Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
On April 11, it was confirmed that representative democracy is dead in Florida – The Orbán model that DeSantis built is now complete
In the other forty nine states, Congressional maps in reapportionment are either drawn by legislators, independent commissions or courts – except of course those states that have only one Congressional District. But in Florida, that power now rests with one man – Governor Ron DeSantis. In Florida, the State Legislature has as of Monday April […]
“Parental rights” nonsense could lead to the Democrats nadir in Florida come November 2022
Democrats losing streak in Florida – 25 of the last 32 statewide races of any kind, 20 of the last 22 races for Governor or Cabinet could get MUCH worse in 2022 thanks to a new red-button issue from the right- “parental rights.” First off, let me say this is a red-herring from an actual […]
Albion Florida Podcast series – updated links and schedule
We begin discussing the American Revolution with this Tuesday’s release. Here is the updated schedule and links of already released podcasts. Episode 1- Introduction, El Camino Real and why Florida was different Episode 2- Building the Castillo de San Marcos Episode 3- Queen Anne’s War Part 1- March to war, Battle of the Flint River, […]
“New Cold War” coming if Georgia elects Stacey Abrams? Florida previously had years of hot wars with Georgia
Governor DeSantis on Friday claimed if Georgia elected Stacey Abrams as Governor, a Cold War looms between the states. “If Stacey Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, I just want to be honest, that will be a cold war between Florida and Georgia,” The Governor sais. Georgia and Florida have been, very recently locked in […]
Spirit and jetBlue will discuss merger despite Spirt’s previous agreement with Frontier
Throughout Thursday, I had sources tell me despite almost universal claims from analysts that a Spirit and jetBlue merger is a bad deal, the board of Spirit had a fiduciary duty to see what wiggle room they had in the binding merger agreement with Frontier to open discussions with jetBlue. Early this morning, we got […]
NYC v Florida – DeSantis will rack up yet another W
New York Mayor Eric Adams may have just made Ron DeSantis an even bigger juggernaut in the Sunshine State. DeSantis specializes in attacking elites and western democracies abroad, New York and California while pushing racially & gender-coded rhetoric that even Donald Trump would not get away with. Adams decision to place advertisements on billboards in […]
JetBlue and Spirit compete on 50 Nonstop Florida routes! But majority touch Fort Lauderdale, meaning proposed merger likely pro-competitive otherwise
So basically looking at this, from a Florida perspective outside Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and maybe Orlando (MCO), this proposed merger is pro-competitive. A total of nine routes overlap outside of ones that touch FLL or MCO. This overlap is far less worrying, again outside FLL than the already agreed upon Frontier/Spirit merger. To/From Fort Myers […]
Why did jetBlue make an unsolicited bid to buy Spirit? It’s Florida stupid…
Wall Street was rocked yesterday by jetBlue Airways’ (B6) unsolicited bid to buy Spirit Airlines (NK) which has already agreed to merge with Frontier Airlines. JetBlue is based in New York and Spirit is based in Broward County, though the State of Florida has twice failed in its efforts to have JetBlue relocate its HQ […]
British Florida 1763-1775
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we set the stage for a sweeping narrative in the coming weeks on the American Revolutionary War in Florida, by discussing the period of British rule prior to the initiation of hostilities. We discuss the re-population of St Augustine, Pensacola’s importance, the founding of New Smyrna Beach, the early […]
The Florida Squeeze 