Monthly Archives: September 2022
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II’s 1991 visit to Miami
The world mourns as Queen Elizabeth II passed on Thursday. Here is news coverage of her 1991 visit to Miami from the Wolfson Archive (WPLG coverage)
TFS supports Orange County Rent Stabilization initiative
Orange County voters have an opportunity on November 8 to help local residents cope with the rapid increase in costs of living in a tangible manner while helping the state’s economy from potential contraction. Florida has seen escalating rent and property insurance costs, which impact Floridians negatively, while insurance companies, landlords and corporations all profiteer […]
CFO Patronis attacks free market in anti-tech company ad to launch reelection bid
Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, who has consistently attacked “big tech” in the past, has produced his first TV ad of the 2022 campaign – attacking big tech and by extension, the very free market principles for private enterprise GOPers once upon a time defended with vigor. The irony of this ad…
TFS Endorsement – Allen Zeman for Broward School Board
Dr. Allen Zeman is a uniquely qualified candidate for Broward School Board. An analytics specialist he’s worked for President Clinton as well as numerous other government officials both foreign and domestic as well with industry executives. His runoff opponent in a county-wide at large seat is Donna Korn, a member recently suspended by Governor DeSantis. […]
TFS Endorsements- Governor and Cabinet
Do we really need to explain this one? Our Kartik Krishnaiyer had a stab at it right after the primary and we echo his sentiments. Attorney General Ashley Moody has served as more-or-less a prosecutor for the DeSantistan wing of the GOP, using her perch to prosecute voters and local school districts rather than protecting […]
The Spanish-American War in Florida
The Spanish-American War had a large Florida component to it as Cuba was the most significant fighting front of the war. On this edition of the Florida History Podcast, we talk about Florida’s role in that war of 1898. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, […]
TFS Endorsement: Steven Julian for Broward School Board
Broward County has recently been ground zero in Governor DeSantis war on public education. Not only has Governor DeSantis now filled what was a School Board that was 9-0 Democratic with five appointed GOPers, he’s done so in a callous way, bucking the precedents set by previous GOP Governor’s who appointed more moderate GOPers who […]
The Keys Labor Day Storm – Murder at Matecombe
The National Hurricane Center in 2014 reclassified the 1935 Keys Labor Day Storm, one of the greatest tragedies in Florida’s History as the strongest storm to ever hit the US mainland. The storm hit 83 years ago today on September 2, 1935. One of the great tragedies of the Labor Day storm was the death of hundreds of […]
Birds fishing in Cypress Swamps at the Loxahatchee NWR
A morning in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge brings birds searching for fish in the boggy Cypress Swamps.
The Florida Squeeze 