Bill Cotterell

1 week ago | midfloridanewspapers.com | Bill Cotterell

Pondering David Jolly’s just-announced campaign for governor, Floridians find themselves thinking, “Have I seen this before?”Hmmm — a Republican officeholder from Pinellas County, rejected by the GOP, becomes first an independent and then a Democrat. So he runs for governor with the hope that the state’s growing mass of independents will join with fed-up members of both major parties to bring about a more sensible, less partisan new day in Florida politics. And we all live happily ever after.

1 week ago | newsserviceflorida.com | Bill Cotterell

In almost every gangster movie, some tough guys will gang up on a little shopkeeper and mutter something like, “Yeah, this is a real nice little shop you got here — be a real shame if something happens to it, if you know what I’m getting at …”Gov. Ron DeSantis is a pretty good bully when he needs to intimidate school librarians or drag-show entrepreneurs, but he’s not so good at putting the squeeze on those who can fight back.

1 week ago | tallahassee.com | Bill Cotterell

Bill CotterellCapitol ColumnPondering David Jolly’s recently announced campaign for governor, Floridians find themselves thinking, “Have I seen this before?”Hmmm — a Republican officeholder from Pinellas County, rejected by the GOP, becomes first an independent and then a Democrat. So he runs for governor with the hope that the state’s growing mass of independents will join with fed-up members of both major parties to bring about a more sensible, less partisan new day in Florida politics.

2 weeks ago | chronicleonline.com | Bill Cotterell

Political pollsters probing to learn how voters feel about a candidate sometimes run surveys tossing out ideas like, “His concerns are my concerns,” or “She knows what my life is like” or, “He knows how I live.”We all know politicians are not going to be somebody who worked next to us on the loading dock or shared a cubicle with some of our lunch buddies at the office.

2 weeks ago | aroundosceola.com | Bill Cotterell

Pondering David Jolly’s just-announced campaign for governor, Floridians find themselves thinking, “Have I seen this before?”Hmmm—a Republican officeholder from Pinellas County, rejected by the GOP, becomes first an independent and then a Democrat. So he runs for governor with the hope that the state’s growing mass of independents will join with fed-up members of both major parties to bring about a more sensible, less partisan new day in Florida politics. And we all live happily ever after.