
Our readers have probably noticed changes here the last few weeks. We’ve changed our look to allow for more images and easier browsing for recent articles. We’ve added more non-political content which is Florida-related while we have continued our long-standing analysis of developments in Florida politics and government.
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