Scott promised Florida nursing homes he would be a problem-solving resource in pre-hurricane preparedness calls and went so far as to give facilities his personal cell phone number to call if they experienced problems. But, when executive action was needed, Scott ignored his promise and abandoned Hollywood Hills and its residents.here
"This is shocking and it's just plain wrong. As a Commissioner, I don't even know how selling off our public lands like the treasured Upper Tampa Bay Trail even make it on our County Commission agenda. But here it is.This Thurs, a wealthy developer wants the County Commission to sell part of the Upper Tampa Trail them. Don't let it happen. Call and email the Commissioners and show up on Thurs to speak at public comment if you can." Pat Kemp
Protecting our water is a responsibility of the governor and Rick Scott failed us. He slashed departments responsible for protecting our water, gutted water monitoring, gave polluters a pass, and even repealed a law that required septic tank inspections. Now he’s running for Senate and blaming everyone but himself.
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Scott killed the Obama administration’s marquee high-speed rail project, giving up a whopping $2.4 billion in federal funds for a Tampa-Orlando bullet train. here
The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights organizations are demanding various local governments in Florida allow panhandlers to operate within the city or county limits.
The civil rights organizations sent out letters Thursday to Alachua County, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Lake Worth, Miami Beach, Ocala, Polk County and St. Petersburg and said all eight are violating the First Amendment and punishing poor people for being poor.here
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First discovered by Media Matters extremism researcher Natalie Martinez, DeSantis is listed as a moderator for a Tea Party Facebook group where members share racist, conspiratorial, and hateful content aimed at a range of targets “including black Americans and South Africans, the ‘deep state,’ survivors of February’s massacre at a Florida high school, immigrants and Muslims.
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The Facebook group, named Tea Party, has nearly 95,000 members, and DeSantis is listed as one of the group’s 52 administrators and moderators.here