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Financing Florida

Editor’s Note:  The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was published by FORWARD Florida (December 2014) and posted on its website under Construction & Development on December 18, 2014. The link is provided at the bottom of this post. It’s not the Wild West of pre-2008, but real estate development money ...
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Orlando City Soccer

Editor’s Note:  The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website under Sports on March 12, 2015.  Observations of an aspiring Orlando soccer fan Some lessons take time to sink in, and so goes my understanding of soccer. Its faithful take pride in its elegance – ...
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Not Your Average Top 10 List

Editor’s Note:  The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website as a Blog on August 3, 2015. Was a time when people subscribed to print news for the articles, editorials and columns, the vast information written by seasoned journalists and readily available simply by ...
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Act Now: Hurricanes & Tropical Storms Affect Real Estate

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by ESTATIVIZE on its website under Agents on August 27, 2015. With Tropical Storm Erika on a projected path toward the Southeast United States, prospective property owners– residential and commercial– should note a moratorium will exist on the binding or ...
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Moving Woes: Packing Stuff

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by Real Prospector on its website under Buyer on August 31, 2015. While I’ve considered selling my home of nearly 20 years and upgrading, downsizing or simply relocating, something keeps me from calling a real estate broker, perhaps putting my ...
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#NationalSoWhatDay

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website as a Blog on September 16, 2015. Social media applies grinding pressure to journalists accustomed to gazing out windows in search of inspiration. Now late-afternoon deadlines are mere follow-ups to the day-long deadlines imparted ...
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Florida Takes Center Stage at GOP Debate

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website as a Blog on September 21, 2015. Was there anyone left in Florida last Wednesday night? Or, was the state’s entire population at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley for the second Republican primary ...
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Royalties and Rivalries

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website under Sports on November 20, 2015. Ever find yourself defending a group whose traditions and sense of loyalty give you pause to reconsider a high colonic and Justin Bieber? If so, you feel the ...
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Clinton, Trump Eye the Florida Prize

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website under Legislative on August 11, 2016. Late-night comedians have spent the better part of the past decade and a half ribbing the Sunshine State’s electoral mishaps and for good reason.  Even our well-heeled counties ...
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Journalism: No More Funny Business

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website under Blog on July 6, 2017. Trump, Flamingos and Provocateurs Today’s politics is like a daily trip to the circus with clowns piling out of the car. There’s seemingly no end. A social studies exercise gone ...
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2016: The Election That Never Ends

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeffrey Rembert was posted by FORWARD Florida on its website under Blog on July 19, 2017. First Meeting of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Just when we thought the plot lines couldn’t get crazier. Just when we swore the name Kris Kobach never would trend on Twitter, we ...
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Why Start A Literary Group?

Editor’s Note: The following story by Jeff Rembert was posted by GHOST PARACHUTE - A LITERARY MAGAZINE on its website under Blog on December 20, 2019. You’re new to the writing game. Someone in your past said you had talent, but life got in the way. Family, career, bills and ...
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Keep Up Tradition

Editor's Note: Writing a goodbye column was a tradition at The University Daily, the campus paper at Texas Tech University. And I probably wrote mine in a huff. Too many ads. Not enough editorial space. Why my editor, Inez Russell, didn't calf-tie me and leave me in a forgotten barn, ...
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Writer’s Block

Editor's Note: The following story by Jeff Rembert was posted by Ghost Parachute: A Literary Magazine on its website under Blog on May 20, 2020. You’re staring at the screen, and you’ve got nothing. Your mind is a void. You type random words and hope a coherent sentence emerges. Still nothing. Your cat ...
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