Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Zest of the Day: Why Florida Business Want Medicaid Expansion
From Bloomberg.
Throwback Tuesday: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 Florida votes.
2013 marks 500 years since Juan Ponce de León first landed in our state and claimed the territory for Spain. While the first PERMANENT colonial settlement did not occur until 1565, this year is rightfully the 500th anniversary of our state’s founding. Four hundred years later African-Americans in the south still did not have full […]
Conservative BizPac Review reads potential Democratic primary wisely
The subject of Charlie Crist fires up conservative Republicans but this piece by Jack Furnari of the conservative BizPac Review correctly assess the split between Democratic activists and the party establishment. It’s worth a read and it should be noted that Republicans have a real leans into how Democrats are thinking this cycle and are […]
Zest of the Day: Jacksonville channel deepening study could consider removing Rodman dam
The long overdue removal of the Rodman dam could be considered again.
Zest of the Day: Jeb Bush’s Disdain for Public Education
From the Washington Post.
Freshman Democrats score higher in AIF ratings than rest of caucus
We’ve chronicled extensively how Freshman House Democrats have tacked further to the right on core progressive caucus and issues. Now Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) the most powerful (and reactionary) business lobby in the state has further confirmed this trend with the organization’s voting record release. Unlike last year when no Democrat in the House […]
Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida special report on gun safety in the Governor’s race
Very good work here from the Democratic Progressive Caucus, worth a thorough read from anybody concerned about gun safety.
Zest of the Day: TB Times names Rich week’s winner, Tant the week’s loser.
From the Tampa Bay Times.
FDP Leadership has misread the grassroots outrage over Nan Rich snub
The FDP has had a bad week dealing with the fallout from the decision not to let former Senate Democratic leader and Gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich speak at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on June 15th. Party leadership completely misread the depth of anger and dissatisfaction with the decision to exclude Senator Rich from the J-J program […]
Nan Rich J-J snub proving to be story that won’t disappear
As we first reported over a week ago, the Florida Democratic Party has taken a bizarre and frankly indefensible decision to deny the only announced Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich the opportunity to speak. In recent days, the RPOF and its Chairman Lenny Curry has seized on this issue using it as just another issue […]
The Florida Squeeze 