The House and Senate have put forward very different redistricting plans for Florida’s Congressional delegation, while the Governor made an unwise and unprecedented foray into the matter pushing a very partisan gerrymander (outside of southeast Florida- in that region the DeSantis map interestingly is the most favorable for the Democrats). Let’s compare the three plans […]
In this short promo we discuss why contemporary events as well as the mythical telling of American history – historical whitewashing and marginalization of Florida’s role in history prompted us to do this series.
Yesterday, the House Redistricting Committee submitted a new Congressional Map that effectively splits the difference between the Senate’s status quo map and Governor DeSantis aggressive partisan gerrymander. Analysis over at TFS+
For coverage of the Spirit-Frontier merger: impacts on Florida Orlando competition Four busiest Florida airports merged airline picture Omicron seems to have taken a bigger bite out of travel plans than expected, with airline’s continuing to slash scheduled flights into the summer. Despite announcing plans to merge, both Frontier and Spirit were busy cutting flights […]
In the last three decades, the Florida Legislature has gotten progressively worse. Every time I feel we’ve reached a new bottom, we go lower. In 1997, after the GOP takeover of the State House, I told friends the legislature had reached a new low for buffoonery. But those days were relatively enlightened. In 2001, after […]
February 15 – Introduction to series February 22- Building the Castillo de San Marcos In this episode, we’ll discuss the events that led to the Spanish crown finally replacing a wooden fort with a Coquina stone one. We will discuss the constant pressure Spanish Florida, a prosperous colony in the 1600’s felt from French and […]
Competitive issues are abound nationally in the proposed merger between Spirit and Frontier. But It is here in Florida, where the most overlap between the two airlines occurs, with approximately 60% of Spirit flights and 50% of Frontier flights touching the Sunshine State every day. In Florida’s four largest airports, the danger of competitive balance […]
Governor Ron DeSantis’ recent drift toward populism isn’t a new phenomena for Florida Governors. Several previous Florida Chief Executives have exhibited a right-wing populism. On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we look back at them. Note, this is the last Florida History Podcast before we begin our Albion Florida series, which commences next week. Our […]
For the first time since the 1870’s (before African-Americans, then mostly Republicans were disenfranchised by Jim Crow laws), Florida in 2021, had more registered Republicans than Democrats. This proved the culmination of many years of neglect by Democrats, both the mainline party and associated NGO’s/outside entities. The bottom line is this – here in Florida, […]
In March 2022, Spirit and Frontier will both fly nonstop from Orlando to the following 35 cities: Aguadilla, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Cancun, Charlotte, Chicago (O’Hare), Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford/Springfield, Houston (Bush), Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St Paul, Montego Bay, Nashville, New Orleans, New York (LaGuardia), […]
The Florida Squeeze 