Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Rubio Votes “No” on Cloture for Hagel
Republican “savior” Marco Rubio has voted no on shutting off the filibuster of Senator Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Defense Secretary. However the cloture motion passed 71-27 and Hagel’s nomination should receive final passage later today. Rubio was one of the first Republican Senators to publicly announce opposition to Hagel’s nomination and last week signed a […]
Launching TFS “Truth or Fiction”
If a Florida politician makes a claim you want us to rate, please email us at thefloridasqueeze@gmail.com. We will be taking submission from our readers and will rate the most controversial or egregious statements accordingly on our Truth or Fiction page.
Speaker Weatherford Invited to Speak at CPAC: Rising Star For Sure
The national news has been filled with headlines about who has NOT been invited to CPAC (aka Chris Christie whose record as NJ Governor is actually quite conservative) but it is noteworthy for us here in that Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford has been selected to speak. Weatherford who portrays a less threatening and more […]
Broward County’s Proposed Pit Bull Ban Cowardly
Today the Broward County Commission will meet as usual on a Tuesday but will have an interesting item on the agenda. A proposed ban to Pit Bulls in the county would essentially ignore state law, exempt bad owners from accountability by destroying animals and could empower people to make false claims and possibly even embellish […]
School “Choice” Part II: Democrats About Face
Editors Note: Today we continue our three part series on School “Choice” legislation with part II. Part I can be found here. The legacy of Bob Graham, Reuben Askew and most recently Lawton Chiles in fighting extreme right wing efforts to hijack our public schools was effectively undone not only by Jeb Bush and his […]
Scripps Debacle Calls Into Question Jeb Bush’s Honesty About Job Creation
To those of us active in Palm Beach County politics at the time it was sold as our Disney World. A job creator to rival nothing else in the nation, Jeb Bush and local legislators, most of whom were Democrats used every little bit of hyperbole to sell the relocation of Scripps biotech research facility […]
Marco Rubio Earns Highest Senate Score From Conservative Tax Group
“Americans for Prosperity” a right-wing, anti-tax, anti-government group has given one A+ score for 2012 in the US Senate. That score was earned by Florida Senator and Republican rock star Marco Rubio. Recall last year, Rubio was one of only five Senators to get a perfect 100% score from the American Conservative Union who have […]
Editorial: Rick Scott Played The Tea Party Like A Fiddle
Political outsiders and those involved in reform movements almost universally become disillusioned and disappointed with those whom they helped get elected. Thus the Tea Party’s denunciation of Rick Scott’s recent move towards the conservative positions formerly held by Florida Republicans (as contrasted with the hard right reactionary positions of the 2008-2012 time period) is not […]
Christopher Ruddy’s Editorial: A Trial Balloon For Rick Scott?
Christopher Ruddy, the publisher of West Palm Beach based Newsmax Magazine who has built a publishing empire that speaks for Republicans throughout the nation has strongly voiced his support for Governor Rick Scott’s flip-flop on Medicaid. Ruddy, for those who don’t know is about as influential an opinion leader as the GOP has in southeast […]
When Blind Ideology Trumps Realism Southeast Florida Pays
Bubby Nevins, longtime Broward County political watcher and former Sun Sentinel political maestro has taken issue with a recent vote of Rep. George Moratis (R-Fort Lauderdale). Republican legislators voting against both the wishes of the constituencies they serve and against the wishes of local elected officials is nothing new. This has been happening since the […]
The Florida Squeeze 