Bill Cotterell
Reporter at City & State Florida
Parttime reporter, retiree, fulltime grandfather.
Articles
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5 days ago |
newsserviceflorida.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.
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1 week ago |
tallahassee.com | Bill Cotterell
Bill CotterellCapitol ColumnJohn Morgan probably won’t run for governor, and his hope for a third party probably won’t work out, but the famous lawyer could do something no other candidate could do. He’d make Florida politics fun again. For the last half-century, we’ve had smart, competent governors who are about as interesting as your average insurance actuary.
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1 week ago |
midfloridanewspapers.com | Bill Cotterell
Politicians will reflexively support the parties that brought them to power, sometimes even taking politically painful positions out of loyalty to a leader or just to support their team, but professional integrity and duty to the country must sometimes outweigh even the most deeply held personal feelings.
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1 week ago |
newsserviceflorida.com | Bill Cotterell
John Morgan probably won’t run for governor, and his hope for a third party probably won’t work out, but the famous lawyer could do something no other candidate could do. He’d make Florida politics fun again. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?mu@C E96 =2DE 92=7\46?EFCJ[ H6’G6 925 D>2CE[ 4@>A6E6?E 8@G6C?@CD H9@ 2C6 23@FE 2D :?E6C6DE:?8 2D J@FC 2G6C286 :?DFC2?46 24EF2CJ] %96J 86E E@ E96 8@G6C?@C’D >2?D:@? 27E6C G:4:@FD AC:>2C:6D 2?5 86?6C2= 6=64E:@?D[ D@ E92E 3J 6=64E:@?
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2 weeks ago |
tallahassee.com | Bill Cotterell
Politicians will reflexively support the parties that brought them to power, sometimes even taking politically painful positions out of loyalty to a leader or just to support their team, but professional integrity and duty to the country must sometimes outweigh even the most deeply held personal feelings.
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In his baseball days, Ron DeSantis seems to have learned Leo Durocher's dictum, "Nice guys finish last."
Interesting read: https://t.co/tWN8TFKFfN
My column at https://t.co/XAT3M2tvyP this week: https://t.co/a13Cgqu8tO