Orlando Sentinel columnist. Father. Husband. Tar Heel. Runner. Card player. Bourbon drinker. BS detector.
Orlando, FL
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Like many, I'm going to miss Alex Trebek - the consummate host with an easy-going style that always kept the show lively and moving along.
I feel fortunate to have a pretty kick-ass memento.
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It's the readers' turn again - with strong thoughts about:
-Florida politicians threatening journalists
-Whether it's OK to put dog poop in a neighbor’s trash
-Inhumane heat-safety laws
-A much-missed, beloved nun
-A particularly vapid, vacuous columnist
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- A strong Dem candidate snubbed by the national party gets a big boost by the state one
- Byron Donalds weighs in on hotel taxes
- Thoughts on debate-dodging
- And paying tribute to public official who stood up to corruption — and paid a price for it
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Two weeks from today.
You're welcome to join me and courageous Pulitzer winner @jkbjournalist at this benefit for the First Amendment Foundation (@FLFAF), which has been defending free speech and journalism in Florida for more than 40 years.
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The Florida Senate threatened journalists at the @orlandosentinel and @SunSentinel with possible arrest if they published a report - that taxpayers funded - that showed insurance companies made misleading claims about losing money.
We published anyway.🧵
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Do not go numb to these authoritarian attempts to control speech and journalism in the supposedly “Free State of Florida.”
Also, though, do not underestimate the courage or conviction of journalists in this state in pursuing the truth on behalf of citizens and taxpayers.
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The public deserves total transparency.
And the politicians and bureaucrats should go as aggressively after the insurance companies that break the rules and deny valid claims as they do the journalists who expose it all.
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Everyone from fellow journalists to Jeb Bush is praising Brendan for being a professional and decent soul.
The same guy the DeSantis admin targeted so abusively and inappropriately that his spokeswoman got suspended from Twitter for it.
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'Be kind': Veteran Florida journalist Brendan Farrington dies
'He believed in the decency that lives inside every one of us,' his wife Amy says
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via @TDOnline
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The @orlandosentinel and @SunSentinel obtained records that show Fla. insurers paid more than $1 billion to their own affiliate companies while crying poor.
The Senate ordered us to "Destroy or Return" the documents.
We did not comply. Instead, we wrote.
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We saw some of this last year as well when the Tampa Bay Times got hold of another report (also previously hidden) that highlighted this revenue-shifting tactic.
This is a state that routinely hides data from the citizens it is supposed to serve.
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Every time journalists reveal how GOP lawmakers are in bed with the industry, they claim their industry-backed "reform" measures were super successful.
They do so by cherry-picking data - like one slight rate decrease after years of post-"reform" hikes.
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The Epstein case taught us long ago that grand jury records shouldn't be sealed when a case is concluded.
Redact names of witnesses, if necessary.
But rotten things happen when powerful people are allowed to control "justice" behind closed doors without ever facing accountability
"A black box": Watchdog hopes to pry loose Hope Florida court records orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/…
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This argument isn't new.
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After “Don’t Say Gay,” Disney vowed to ensure its political giving “better reflects our values.”
Now the company is giving to virtually anyone who can it do favors, including Dem & GOP committees at war with each other and the A.G. who helped Disney before
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Encouraging to see Byron Donalds finally answer questions on this topic today after public pressure built.
And he, too, is now supporting diversification - with local control to boot.
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In Florida's race for governor, Democrat David Jolly says the state needs to start spending hotel taxes on services this state truly needs while Republican Byron Donalds, who is backed by the tourism lobby, has refused to answer questions on the topic.
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I'm so tired of vocal ignorance.
This is about 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 the tax burden for people who live in Florida.
Not raising taxes on anyone.
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In Florida's race for governor, Democrat David Jolly says the state needs to start spending hotel taxes on services this state truly needs while Republican Byron Donalds, who is backed by the tourism lobby, has refused to answer questions on the topic.
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Each year, a group of event-planning companies in Orlando unite to donate every single service needed to throw a fundraising gala.
Local charities then compete to be the lucky beneficiary.
This year's winner helps kids who've lost their parents.
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