Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Flashback Friday: George Wallace, Leroy Collins, Selma and the 1968 US Senate Race
In 1968, Alabama’s Democratic former Governor George Wallace who had become a national figure with his “stand in the schoolhouse door” ran for President on the ticket of the “American Independent Party.” The candidacy despite coded words like “crime,” “law breakers,” and “patriotism” was about one thing- race. Wallace had been a populist earlier in […]
Thursday Bookshelf: A Most Disorderly Court: Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary
A Most Disorderly Court: Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary (Florida History and Culture) by Martin Dyckman is yet another important time piece by the former St Petersburg Times Associate Editor. Dyckman’s knowledge of the 1970’s Florida political landscape is second to none among reporters and having covered the events closely, he was able to […]
Alvin Brown leads in Jacksonville – What does it mean?
Despite what the naysayers might claim, Democrats do have life in the State of Florida. Big city mayors and city council elections have long been a key to the party’s revival in the state. It could be argued however that Democrats have done little with this assembled bench as the hole the party faces seemingly […]
Breaking barriers to health care access in Florida
Florida’s ideological legislature has on two occasions left almost a million Floridians, all of whom are working class without health care. Republican legislators have consistently ignored multiple studies that indicate more jobs will be brought to Florida thanks to the expanded healthcare sector. They’ve ignored that small businesses who they claim to want to help will […]
Emirates beginning Orlando service in September
Emirates of Dubai, which is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, will begin service to Orlando on September 1, 2015. The airline which has recently been embroiled in controversy thanks to Delta’s CEO for alleged links to terrorists has also been cited by European and American activists as being subsidized by the Government of […]
The Rubio Renaissance
We’ve long mocked the foreign policy credentials and domestic rhetoric of Florida’s Junior Senator, but it appears at this point in time, Marco Rubio is making a very calculated, somewhat quiet yet effective comeback on the national stage. Rubio has risen from being falling star, dead Presidential candidate and potentially endangered one-term Senator to top-tier Republican […]
Kartik’s Monday Musings: Patrick Murphy, Coral Reefs, Fla Dems Rules Reform
The musings from Katy Burnett @BurnettKaty will appear shortly in another post. While much has been made in the past few weeks including on these pages about a need for a progressive challenge to Congressman Patrick Murphy in the 2014 US Senate Primary, it appears that few if any big names will actually step up to the […]
Is “one county, one vote” really a credible idea for Florida Democrats?
Rules reform is a necessary component of making the Florida Democratic Party more viable as a functioning institution. FDP Chairwoman Allison Tant is correct when she and those around her push for changes in the rules and the breakup of the fiefdoms that have dominated the internal workings of the State Committee through the years. […]
Florida featured in Brady Campaign parody video
“Brady background checks have stopped 2.4 million gun sales to prohibited purchasers, but only 60% of current gun sales include a background check.” (from the http://www.crimadvisor.com site). But of course here in Florida, we spend each March and April discussing guns and watching the legislature continue to pass laughable gun measure after gun measure. Background checks […]
JetBlue and Silver to partner on intra-Florida flights
JetBlue, the largest airline at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and the second largest at Orlando International Airport will place its B6 code on several Silver Airways flights within Florida beginning at the end of March. Not included in this codeshare are flights between Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale as well as flights between Fort Lauderdale and […]
The Florida Squeeze 