Monthly Archives: March 2017
What we’re reading: “Liberals and diversity,” by Matt Bruenig
Interesting article where poverty and law expert Matt Bruenig observes inconsistencies in the liberal view of diversity. Liberals believe that diversity is social good. But they also take action that shows they believe diversity is incompatible with justice, and that justice must be sacrificed to win against right-wing populism. CLICK HERE to read the whole […]
No Cuba flight cuts from Southwest; American cuts back capacity
Last week, we reported on more cutbacks to flights in the adolescent Florida-Cuba sector. Silver Airlines had ambitiously begun service from nine Cuban cities to Fort Lauderdale and Frontier was awarded Miami-Havana route authority. Both airlines will pull out of the market completely in the next few months. We also reported that Southwest Airlines, facing […]
What we are reading: When the Subject Is Civil Rights, There Are Two George Bushes
In the era of Donald Trump, a convenient narrative has emerged that the Bush family was more or less color-blind and fighters for racial equality. While that might be true of the generation that included President George W. Bush and Governor Jeb Bush (it should be noted in the 1990’s when the GOP was being […]
What motivates the Democratic enablers of Speaker Richard Corcoran?
Florida’s House Democrats are sometimes an unruly bunch. Reduced to virtual super-minority status since 2000 (the Democrats have never held more than 44 seats in the 120 member House since the 2000 election) the old V.O. Key adage about Florida Democrats “every man (or women) for himself (or themselves),” applies. When Tom Feeney and Johnnie […]
Democratic Progressive Caucus elections just boiled over
The Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida holds their election and conference tomorrow, and if the debate leading into it is any indication, it will be bellwether for how clubs and caucuses operate under the FDP’s new leader, Stephen Bittel. Since Bittel took the helm of the party there’s been speculation about how much autonomy an organization like […]
Sources: Florida Democrats may move HQ – If it is to Miami, it is a BAD idea. (UPDATED)
3:00 pm ET UPDATE: Sources at the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) indicate to us that the party has no plans to move its HQ. However, the FDP er these sources will be adding layers to existing field offices and potentially opening new ones in other regions. According to multiple sources who have spoken to us […]
Flashback Friday: The first US National Wildlife Refuge
We mark the return of Flashback Friday by celebrating the anniversary of the oldest National Wildlife Refugee – Pelican Island which is just outside Sebastian. As we discussed last week in reviewing the film Wind Over the Everglades the bird trade was becoming a poacher’s paradise in the early 1900’s as the demand for feathers […]
El Clasico Miami drawing remarkable interest
Last week we wrote about what the announcement of El Clasico Miami meant for local soccer in southeast Florida. This week as the Sportel America Conference descended on Downtown Miami, buzz about the July matchup between Real Madrid and Barcelona to be held at Joe Robbie Stadium was intense among the largely European-based media and […]
State government in a Richard Corcoran-led Florida would be an unhealthy combination of Rick Scott and Donald Trump (among other things)
House Speaker Richard Corcoran is at this moment in time the most powerful man in state politics. Depending on how next year shakes out, Corcoran could become even more powerful in 2019. Styling himself as an anti-government reformer, Corcoran is also a political insider with few equals in the state – a seasoned pol who […]
Exodus from Florida-Cuba flights has begun
This week reservations systems zeroed out service on Frontier Airlines from Miami (MIA) to Havana and on Silver Airways from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to nine Cuban destinations. Flight from Florida to Cuba have been struggling since its inception last year after over a half century of a ban on commercial service but we can learn […]
The Florida Squeeze 