by Brian Burgess | Oct 29, 2023
Ah, to live in Scott Maxwell’s world—a magical utopia where imaginary dollars are plucked from an evergreen money tree, and the complexities of public policy crumble under the weight of a keystroke. In this fantasy realm, Maxwell fancies himself as the Orlando...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 24, 2023
Great googly-moogly. The Tampa Bay Times is at it again, this time it’s a story in which they decry “thin evidence” that Florida’s property insurance crisis is due to frivolous lawsuits. Of course, they publish some of the very evidence in the...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 17, 2023
A proposal to redesignate the full length of Florida’s A1A as “Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway” is opposed by a supermajority of Capitolist readers. A second, more limited proposal has also been filed in the state legislature to rename only a small...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 8, 2023
In a Republican presidential primary contest without historical precedent, many media and polling pundits have already crowned Donald Trump as the inevitable nominee, believing that the 2024 path to the nomination will inevitably follow the same script as 2016. It...
by Brian Burgess | Oct 1, 2023
Happy October 1st, the first day of the new fiscal year for our federal government. Believe it or not, Democrats joined forces with GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to thwart Florida’s own U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and 90 of his conservative House allies in...
by Brian Burgess | Sep 27, 2023
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is leading conservative opposition to several proposed spending plans, which could trigger a government shutdown within four days. While Gaetz is at the media epicenter of the battle, he’s getting mixed reactions from Florida Republicans,...
