Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Sources: Florida Democrats may move HQ – If it is to Miami, it is a BAD idea. (UPDATED)
3:00 pm ET UPDATE: Sources at the Florida Democratic Party (FDP) indicate to us that the party has no plans to move its HQ. However, the FDP er these sources will be adding layers to existing field offices and potentially opening new ones in other regions. According to multiple sources who have spoken to us […]
Flashback Friday: The first US National Wildlife Refuge
We mark the return of Flashback Friday by celebrating the anniversary of the oldest National Wildlife Refugee – Pelican Island which is just outside Sebastian. As we discussed last week in reviewing the film Wind Over the Everglades the bird trade was becoming a poacher’s paradise in the early 1900’s as the demand for feathers […]
El Clasico Miami drawing remarkable interest
Last week we wrote about what the announcement of El Clasico Miami meant for local soccer in southeast Florida. This week as the Sportel America Conference descended on Downtown Miami, buzz about the July matchup between Real Madrid and Barcelona to be held at Joe Robbie Stadium was intense among the largely European-based media and […]
State government in a Richard Corcoran-led Florida would be an unhealthy combination of Rick Scott and Donald Trump (among other things)
House Speaker Richard Corcoran is at this moment in time the most powerful man in state politics. Depending on how next year shakes out, Corcoran could become even more powerful in 2019. Styling himself as an anti-government reformer, Corcoran is also a political insider with few equals in the state – a seasoned pol who […]
Exodus from Florida-Cuba flights has begun
This week reservations systems zeroed out service on Frontier Airlines from Miami (MIA) to Havana and on Silver Airways from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to nine Cuban destinations. Flight from Florida to Cuba have been struggling since its inception last year after over a half century of a ban on commercial service but we can learn […]
In Tallahassee for session? Here are some great nature-oriented day trips…
As someone who has been traveling to Tallahassee for Legislative Session since the mid 1990’s, I’ve taken just about every possible day trip from Tallahassee. Recently, a friend of mine who is working this session asked me, where she should head to for a weekend? That got me thinking so I’ve compiled a list of […]
What we are reading: South Florida demolition through the years
As someone who grew up in southeast Florida, this slideshow from the South Florida Sun Sentinel was an incredible trip down memory lane.
Do we really need Visit Florida? YES!
Last Friday, the State House voted to place restrictions on the flexibility with which Visit Florida can spend its resources. House Speaker Richard Corcoran had originally wanted to kill the tourism promotion agency much like he has tried to do with Enterprise Florida, but backed off instead opting to put provisions on how Visit Florida […]
Governor Scott is right – House being shortsighted (that’s an understatement) in gutting Enterprise Florida
I’ll admit I didn’t write a piece in Governor Scott’s defense on Enterprise Florida previously because I found Speaker Richard Corcoran’s threats to eliminate the public-private agency laughable and something that responsible lawmakers would never support. Therefore, I was stunned by the House vote on Friday to overwhelmingly shutter Enterprise Florida and all its related […]
Record four Florida schools make NCAA tournament
Florida, Florida State, Florida Gulf Coast and Miami all made the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament marking the first time four Florida schools have made the “big dance” which begins Tuesday. Florida Gulf Coast and Florida State will face off against each other Thursday, marking the first match up in the NCAA Tournament between the schools. […]
The Florida Squeeze 