Author Archives: The Florida Squeeze
Guest column: HB 1205: The End of Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives, a Ballot Box Barricade
By Sierra Bush Rester Florida politicians have played a two-faced, cynical game with voters for decades. To our faces, they talk about freedom, how parents are heard, and how the Floridian Way matters. But when voters, Democrats and Republicans alike, pass citizen-led constitutional amendments that threaten their grip on power, those same politicians get to […]
Guest Column- School Choice, Public or Voucher the Results are the Same: Segregation
By Sierra Bush Rester In his recent op-ed, school board member Marcus Nicolas correctly points out that public school choice and private school vouchers differ. Public school choice keeps taxpayer dollars within the public system, while vouchers funnel public money into private institutions. However, while public school choice does less harm than vouchers, the distinction […]
TFS Endorses Billy Corben for Miami-Dade County DEC Chair
The Florida Squeeze has been making and sometimes not making endorsements in Florida’s Democratic politics for well over a decade. Rarely have we been as enthusiastic about any recommendation as for Billy Corben for Miami-Dade DEC Chair. To the Precinct Committee People who will vote in this election – it’s OK to do something unusual […]
DeSantis Ambushed and Humiliated by Troll at Iowa Caucus
Our friends at BlueAmp Channel take on Governor DeSantis in the wake of his humiliating Iowa performance.
Why is the panhandle so different than the peninsula? It’s hundreds of years worth of reasons.
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, Ryan Ray and Kartik Krishnaiyer spend an hour sifting through history discussing why the Florida Panhandle and specifically the areas west of the Apalachicola River developed so differently from the peninsula and even the Big Bend region. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple […]
Visit Central Florida continues as Swansea City AFC sponsor
From a Press Release: Swansea City is pleased to announce that Visit Central Florida will continue as the club’s destination partner for the 2023-24 season. The new partnership will also see the travel and tourism company appear on the sleeve of the Swans’ home, away and third kits this season, while there will be an […]
Commissioner Brian Welch attacks the homeless of Tallahassee, Florida
Dear reader, Here in Florida we live in a time of crippling inflation and increased homelessness, Where the cost of living is skyrocketing and many American households are struggling to survive. As our good editor in chief at the Florida Squeeze wrote the other day, the state Democratic party has an identity issue. It is […]
Sunshine State Biodiversity Group lands $40k Conservation Grant
Lovers of wildlife diversity have something to celebrate this week: an environmental effort led by noted author Jeff VanderMeer just secured a major grant to conserve ecologically sensitive Florida lands. The Fredman Family Foundation has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group’s environmental 501(c)(3) nonprofit to acquire and conserve important habitat in […]
Miami Mayor aka Ponzi Postalita Francis Suarez is a fraud
By Thomas Kennedy The City of Miami is an absolute dumpster fire. Aside from the evergreen issues of chronic flooding, lack of public transportation, skyrocketing housing costs, and rampant corruption, the city is being consumed by nonstop scandals. A few weeks ago, one of the most perennially corrupt characters in Miami politics, Commissioner Joe Carollo, […]
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