by Brian Burgess | Nov 21, 2023
Even in Florida, temperatures this time of year are a bit cooler, though ‘winter’ usually only lasts a few weeks. Even so, Congressman Max Frost has been engaged in an effort to turn up the heat by lighting matches under Governor Ron DeSantis on the topic...
by Brian Burgess | Nov 19, 2023
Another week, another reality-challenged column from the Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell, a man for whom facts are optional and cynicism passes for wisdom. In his latest foray into the swamp of Florida politics, Maxwell takes a swing at Republican efforts to...
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...
