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Irma a year later: Assessing the rubble of Florida’s disaster and preventing failure again
A year ago, the entirety of peninsular Florida was impacted by a storm named Irma. Powerful as it had been when it impacted the Leeward Islands and other parts of the Caribbean, a slight wobble which took into northern Cuba significantly took away its bite as it approached Florida. Peninsular Florida also had the added […]
Politics dominating Iran discussion – Historical precedents ominous
The discussion around the Iran nuclear agreement made by the Obama Administration as a result of the PS + 1 talks has been wholly political. Of course the sort of illogical rhetoric grounded in talking points from special interest groups is to be expected from Florida’s Junior Senator and Presidential aspirant Marco Rubio, but it’s […]
Rules Reform – Differing perspectives in a divided party
Since we began discussing rules reform on this site several weeks ago vastly differing perspectives on this subject have been presented to us from the different people within the party. We have also been told by those outside the party structure that this discussion borders on a red herring that is completely meant to divert […]
How much time does Bill Nelson have to make a decision? Longer than you may think.
Florida is alive with speculation that 70 year-old US Senator Bill Nelson will jump into the Governor’s Race thus potentially saving the Democrats from a messy primary process and the possible nomination of former Governor Charlie Crist. Concern grows weekly that Crist’s political baggage which continues to pile up could be fatal to any hopes […]
The Florida Squeeze 