Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Tampa Bay area soccer fans owe Bill Edwards a big thank you
I’ll admit Bill Edwards hasn’t been my favorite owner of a soccer club in Florida. The somewhat gruff and yet flamboyant businessman who transformed St Petersburg’s downtown wasn’t a soccer fan when he bought the Rowdies in 2014, and did a great deal to irritate core soccer people during his tenure as owner. Edwards legacy […]
Will Trump’s trade policies impact Florida’s electorate?
It’s been fashionable for Democrats to discuss how polarizing and racist President Trump is to justify predicting a “blue wave.” Meanwhile Republicans point to the economy’s apparent strength and the favorability of the tax cuts (don’t Republicans always laser-focus on tax cuts? For all the rhetoric Republicans spew, the party remains largely a single issue […]
Farewell Mayor Campbell – A true giant who stood above a polarized Florida
Perhaps it’s an omen for me as to where politics is and why now is the best time to get out, for the second time in two months I have lost a political mentor. Coral Springs Mayor Skip Campbell, one of the true giants of politics and the legal profession in south Florida passed on […]
The needless race to the bottom of Orlando City SC in four short MLS seasons (with additional writer’s note)
Editors note: In order to bring more robust and diverse content to TFS we’re beginning to increase the number of posts of travel, history, weather and sports. This long-form piece on Orlando City SC, which is the byproduct of years of reporting is part of that effort. In reference to this piece a number of individuals […]
Could the emerging I-95 corridor become the Dems Florida firewall? Environmental issues hurting the GOP badly it appears.
The vote projection models provided daily here at the Florida Squeeze by my colleague Dave Trotter have been invaluable to understanding how the 2018 election is shaping up to be potentially different than the most recent contests in this state. Growth rates have slowed in Florida over the last eight years and the population though […]
Hurricane Michael aftermath: Is banning alcohol sales in a storm zone a good idea? Can polling help in the future?
Let me start this piece by saying I am all for free expression and free will. I understand people have different ways of coping with danger and fear. Alcohol is one of them, for better or worse. In the case of countless storms in the past I’ve worried about the prospect of “hurricane parties” (like […]
Why are Florida Hurricanes becoming more deadly?
Editors note: At the time of publishing the AP reported a Florida death toll from Michael of 16. Our own TFS count is 19 based on local sources, but either way the number is certain to rise as rescue efforts continue. Michael could go down as the deadliest or second deadliest Florida Hurricane since 1935, a […]
The politics of Michael – how past hurricanes impacted Florida’s elections
Hurricane Michael was a historic storm but just the latest to potentially impact Florida close to an election.
Michael in historical terms
As a veteran albeit amateur Hurricane watcher, I have a lot of adjectives to describe Michael. Let’s start with historic, once-in-a-lifetime, scary, frightening, etc, etc. Below we’ll attempt to begin framing an educated discussion of this storm as we seek to create a dialogue about its impact in the coming weeks and months. In historically […]
Remembering Hurricane Eloise’s run at the Panhandle
In 1975, Hurricane Eloise became the first Major Hurricane to strike Florida since Hurricane Betsy in 1965. The storm made landfall near the Bay County/Walton County line as a Category 3 storm. It made landfall just to the west, by about 15-20 miles where Hurricane Michael is projected strike in the next day. A note on […]
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