Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
What we are reading: Is Florida moving too slow to save the Everglades?
From Florida Trend comes a summary of a national report. The report makes it clear that impediments have placed on restoration efforts. Quoting from the report: Timely authorization, adequate funding levels, and creative policy and implementation strategies are needed to achieve restoration benefits and to expedite implementation of the Central Everglades Planning Project. Climate change and […]
FOX News – State television that Goebbels (and MSNBC) would envy
The Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels would marvel at how Roger Ailes built FOX News into a voice of the opposition during the Obama years using subtle racism and overt dishonesty. Goebbels would admire how FOX News was able to infect the minds of millions of viewers who don’t gather information from other sources in a […]
Winning the Florida Attorney General’s seat may be more important than Governor in the Trump era
Recently much of the attention of Florida Democrats has been rightfully focused on replacing Governor Rick Scott next year with a Democrat. However, like the run-up to 2014, little if any time has been spent in discussing the statewide cabinet races, a place where Democrats must take advantage of shifting attitudes and demographics in the […]
What we are reading: Alabama ports take advantage of Florida’s narrow-mindedness
Governor Rick Scott claims he’s bringing more business to Florida. That’s a tough sell considering Florida’s GDP growth was in the bottom-half of the United States for 2016. Scott’s ideology prevented multiple Florida ports from taking advantage of the liberalization of relations with Cuba (up until last week negotiations were progressing well) and therefore falling into […]
Kim Daniels – The Democrats own evangelist could be taking Tallahassee by storm
Jacksonville Democrat Kim Daniels was certain to grab headlines and attention once she was elected to the State House. The flamboyant Daniels who is an evangelist and author with a national following will be the first member of the House Democratic Caucus in sometime who is out-and-out focused on pushing issues related to curbing secularism […]
A Ronald Reagan specialty license plate? Only in Florida…
Newly elected Rep. Rick Roth (R- Loxahatchee) whose ties to the sugar industry we previously editorialized about has filed a piece of legislation so ridiculous it screams FLORIDA LEGISLATURE all over it. Rep. Roth has filed a bill to create a Ronald Reagan specialty tag here in the state of Florida. Specialty license plates have proliferated to […]
What we are reading: Indians Angry at Trump’s Ban on Muslim Refugees Should Look at What Modi is Doing
As we’ve discussed on this site previously, a parallel exists between the rhetoric of Donald Trump and the actions of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Wire, one of India’s leading publications breaks it down. As we discussed yesterday, the right-wing populist fervor that is sweeping the globe has templates that are being followed – […]
More of the same nonsense in Governor Scott’s budget
Governor Rick Scott has proposed his 2017 budget and guess what – he’s cutting taxes on businesses. For those of you that believed every single tax had been reduced to negligible level on businesses in this state, a surprise is in store- the Governor has creatively found new taxes to cut, this time on items […]
The rise of Trump-like right-wing populism a global phenomena
While those on the right like to continue to push a myth of “American exceptionalism,” the reality is that Donald Trump’s elevation to power after capturing 46% of the nation’s popular votes ( yes a minority, but an alarming number for a reactionary of Trump’s stature) follows a pattern of right-wing populism based around re-tribalism […]
What we are reading: How to build an autocracy
David Frum is perhaps my favorite Republican – One of the few GOPers I liked in the 1990’s (when I read him religiously and loathed most Republican commentators who were obsessed with Clinton scandals instead of issues) but then grew to loathe during the Bush years when he served as the President’s thematic speechwriter. Frum […]
The Florida Squeeze 