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Zest of the Day: National Tennis Center Coming to Fort Lauderdale
From the Sun Sentinel…no subscription needed.
Snyder’s Take: Recovery Is A Tale of Two Cities
First, I want to thank Kartik for inviting me to contribute to The Florida Squeeze. His blog is the best place for news, commentary, and down right substantive discussions about how we can make Florida and the country better as we move into the future. My blog will focus on the economy here in Florida, […]
The World Turned Cold: A Review of “The Ides of March”
Stephen Myers (played by Ryan Gosling) was a rising political star. He was bright, idealistic, charming and articulate. He had a knack for massaging the press corps and avoiding tiger traps. As such, he attracted others to him. His wit, charm and idealism made him attractive to others who felt they had similar gifts or […]
2013 ‘Champions of Florida’s Middle Class’ Awardees Announced
Earlier today Florida Watch Action, Progress Florida and America Votes named 18 members of the Legislature as “Florida’s Middle Class Champions. ” Continuing the trend we saw with The Florida Squeeze scorecard, far more progressives were found this session in the Florida House than in the Florida Senate. The excellent work of these organizations should […]
Comparing the close wins of 2012 and 1994: Lessons for Florida Democrats
In 1994, Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles won reelection by just over 70,000 votes statewide. Last year, President Obama carried Florida in his reelection by almost the same exact raw vote margin. However, the consistencies between the vote numbers stop there. Chiles won by combining the traditional Democratic counties of Leon, Alachua and Volusia, with close […]
JP Morgan: from “fortress” balance sheet to Fort Apache the Bronx
A few years ago Jamie Dimon, the Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan, was the “savior” of Wall Street armed with a “fortress” balance sheet. Today eight federal agencies are investigating the bank, which has been labeled, “out of control,” by one analyst and shareholders will vote tomorrow on cutting Dimon’s role in half. In […]
Throwback Tuesdays: “Bicameral Syndrome”
That’s what the late Senator Fred Karl called it: when insipid vanities like the one above stop anything useful from happening in Tallahassee. In 1972, government in Florida was so different it’s hard to believe it ever existed that way. In this antediluvian age the Governor, a populist reformer, worked with moderate Republicans and rural […]
Mothers Day video message to Governor Scott
HT to Amy Ritter for this!
GOP Senator Nancy Detert is a Hero on Education
“Not one parent ever called me to support this.” “If parents and teachers are so in favor of charter conversions, why is the Florida PTA is lobbying so hard to defeat this bill?” This afternoon Sen. Nancy Detert R-28 (Venice), rose to speak these and other courageous utterances in opposition to HB 867/SB 862, referred […]
Allen West is a Bully
Allen West is a bully, plain and simple. Students at FAU were upset with the school’s decision to take money from a controversial private prison company that would give them naming rights to the stadium. They were not alone in being against the situation, as was evident from the national coverage this news received. It […]
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