Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Marco Rubio encountering media critics on foreign policy flip-flops
Marco Rubio has consistently gotten things wrong on foreign policy, a subject he knows little about and should stay away from. Florida’s Junior Senator but leading media star simply spouts out talking points or finds new ways to contradict the administration even if it means he is constantly flip-flopping. Within the last 48 hours both […]
NextGen ads and Crist environmental record could help revive Democrats in SW Florida and the Treasure Coast
Democrats suffered some serious backsliding in 2012 in two important growing regions of the state – southwest Florida and the Treasure Coast (minus St Lucie County which has acted more as an appendage of southeast Florida, than like northern Palm Beach, Martin or Indian River counties in recent elections). My explanation for this is simple: […]
District 2 the latest fiasco for poorly run Broward SOE
I have lots of gripes with the Broward Supervisor of Elections office. Unlike her counterparts in Palm Beach, Orange, Hillsborough, Leon and Miami-Dade, Broward SOE Dr. Brenda Snipes has done little to educate voters about upcoming elections and to make voting more accessible to the masses. Broward County is the best performing Democratic urban county […]
Flashback Friday: 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane
This week marks a sad anniversary, the 86th of the the worst natural disaster in the history of Florida. In 1928, southern Florida was still recovering from the 1926 “Great Miami Hurricane” which adjusted for inflation remains far and away the most expensive Hurricane in this history of the United States. The 1926 storm was […]
Thursday Bookshelf: The Roosevelts
As companions to Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts on PBS the following books, all available on Kindle are highly recommended. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism Theodore Rex Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Florida tax system unfair, says WalletHub
Florida ranks as one of the worst states for tax fairness according to WalletHub . Among the 50 states, Florida ranked third from bottom in terms of tax fairness for the poor, fourth from bottom in the liberalism of the state/local tax system and fifth from bottom in overall tax fairness. The full report can […]
Democrats far from dead in State House races
Our friends at Saint Petersblog citing data from a polling firm we think highly of, St Pete Polls have run a succession of articles showing a strong Republican tide in State House races. They even theorize the GOP should be able to jump above 80 seats in the House (a majority they enjoyed from 2004 […]
Five must watch PBS Documentaries
With the debut of Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts tonight on PBS, we will once again surely see why Public Broadcasting produces and airs better TV documentaries than anybody. Here are five must watch PBS historical documentaries from this admitted PBS junkie. Ken Burns: The Civil War The granddaddy of all TV documentaries came out […]
Coral Springs Mayor’s race featuring Skip Campbell heating up
We discussed the city of Coral Springs extensively a few months ago. Coral Springs is one of Florida’s 15 largest cities with over 120,000 people, and has a close to two-to-one Democratic registration advantage. Yet the city’s commission is 80% Republican and the lone Democrat is term-limited this year. Coral Springs was long considered one […]
Charlie Crist gets economic reality and is not to be underestimated
Charlie Crist took on the Insurance industry as Governor and he did so again this past week. In a press conference on Thursday Crist said, The choice could not be more clear – A governor who took on the insurance industry and lowered rates so families had more in their checking accounts and at the […]
The Florida Squeeze 