Monthly Archives: March 2017
Greyhound racing has run its course | PART ONE
Despite the fact that almost everyone knows greyhound racing is archaic and inhumane, this Monday, national morning cable show “Fox and Friends” will promote the old-style live gambling performance by featuring Janice Dean, “The Weather Machine,” a racing greyhound named after their on-air meteorologist. The racer will be flown from the Palm Beach Kennel Club to appear […]
DOT tentatively awards JetBlue and Southwest new Florida-Mexico City flights
As part of the settlement to approve the Delta/AeroMexico joint venture, the two airlines have been forced to relinquish slots at Mexico City and New York’s JFK International Airport. With the divested Mexico City slots, the US DOT has made tentative awards to JetBlue to increase Fort Lauderdale and Orlando to/from Mexico City service from […]
Andrew Gillum sounds like a DEMOCRAT!
On paper, Andrew Gillum is the wrong candidate for a party that needs to shed it’s insider, elite image – why? Because Gillum has been working in politics and in elected office since he was in college. But the Mayor of Tallahassee deserves full marks for coming out of the box in his candidacy for […]
Is the DNC taking pages out of the Florida Democratic playbook?
Florida Democrats have patented how to lose elections, spin narratives internally to maintain some degree of control and make ideology all about the opposition to the other side rather than anything values based. Given the runaway success Florida Democrats have had in maintaining control of a weakened party and pushing business to consultants and campaign […]
The Florida Squeeze 