Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
What Florida routes do Spirit and JetBlue compete on?
The total is 50, though the vast majority touch Fort Lauderdale (many are international routes). DOJ may not have much to pick at here to be honest, as they look at potential regulatory approval of the merger. To/From Fort Myers (2) Boston, Newark To/From Fort Lauderdale (28) Aguadilla, Aruba, Atlanta, Austin, Bogota, Boston, Cancún, Cartagena, […]
Earthquake in Florida commercial aviation: jetBlue will buy Spirit. Major ramifications for the Sunshine State (UPDATED)
UPDATE: (11:15am July 28)The below text has appeared on JetBlue’s merger website: Original article: After a long soap opera that started in early February, the last 24 hours have been a whirlwind, where predictably, Spirit shareholders rejected the company’s board recommendation to merge with Frontier, and now the Broward County-based airline, will instead merge with […]
DeSantis war on Tallahassee on full display this election cycle
Governor DeSantis’s, unprecedented foray into the reapportionment process for a Florida Governor, wasn’t just about partisanship or race as had been claimed, but about something else – dismembering the political power of the state capital, the state’s most progressive large municipality. And this came as DeSantis’ ally, David Bellamy is running a well-funded special-interest driven […]
A new Florida History Podcast season launches today with A fresh look at Florida’s role in Watergate
We launch a new season of The Florida History Podcast today with a podcast looking at some new research and context regarding Florida’s role in Watergate as we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the break-in. 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, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public […]
Democrats understanding the working class – an increasingly losing battle?
The Democratic Party I grew up in was all about the legacy of the New Deal. Coming of political age around condo commandos in south Florida, I’d hear stories about FDR, Truman, Robert Wagner, Tip O’Neill, Hubert Humphrey, about organizing, protests, strikes, labor movements, when John Lindsay ran as a third party liberal and beat […]
50 years ago this week- The NY Times and Washington Post descended on Miami to crack the Watergate caper
The Watergate break in occurred in June, 1972, as we discussed last month, but it was in late July, 1972 that two newspaper reporters descended on Miami. The New York Times and The Washington Post both sent reporters south to get the story. Walter Rugaber, One of the Times, White House reporters came to Miami […]
Chief Osceola’s final resting place
This is a look at Chief Osceola’s (partial) final resting place on Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina. Filmed in 2019.
2020 Census – what counties do people actually live in Florida and what interstates run through them?
I’ve been frustrated over the last few years as to why national media and several Florida Democratic operatives I speak to don’t quite grasp where people live in this state and that “rural” voters, while overwhelmingly GOP at this point in time, aren’t really responsible for GOP victories. But it’s the same mentality that forced […]
The Florida Squeeze 