Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Zest of the Day: Scott to veto tuition increases?
More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Mothers Day video message to Governor Scott
HT to Amy Ritter for this!
TFS House Scorecard sneak peek: Palm Beach, Miami-Dade & Orange Democrats far more loyal than Broward Democrats
We will release our first annual scorecard of all 120 Florida House members on Sunday. The scorecard is based on 17 key votes in the recently completed legislative session (three votes were double weighted to bring the total votes scored to 20) and it yielded some interesting results. Without giving away scores of specific legislators, […]
Zest of the Day: Florida adding mostly low wage jobs
No question that Florida’s economy has been growing but it has been mostly low wage jobs according to Wells Fargo. Full report here.
Has the the halo come off Marco Rubio?
Conservative activists are an interesting bunch. You can have the single most conservative voting record in the US Senate and be the toast of the national media who so many Republicans are convinced are out to get them, yet still be poured with scorn. That is what has has happened to Senator Marco Rubio whose […]
Some personal news and how it impacts The Florida Squeeze
Today I announced that before the end of the month I will be leaving my current employer the North American Soccer League for whom I have worked as the Director of Communications since its inception. The league, which is the second highest professional league in North America has two teams in Florida, the Tampa Bay […]
Zest of the Day: Fortune 500 released; 15 Florida companies make the list
Fortune 500 list for 2013 released.
Despite high hopes House returned to culture of entitlement and arrogance
Despite lofty, feel good rhetoric the Florida House never changes. Entering 2013 hopes were high that a kinder, gentler Speaker in Will Weatherford would steer the House away from partisan confrontation and towards consensus oriented solutions. However, the opposite occurred with more partisan fighting and ideological saber rattling from the new House leadership. In our […]
TFS Legislative Scorecard release schedule
Ryan Ray and I have been hard at work compiling votes and scoring our legislators. Thanks to all our reader suggestions for bills and amendments to place in the scorecard. Our release schedule is as follows: Sunday May 12 – House Scorecard & analysis Sunday May 19 – Senate Scorecard & analysis Thanks again to […]
Zest of the Day: Weatherford’s Veer to the right
Michael Van Sickler whose recent work has been fantastic continues post session coverage today on the Tampa Bay Times with this gem nicely wrapping up a theme we have covered extensively on this site over the past two months.
The Florida Squeeze 