October 2016 Contents

AquACULTURE
Pompano and Circumstance

Florida's aquaculture sector has lagged even as demand for seafood has increased. Some see a future in farming finfish like cobia and pompano.

Puerto rican Factor
Greener pastures

With Puerto Rico's economy mired in recession and structural problems, scores of the island's residents have come to Florida.

Fixing income inequality

Florida Trend asked a group of Florida leaders for ideas about how to address the gap that's been growing for 30 years between the wealthy and the rest of America.

Trendlines

Up Front
Honest labor

October's Florida Trend examines the state's growing income gap and features an exploration of Miami-Dade County.

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Theresa Manuel

"The basketball court was outside. We didn’t have lights. At night, the neighbors would set up lamps with long extension cords and flood the court with light so we could practice."

Dining
Turning the tables

Homeless programs turn to the culinary arts to train clients for jobs.

Of Counsel
Pregnant pause for Florida lawyers

Should judges be required to grant continuances to lawyers who need to go on maternity leave?

Tallahassee Trend
A bad — but bulletproof — Florida tax

The political climate has made it impossible to fix the communications services tax, even when everybody agrees how.

Editor's Page
Creating ramps in place of cliffs

The structure of entitlements programs creates disincentives to moving up to better jobs.