Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Florida Republicans Walking a Tightrope on Redistricting By Putting Politics Over Florida’s Citizens
Florida Republicans seem self-assured entering the Reapportionment Special Session which begins Thursday in Tallahassee. Having been rebuked for drawing unconstitutional districts, the leadership of the legislature seems to have no problem crying that a minor disruption to the election cycle is somehow worse than the citizens of the state being denied fair representation in unconstitutional […]
Southwest Airlines Dumps Sea World Sponsorship
If you’ve flown around the country in the last decade you have undoubtedly seen Shamu One (pictured) parked or taxiing on an airport runway. Or perhaps you have seen one of the other three Southwest planes painted in Sea World regalia. Sea World, which operates a large amusement park complex in Orlando has long been […]
Flashback Friday – Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Fort Lauderdale Strikers: The Florida Derby
This Saturday night the Fort Lauderdale Strikers will host the Tampa Bay Rowdies in what has long been among the premier rivalries in American soccer. I am honored to be the TV/Video play-by-play announcer for tomorrow night’s match at Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium. I would encourage everyone in Southeast Florida to attend. The rivalry which […]
Thursday Bookshelf – American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
With Jeb Bush sniffing around a bid for the Presidency in 2016 now is the perfect time to discuss a timeless classic. Kevin Phillips, who was dubbed in 1995 by one of my Political Science Professors at the University of Florida as “the smartest Republican around,” is widely viewed as the chief architect of the […]
A Dangerous World Needs American Adult Leadership – President Obama Can Provide This
President Obama is quite possibly the best US President on domestic affairs since Franklin Roosevelt. Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson would be the other contenders for that honor (though it must be stated that some of Obama’s domestic successes have been due to a degree of Executive overreach something we can discuss another time). But […]
TFS Hits 750,000 Page Views
The Florida Squeeze hit 750,000 total page views today. We launched in late February 2013 and have enjoyed a gradually consistent upsurge in readership since then. Thank you for your continued patronage and support of TFS.
Thoughts on This Week’s Internet Buzz About Crist “Scandals”
This past week three different reports most notably this one from the Sunshine State News have surfaced linking Governor Charlie Crist to Nigerian Oil Executive Onajite Okoloko. This is reminiscent of the stories that surfaced in the 1998 Governor’s Campaign that linked Jeb Bush to Nigerian businesses. Like that story, this unlikely to make much of […]
Russia and Ukraine – What Now?
For months my colleague Justin Snyder and myself have been warning about the continued dangers of Russian aggression. For the most part our prognostications of doom have come to pass. We wish we had been incorrect, but unfortunately, the course of events have justified our long-standing concern. We stress that at this moment we do […]
Flashback Friday: Apollo 11 and the Moon Landing
Sunday marks the 45th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing. The Apollo 11 mission was launched from atop a Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969 from Cape Canaveral. The world watched as Florida became the focal point of everybody’s thoughts. As someone who grew up in a NASA family, I spent lots of time […]
Crist Passes Over Val Demings for LG- Ramifications In Central Florida?
Many around Central Florida expected Val Demings to be named Charlie Crist’s LG pick. But now that the pick has come and gone, and it is instead Annete Taddeo-Goldstein, what does this mean for Demings and for the Central Florida Congressional shuffle that is sure to occur once CD-10 is redrawn? Val Demings disastrous campaign for […]
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