the state of florida’s political blogs
tommyFor those of you interested in state politics, you should absolutely be reading Flablog, Florida Politics, (and sister FLA Politics) PEER Review, Florida News, Pushing Rope, the O’Blog, and new (to me) Clearwater-based The Campaign Manager (we still miss Blog DeLeon).
Also on your list should be the local newspapers’ political blogs: the St. Pete Times The Buzz, the Tribune’s Political Safari, and Weekly Planet’s Blurbex.
But there is a new one that should quickly become high on your list of Florida political websites - The State of Sunshine.
The State of Sunshine is written by Jim Johnson. Johnson has a BA in Political Science from USF and was Student Body President there in 1993-94. He’s worked for five Republican members of the Florida House over 9 years, managed 3 campaigns (all winners), and ran unsuccessfully for state representative in 2002.
Jim says he started his site to share his thoughts on public policy. And he does a great job making intelligent points without getting all preachy. Jim’s writing is excellent and well-thought out. But what I like about the State of Sunshine is that it offers a point of view from right here in your neighborhood:
Jim hasn’t been doing this long, yet he’s already catching the eye of plenty of other players. I suspect The State of Sunshine will quickly become a frequent point of reference discussing possible changes to local public policy.
Tags: blogs, Florida, politics, tampa
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July 14th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Thank you for the kind words, Tommy. I appreciate that you enjoy reading my posts — at least it signals to me that I am not completely out in left field.
July 14th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
I would have left out Pushing Rope, but that’s just me.
July 15th, 2006 at 11:16 am
What’s wrong with being out in left field? I might come back just to whip you into shape, Jimmy.
August 4th, 2006 at 9:15 am
[...] A short list of Florida political blogs [...]
April 5th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I miss Blog DeLeon as well. Can’t seem to take the link off the blogroll.
BTW, Florida Politics at blogspot is really secondary to FLA Politics, with the latter having more posts (in addition to the daily political news and punditry digest) and collaborative features.
But a site your readers really need to check out is the Florida Progressive Coalition
October 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
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Thank You
John Warren