Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Breeze Airways opens Fort Myers base
From a company press release: Breeze Airways, the U.S.’ only NLCC, or ‘Nice Low Cost Carrier,’ announced today that Fort Myers’ Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) will become the airline’s ninth base of operations nationally and third in Florida, starting October 1. Breeze’s first flight from Fort Myers was in June, 2022 and, since then, […]
Polling indicates abortion issue a problem for Florida GOP – and comparisons with reactions to slavery
Florida Republicans have long been extremists on the abortion issue. Even in the 1990’s as the GOP had several pro-choice legislators in and around leadership, the party’s grassroots began pushing the party harder and harder to the right. Ron DeSantis after being one of the nation’s most popular Governor’s and winning reelection by a landslide […]
Encore: Jimmy Buffett and Bob Graham
We lost both Jimmy Buffett and Bob Graham in the last several months, so we’re re-running a piece I wrote when Buffett passed last September. Jimmy Buffett’s passing on Friday is symbolic of the Florida we once had and have now lost. Buffett was the greatest symbol of the unique Florida culture we had created […]
Bob Graham’s workdays
In honor of Governor and Senator Bob Graham who passed on Tuesday, we bring you this encore presentation of one of earliest The Florida History Podcasts (sorry for the poor audio this was before we got better equipment), where we discuss workdays, Bob Graham’s campaign gimmick which helped make him one of the political and public […]
Governor Bob Graham and High Tech Florida – a Florida he helped build and we since lost
In honor of Senator and Governor Bob Graham who passed earlier this week, we bring you an encore of our podcast from 2020 on the High Tech boom that Governor Graham helped create.
Bob Graham and Iraq War enlightenment
Continuing our tributes to Bob Graham who passed this week at 87 we look back on what his enlightened and correct views on the US War in Iraq. While the war was very popular at the time, it’s become an issue since that first defined Democrats in the 2007 to 2012 period and since 2015 […]
The era of Bob Graham: Progressive, forward-Looking governance in the sunshine
Bob Graham, the single most influential Floridian of my lifetime passed a few hours ago. For me it’s a devastating blow- no public official meant more to me personally than Graham did. Let’s review the Florida he came into and the state he helped mold into a true Sunshine State along with the likes of […]
Universal Studios Florida opens
On this past week’s Florida History Podcast we discussed the opening of Universal Studios Florida, now Universal Orlando Resort. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable you to subscribe and listen on […]
Florida Derby (Miami 2-5 Tampa Bay) video recap
Last Thursday, Tampa Bay defeated Miami 5-2 at FIU Soccer Stadium in the latest edition of the Florida Derby in USL Championship. I give my thoughts below and for regular coverage of non-MLS Florida Soccer please subscribe to Beyond the 90′ where we host both the Florida Soccer Report (with multiple writers including a few […]
The Florida Squeeze 