Monthly Archives: August 2022
TFS Endorsement – Travaris McCurdy for State House
Thanks to reapportionment, the race in HD-41, a reconfigured district has attracted many candidates, including sitting House member Travaris McCurdy and former Rep. Bruce Antone, who has already served 12 years in the House in two different stints. McCurdy is the kind of modern, activist and progressive Democrat, that is now thankfully emerging as a […]
Avelo Airlines growing Florida presence
Avelo Airlines, an ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC) which in 2021 launched service from six Florida cities to New Haven, launched an Orlando base earlier this year. Now Avelo is launching new services from Orlando to Lexington, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Newport News. Tampa will get new flights to Lexington and Fort Lauderdale gets new flights to […]
Guest Column — Ryan Ray: David Bellamy’s Negative Approach is Wrong for Tallahassee
David Bellamy’s campaign is charting new lows for exactly what people hate most in politics: misleading personal attacks funded by special interests. Tallahasseeans have doubtless noticed it. Angry mailers in red and black, yard signs aggressively littering our public rights-of-way placed by sketchy paid operatives, and a bitter Washington, D.C.-style television campaign featuring harsh personal […]
TFS Endorsement – Brandon Peters for State Representative
The inability of the Democratic Party to find attractive candidates, attune to local issues in critical swing districts has been something that has made state legislative seats less competitive, and ultimately led to the erosion of the democratic process in this state. Two-party competition is critical for democracy, and time and again, despite the best […]
Florida, this is how we lose democracy
Today’s suspension of Hillsborough State Attorney, Andrew Warren, a twice-elected prosecutor who committed no crime, nor is accused of one should send chills down the spine of every Floridian. For third time since becoming Governor, Ron DeSantis has removed from office an elected Democratic official in a large urban county he lost in 2018, who […]
TFS Endorsement: Angie Nixon for State Representative
Representative Angie Nixon has worked tirelessly in Tallahassee to not only represent Jacksonville in a way her predecessor, reactionary right-wing Democrat Kim Daniels failed to, but has stood out as a leader on issues of environmental and social justice. Nixon’s victory over Daniels in the 2020 primary in the former 14th district, was one of […]
Florida’s first commercial oil well
Thankfully we don’t drill for oil extensively in Florida or offshore Florida, but here is a look at the first commercial oil well in the state.
Frontier cuts a whopping 27 nonstop Florida routes for this summer
Less than a week after failing in its bid to acquire Florida-based Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines is taking a scalp to this winter’s Florida flying plans. The following routes will not be flown this winter and have been zeroed out in reservation systems in the last week. Fort Lauderdale- Green Bay/Portland (ME)/Rochester/Syracuse Fort Myers- Buffalo/Indianapolis/Islip/Omaha/Portland […]
The Florida Squeeze 