On Friday, at the Latin Builders Association, DeSantis made patronizing and insulting remarks about Canada and Australia. DeSantis claims, as he often does he is giving inspiration to those who feel trapped by COVID mitigation efforts in locales with responsible leaders. This is certainly true as DeSantis national following can be attributed to his shameless […]
A really good, detailed look at the situation down here from The Washington Post. This hits many of my current critiques and concerns about the way 2022 is shaping up for the Democrats. The opportunity created by DeSantis cruel, heartless handling of COVID-19 is being squandered as the party continues to struggle to register new […]
A big week for Tampa International Airport, Florida’s 4th busiest highlights our commercial aviation update. Eurowings Discover will make Tampa its first US destination with nonstop service to Frankfurt beginning December 16. The airline I am reliably told will serve Fort Myers in the near future as well. Frontier will add new nonstops this winter […]
Something must be in the water in Walton County! Walton County began flying the Confederate battle Flag over its courthouse in 1964 during the heart of the Civil Rights movement. The flag was moved and replaced by another Confederate flag (the national flag instead of the battle flag) in 2015, but the The county which […]
In 18 months, Governor Ron DeSantis has gone from being the most popular Governor of a large state to being a polarizing political figure whose popularity corresponds with prevailing partisan trends. What happened? As we saw again on Tuesday, every time DeSantis has a political opening he quickly squanders it to be a demagogue in […]
After completing our 125th episode last week, we’re making some big changes to The Florida History Podcast, effective immediately. We’ve had complaints, justifiably so about our production levels and about the audio quality of my co-host Robert Buccellato, particularly on recent shows. We’ve upgraded our production board as well as our audio mixer. Sound quality […]
WaPo: Florida’s recent COVID surge comparable in death numbers to New York’s March-April 2020 period
An interesting analysis from Philip Bump of The Washington Post. One place I would disagree with him is his saying if more Floridians were vaccinated, Florida wouldn’t have experienced quite a surge. While that’s true, Florida’s vaccination rate isn’t terrible relative to other states – but the aversion to mask wearing promoted by Governor DeSantis […]
It’s no shock for those of us familiar with Tallahassee to learn Nikki Fried has actively campaigned for or given money to some onerous right-wing Republicans. It is after all what lobbyists do, and in this day and age of GOP domination of the state. In fact, rumors about Fried’s associations with Republicans are far […]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume Miami service in December with thrice-weekly nonstops to Amsterdam. Orlando service remains suspended until at least March. Azul Brazilian Airways will not fly Orlando-Campinas in January or February. Fort Lauderdale-Campinas will remain sub daily. Finnair will not fly Miami-Helsinki in November. Frontier has cut, Pensacola & Sarasota/Bradenton-Chicago (O’Hare) Orlando […]
On September 24, 2001, US Airways announced it was shutting down its successful MetroJet subsidiary in the wake of the attacks of September 11. From a Florida perspective this is significant, because with the shuttering of MetroJet, outside a later attempt to make Fort Lauderdale an international hub, US Airways ceded much of its dominant […]
The Florida Squeeze 