Showing posts with label Nikki Fried. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nikki Fried. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Nikki Fried: DeSantis makes authoritarian move

Nikki Fried says DeSantis’ decision to schedule Florida’s next Cabinet meeting on the day of the Primary Election is part of an “authoritarian power struggle” with the Democratic 
Cabinet member. here

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Florida GOP in Big Trouble!

Here’s the latest, according to 
Nate Silver and 538:

Nikki Fried: 50%  

Ron DeSantis: 50%

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Charlie Crist: 57%
Ron DeSantis: 44%
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Rebekah Jones: 53% 
Matt Gaetz: 47%

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Florida Department of Education Removes LGBTQ Resources

Following the removal of anti-bullying resources from the Florida Department of Education website, including information regarding LGBTQ students, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is providing that information instead. Here

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Nikki Fried calls for end to utilities’ energy efficiency programs

Nikki Fried, the top statewide Democrat in Florida, endorsed utilities’ plans for eliminating their energy efficiency goals and called for an end to utility energy efficiency programs in a brief filed with Florida utility regulators on September 20, 2019. Facing public pressure, Fried reversed her posture and began calling for utility accountability and increased energy efficiency. However, her public statements contradict her office’s filing with state regulators, according to a review by the Energy and Policy Institute. HERE

Friday, May 1, 2020

DeSantis declined coronavirus help from Nikki Fried

 Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, Florida’s only statewide elected Democrat, said her office offered the DeSantis administration lab space and help processing unemployment applications as the state grappled with the coronavirus, but her offers were rejected or ignored. HERE

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Let the Nikki Fried primary begin

As Florida’s only statewide Democrat, the Agriculture Commissioner’s in high demand. Need proof? Just look at her calendar in recent weeks. She had dinner with Mike Bloomberg, and has had calls with Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, and Jill Biden. She will also be in Las Vegas Wednesday for the next Democratic debate. There, she will have an in-person meeting with Amy Klobuchar. One candidate she has not talked to: Bernie Sanders. HERE

Sunday, December 8, 2019

We cannot let them drill for oil in the Everglades

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried calls it “outrageous” to allow oil-drilling on-shore in the Everglades and Apalachicola basin, a move that would put “precious water, popular beaches, and wildlife at great danger of being tainted 
by an oil spill.” HERE

Friday, August 17, 2018

Florida DINO Nikki Fried

 Endorsed by Alex Sink
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Nikki Fried has long chosen to keep company with the rich and powerful over workers,” said Fred Frost, Florida campaign lead for the Communications Workers of America. 
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Fried has donated more than $6,800 to Republican candidates in the last 14 years, the majority coming in the past 
three years.
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At various points from 2012 to 2016, Fried was registered to lobby for HCA, the hospital chain formerly run by GOP Gov. Rick Scott that paid a $1.7 billion fine to settle Medicaid fraud allegations under his watch. more