Passage of HB 21 by the Florida Legislature eliminating the requirement to apply for Certificates of Need to build acute care facilities or add specialized services not only is an appropriate move to bring Florida…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: LESSONS FROM LAKE CITY
The ransomware travails which befell the Florida townships of Lake City, Riviera Beach and Key Biscayne in the last several weeks provide ample warning to local governments to reinforce their cybersecurity systems before it’s too…
It’s Never too Late to Pivot
We were planning on taking a trip quick abroad on a little respite in Europe. Janet and I were packing and, having ground for two solid days in anticipation of the trip, we were in…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: L3HARRIS
The all-stock merger of L3 and Harris Technologies, combining two aerospace and defense companies into the largest defense business in the state of Florida, is not inconsequential. The consolidated company will employ 8,400 people across…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SMALL DONORS
Donations to the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral have something in common with donations to President Trump’s reelection campaign – the lion’s share is coming from small donors. For Notre Dame, 100% of the first…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ALICE IN BROWARD COUNTY
When I read that the Broward County State Attorney’s Office charged former Broward deputy Scot Peterson with criminal child neglect and culpable negligence for his failure to respond to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: MIKE HILL
The storm created by State Rep. Mike Hill’s exchange on homosexuality is reflective not just of the moralistic religiosity, or even of political polarities infecting our democracy, but much more so, by the very tone…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FLORIDA SENIORS
America’s Health Rankings Senior Report, the longest running annual assessment of the health of the nation’s seniors on a state-by-state basis, published its 30thannual edition this past week with salient data on Florida’s seniors, who,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: I-4 HADES
With the front page exposure in the Wall Street Journal of the $2.3 billion, 21-mile I-4 highway reconstruction project slithering through congested downtown Orlando, the rest of the country now knows what Central Floridians have…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPACEX & ITS SATELLITES
As SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on May 23, the story is less about the rocket and more about its payload. Elon Musk had always envisioned the opportunity behind reusable rocket technology as a…