Monthly Archives: November 2015
TFS Radio Number 5 – Special time this week 11:30 AM Tuesday
TFS Radio Number 5 will air at 11:30 AM this morning to avoid a scheduling conflict with tonight’s US Men’s National Team World Cup Qualifier on our host Rabble.TV. The show can be listened to live here. Katy Burnett, Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer will discuss the Democratic debate on Saturday and Secretary Hillary Clinton’s […]
Hillary Clinton: regulate Wall Street and the terrorists win
Last night Hillary Clinton went “full Giuliani” when she compared criticism of her Wall Street ties to letting the terrorists win. For a candidate who is superb debate performer, the creepiest thing about last night is that this message wasn’t deployed as the result of a fumble. She said exactly what she meant to say. It all began when […]
State Parks & Hunting – Rick Scott and the (new) Florida GOP’s Nirvana
Governor Rick Scott and his administration are the least capable custodians of Florida’s land in our history. As a Governor who lived in this state for less than a decade before attaining Florida’s highest office, Scott could be excused for not knowing as much about the natural beauty of this state that long-term residents like […]
Even Jacksonville is about to pay tolls in Rick Scott’s Florida
When tolls were abolished on Jacksonville’s crossings of the St Johns River in the late 1980’s the river city became toll free. While toll roads continued to proliferate around Orlando, Tampa and southeast Florida, while bridges were tolled in the northwest of the state and in Lee County, Jacksonville remained toll free. Unfortunately that is […]
How the Republicans Can Win the Senate Redistricting Fight
Cheers, political jabs, and more mockery came this week as the legislative Republicans asked the court to draw the Senate maps instead of having a five-day trial next month. They argued that any map they will submit will automatically be on trial and because there was not clear factors to consider like the Congressional maps […]
Günter Kronsteiner Leaves Fort Lauderdale – Strikers at a Crossroads
Popular Head Coach Günter Kronsteiner has left his post at Manager of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers for the second time in eleven months. The Manager posted on social media he was no longer the Manager and this is confirmed by multiple sources. The last few weeks have been a confusing time for Strikers fans as the […]
Flashback Friday: Flying from Dinner Key
In 1943, at the height of World War II President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the first ever Presidential flight. In those days no such thing as Air Force One or Andrews Air Force Base (which would open five years later). Air travel was seen as risky for the President who continued to travel by […]
Darren Soto is minimum wage challenged — UPDATE
This was a big week for the Fight For 15 campaign, with a national strike and marches that were held here in Orlando, along with dozens of other cities from New York to California The Fight For 15 events I’ve attended in Central Florida have been intense with participants undeterred by stifling heat, pouring rain, or even 4 a.m. gathering […]
(AUDIO ARCHIVE) TFS Radio 4: Presidential Primaries, Southern Vote and FDP Discussion
Katy Burnett joins the pod this week! Listen LIVE here at 7:30 pm every Tuesday or on demand anytime afterwards. This week the show covered the following topics: Republican Field: Jeb! v Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz: why are so few talking about him and is he the guy to win Florida and the South? Is a […]
Cape Air to start seaplane operations from Miami (Watson Island) and Fort Lauderdale to Bahamas
Seaplanes are part of Florida’s history and lore. From Pan Am’s flying boats of the 1930’s which made International Pan American Airport on Dinner Key the busiest air gateway to the United States during that period through the middle of World War II. According to OAG, Cape Air will on January 18, begin scheduled seaplane service […]
The Florida Squeeze 