Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Legislative overreach and hypocrisy Florida Republican style
Florida’s Republicans who have been a governing majority in both houses of the legislature for the last 18 years have some nice fluffy rhetoric about “big government”. Yet, the party which has become drunk on power have time and again proven to be hypocrites when it comes to this theory. We’ve spoken extensively about “preemption” in […]
Home rule hypocrisy and discrimination rolled into one – thanks Rep. Artiles
State Rep. Frank Artiles Transgender discrimination bill has gotten lots of attention in the two days since it was filed. HB 583 the so-called “Single Sex Public Facilities” legislation would for all intents and purposes criminalize the use of public restrooms by transgender citizens of Florida AND could depending on interpretation hold liable business owners […]
SkyRise Miami moving forward
Miami’s already obscene skyline appears poised to become even more unbearable. The nine tallest buildings in the State of Florida are already contained in the few square miles between Interstate 395 to the north and Coral Way to the south, mostly along Brickell Avenue and Biscayne Blvd. CNBC has a report on the SkyRise Miami […]
Flashback Friday: Tourist map of Florida from 1950
This is one of my favorites from my personal collection of old Florida maps. This tourist map which highlights Florida’s east coast is from 1950, when Harry Truman was still President and kept his “Little White House” in Key West. Interstate Highways hadn’t come to Florida yet and the first urban expressways would not be […]
Thrusday Bookshelf: It Happened in Florida
E. Lynne Wright’s It Happened in Florida: Remarkable Events That Shaped History (It Happened In Series) is a collection of largely untold short non-fiction stories about Florida’s rich history. The well-researched and written book is presented in a chronological order. Whether it is Ponce De Leon’s near landing on the present day Space Coast, Henry […]
Should Broward Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceaser consider a run for Supervisor of Elections?
In 2014, the Broward Supervisor of Elections (SOE) office was again the epicenter of controversy and ineptitude during the election cycle. The elections office was a model of inefficiency in how ballots were decimated, candidate qualifying was handled and elections were conducted. The current SOE, Dr. Brenda Snipes has failed to work effectively with the County […]
Staples to buy Office Depot – Will the state do what it needs to do to keep HQ in Florida?
Staples, based on Massachusetts has agreed to acquire Boca Raton-based Office Depot for $6.3 billion. Office Depot, which acquired Office Max in 2013 is one of the largest companies based in the State of Florida.Governor Rick Scott, who has proven to be a specialist in failure for this state has to stand tall and work […]
Florida Democrats at a crossroads: the time has come for serious rules reform – some suggestions
Last week, we introduced the idea of rules reform in the Florida Democratic Party. Since that article was posted we have received plenty of feedback and the FDP had a statewide weekend of meetings in Orlando. Per our sources the large counties convened a secret meeting among themselves to discuss potential rules reforms. But our […]
Poll demonstrates need for Earned Sick Time
President Obama recently made Earned Sick Time an essential part of his domestic agenda. We’ve spoken time and again on this site about how the President’s unwillingness to embrace progressive policies in the last two years led directly to the Democrats election debacle in 2014 and the defeat of Charlie Crist here in Florida. Not […]
Mass Transit in Florida getting a needed boost
Public transit has never been sexy in the state of Florida. For years the commuter car culture dominated the thinking of state planners despite the efforts of the political leadership in every major urban area. The opposition to high-speed rail from statewide Republicans and Palm Beach County Democrats (who represent the urban county with the […]
The Florida Squeeze 