Category Broward County
Broward County – explaining the backsliding of Democrats in what used to be the southeast USA’s most blue urban county
In 2012 Broward County was the urban county in the southeast USA, which gave Barack Obama, his highest percentage of the vote. By 2020, several urban counties in other southeastern states had passed Broward to give Joe Biden, a higher percentage of the vote. Since 2020 to trend towards the Republicans in the county has […]
Broward County could get “game changing” elevated light rail system
Per multiple published reports, Broward County officials are working on FINALLY moving forward with a long contemplated light rail system to connect Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Port Everglades. The system will also connect to the soon-to-be-built people mover within FLL and potentially, in time to a longer rail line heading west toward Sawgrass […]
Broward County, the Democrats Ticking Time Bomb
If you are a Democrat in Florida, there is one thing that is certain each election cycle; Broward County is your anchor. No need to spend money in Broward because it will take care of itself. But in 2022, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist dipped below 60%, deviating from the norm. To put it in […]
Broward County’s relative decline vs other southern progressive strongholds
Democrats in Florida count on Broward County to produce the sorts of margins for the party’s nominees that can keep the state as a whole competitive. But truthfully that is no longer the case. The county that once gave Lawton Chiles three times his statewide margin of victory and as recently as 2016, was a […]
FDOT holds Sawgrass Expressway expansion workshop
Exhibits can be viewed here and the workshop can be viewed in its entirety below:
Coral Springs planning Everglades access ecotourism pitch
As reported earlier in the week in Coral Springs Talk the City of Coral Springs is moving forward with its play to create a “destination” in the city around the Everglades. This is from the City’s Annual Report: “To take advantage of the Everglades, the city plans to research options and develop a long-rangestrategy to […]
DeSantis lets down Broward after a once in one thousand year event – is it punitive? Regardless, it hurts badly.
Meteorologists called it a once in one thousand year event. I think it’s likely to be a more frequent thing with the way the climate is changing but whatever the case, the scope and scale of this week’s Fort Lauderdale flooding was unprecedented in the Sunshine State. Much has been rightly made of Governor DeSantis […]
DeSantis handling of special elections and vacancies smacks of regionalism, partisanship and cloaked racism
On Friday, a lawsuit was filed in Broward County regarding the scheduling of Special Elections. I had been meaning to write about this issue for a while but all the other DeSantis news has delayed it – this lawsuit gives us cause to discuss it. Governor DeSantis came into office with a vendetta against Broward […]
Broward Parks a welcome tonic for COVID-driven 2020
It’s probably no secret to most of you reading this, that I like to get in the car and travel our state – especially during the holiday season. In all those years of traveling, I realize I have neglected the area I actually live in – Broward County. For years, I have been obsessed with […]
The Florida Squeeze 