Post election it became fashionable for Tallahassee-based political writers to credit Rick Scott’s margins along I-10 as the reason for his victory. This was a justified analysis but perhaps an easy one to make particularly sitting in Tallahassee. I, on the other hand, looked at another Interstate Highway, one with far more population neighboring it […]
In recent weeks in conversations with activists across Florida, I have heard a consistent theme – the Florida Democratic Party is out of touch because its political staff is based in Tallahassee. I was even told this by a well-connected Tallahassee insider. Quite honestly, I found this attitude surprising. Personally, I do not necessarily subscribe […]
Having been returned to office by Florida’s electorate despite failing to meaningfully grow Florida’s economy in his first term, Governor Rick Scott will appeal to residents to relocate to Florida. Since this Governor and his allies in the legislature proudly gutted the growth management laws that worked for 30 years, a potential influx in population […]
Azul Brazilian Airlines has added a second daily flight from Sao Paulo Campinas-Viracopos to Fort Lauderdale three days a week. In December 2014, Azul underscored the importance of Florida to Brazilian commerce by making Fort Lauderdale and Orlando its first two international destinations. The first flight to Fort Lauderdale has been so successful that the […]
While there are some big names coming to Rick Scott’s inauguration, the event keeps being played down as a low key affair. Even though the Governor has much to celebrate, the $800,000 affair will be the most under-celebrated inauguration in recent history. However, a look at the donors make it very clear who will be […]
While Florida’s political leadership felt it was in the state’s best interest to turn down federal funds for High-speed rail (HSR) in 2011, allowing that money to be allocated to other states, politicians in other parts of the country including many Republicans are embracing the concept as a driver of economic development and a nnecessityin […]
Last week, a Saudi Arabian Airlines (better known as Saudia) A340 made a visit to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The airline has regularly sent VIP planes to the Broward County airport in recent months for whatever reason. Perhaps some serious Saudi investment in the area has come from the dealings between Broward County municipalities and […]
Throughout 2015 we will be looking back at the end of the Civil War in Florida. Throughout much of the war, union forces occupied Pensacola and Key West the two most strategic locations in the state. But the capital, Tallahassee which was the size of a large village at the time was never captured and […]
Thirty one years ago, on January 2nd 1984 the University of Miami won the first national championship in the schools history. It was the first title for a school from the state of Florida and also the first by a school running a pro style offense. It was a game that changed the college football […]
The Florida Squeeze 