With a decision on SunRail forthcoming any day now, Gov. Rick Scott finds himself in a very precarious position. He simply cannot please everyone and his decision, be it in favor of SunRail or opposed, is destined to upset an important bloc that will be critical to future successes. Yes, it goes with the territory, but if one could venture inside Scott’s head for a | Read More »
By Tom Tillison Florida Political Press In what is the largest recall of a local politician in U.S. history, voters swept Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez out of office by a humiliating margin Tuesday. According to the Miami Herald, the spectacular fall from power comes after two years of missteps, ranging from granting top staffers big pay hikes to construction of a publicly funded stadium for | Read More »
By Tom Tillison Florida Political Press In response to Florida Governor Rick Scott’s announcement yesterday that he is rejecting federal money for high speed rail, a very peculiar thing happened. Both Democratic Senator Bill Nelson and Republican John Mica, Chairman of the Transportation Committee made almost identical comments in statements to the media. Is Mica, who called Gov. Scott’s decision a “huge setback for the | Read More »
By Tom Tillison Florida Political Press In taking a close look at myself, as a fair representation of the tea party movement, I find myself a bit annoyed, yet, more amused than anything else. In reading Lauren Ritchie’s recent commentary in the Orlando Sentinel titled ‘Tea Party Should Look Closely – At Itself’, I didn’t need to read beyond the very first sentence to see | Read More »
By Tom Tillison Florida Political Press And the high speed rail ‘waltz’ continues here in Florida, or shall we call it the high speed ‘hustle’? Gov. Rick Scott emerged from a meeting Friday with U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressing the same caution he has exercised before on high speed rail. “He’s a believer,” Scott told the Buzz. “I’m the one that’s responsible to the | Read More »
By Tom Tillison Orlando Political Press The year 2010 has come to an end and what better time is there to look back on who stood out, made a difference and set a positive example for his/her fellow Floridians. It has been a long year filled with some great victories and a few crushing defeats. Democracy can be very ugly at times, but what matters most is that | Read More »
By Tom Tillison Orlando Political Press Where to begin, where to begin… Rick Scott has announced his transition team, which seems to have a healthy mix of insiders and outsiders. On Wednesday Scott said, “today is the end of politics as usual in Tallahassee.” I trust Rick Scott knows what he’s up against… Speaking of, Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, said Tuesday’s elections made it plain | Read More »
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