Florida INC. Patrick Murphy

Last summer, President Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan, a proposal that would implement new EPA standards for power plants to reduce carbon emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Big business interests and Right Wingers (such as Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi) cheered when the proposal was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. here When Florida DINO Patrick E. Murphy was asked if he thought the proposal was unfair to industry, Murphy said that there are too many unnecessary regulations imposed on businesses, and touted his co-sponsonship with South Carolina Republican Mick Mulvaney of the Regulatory Improvement Act, which created a commission to review and revise redundant regulations.

 Florida's Right Wing Infestation

Florida INC Suing Miami Beach

Miami Beach challenged state law and passed a mandatory citywide minimum wage ordinance in June. 

The Florida Retail Federation, Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association and Florida Chamber of Commerce are suing. here

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The state minimum wage is $8.05 an hour and will go up to $8.10 an hour on Jan 1. Under the new ordinance, the citywide minimum will be set at $10.31 on Jan. 1, 2018, and increase a dollar a year until 2021.

FIGHT FOR 15 here

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Rick Scott Donors

Here’s a list of Scott’s donors who have given at least $100,000 in 2015:  Florida Chamber of Commerce - $540,000  Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts - $252,500  Jeffrey Vinik, Tampa Bay Lightning owner - $200,000  Associated Industries of Florida - $150,000  Floridians for a Stronger Democracy, a political committee with ties to AIF - $150,000  Voice of Florida Business, a PAC with ties to AIF – $130,000  Florida Jobs PAC, a PAC with ties to the Florida Chamber - $110,000  Consulate Health Care, Florida’s largest nursing home provider - $100,000  Lawrence DeGeorge, runs a charitible trust in Jupiter, FL - $100,000  Daniel Doyle Jr., Tampa Bay resident and CEO of DEX Imaging Inc - $100,000  Intervest Construction, homebuilder based in Daytona Beach - $100,000  August Busch III, former Anheuser-Busch CEO from St. Peters, Missouri - $100,000  U.S. Sugar Corporation - $100,000 here

Florida Supreme Court: Florida INC.Eexceeded Their Authority

In a rebuke to Florida Power & Light, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that state regulators exceeded their authority when they allowed the company to charge customers for its speculative investment into an Oklahoma-based fracking company. here

Florida INC. One Billion Dollar Rate Hike

We have just a week to stop Florida Power and Light's (FPL) rate hike request for unnecessary power plants that burn fracked gas.

On November 29, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) will decide whether to allow the rate hike requested by FPL, which includes more than  one billion dollars' worth of power plants that will soon be  obsolete as FPL itself expects solar power and batteries to out-compete plants that burn gas.

As FPL showed by spending millions of dollars to support Amendment 1 and thwart the growth of rooftop solar, FPL will stop at almost nothing to put its profits before people -- whether it's stunting the clean energy economy in the Sunshine state, or needlessly increasing the state's reliance on fracked gas. Fortunately, Florida voters saw through the charade last week and voted down Amendment 1.

Don't let FPL put its profits ahead of your health, our economy and the environment.

Call the PSC today at 1-800-342-3552  to let them know you oppose FPL's rate hike request for unnecessary gas plants.

Presidente Obama Welcome To Miami

Pres. you could not have come visit us at a better time. The Florida Democratic Party sucks. You want your Legacy to stay intact, you need to stop supporting Debbie Wasserman Schultz and have a very serious talk with her. You guys are trying to cram an Ex-Republican (Murphy) down our throats. Florida INC. has kept us from your Obamacare, we don't have high speed rail between Tampa and Orlando that you wanted to buy us, they are polluting our water, the Florida Frackers are doing everything they can to destroy our way lilfe. Florida DOT is attacking Tampa. While you are here talk to our leader Susan Smith and please see if you can talk the Mayor of Miami Beach into running for governor. here 
Again, welcome to Miami. Lets hope our grand-kids can enjoy it too. 

Florida INC. - Liesa Priddy

The state pays nearly $1 million a year to biologists to study the Florida panther. Yet when the state's top wildlife official decided to rewrite Florida's panther policy to overhaul how the state manages the endangered cats, he didn't consult them until the document was done. Instead, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission executive director Nick Wiley brainstormed almost exclusively with Immokalee ranch owner Liesa Priddy who was appointed to the wildlife commission in 2012 by Gov. Rick Scott. here

Florida INC. Getting Ready For Armed Maniacs

Armed special agents, sheriff deputies and police officers swarmed the state Capitol Monday.  It was a drill. A practice run for the Northwest Florida Regional Domestic Security Task Force for if/when armed maniacs try to terrorize the seat of Florida’s government. here

The Fear Factor, with our money. “We want to show the people where their tax dollars are being spent,” said Mark Perez, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge.

Free Lube For Florida GOP Voters Who Like To Take It Deep

The ecological disaster in the St. Lucie River and the Caloosahatchee River, including the Everglades and Florida Bay, is a toxic warning to taxpayers and voters that they cannot trust Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott or his board of directors who have allowed poor water policies to poison and degrade Florida's most valuable resources.

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Scott implemented his agenda of promoting big business donors by killing growth management, stacking the water management districts, signing harmful legislation, setting in motion a political ideology that has ignored science and fact, and killing responsible government efforts to address environmental problems. here

Also avalable to DEMS who don't vote.

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Florida INC. Power Grab For Control Of The Courts

After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the partisan maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the Fair Districts amendments, Florida GOP John Wood, of Polk, called for impeachment proceedings against the justices. Now, Wood and his colleagues in the House are asking the people of Florida to believe that the judicial term-limits bill passed in the House has absolutely nothing to do with payback. 
Don’t buy it. here

The truth is the judicial branch is the only thing that can prevent the governor and the Legislature from enacting unconstitutional laws.

Florida INC. Out Of Money For Corporate Welfare

Scott and Enterprise Florida officials say the state has only about $9 million left in the main account it uses for corporate welfare . Bill Johnson, the president and CEO of Enterprise Florida, said that money will likely be gone in weeks. here

Florida INC. Adding More Toxic Chemicals To Our Water

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing a rule to ease restrictions on toxic chemicals in our surface waters, and the rule will have direct impact on our health. The Environmental Regulation Commission (ERC), a seven-member committee appointed by the governor and tasked with setting standards and rules to protect Florida’s citizens and waterways, is considering adopting a new rule, proposed by DEP, that would allow higher limits for dozens of cancer-causing chemicals. here

$264 Million In Corporate Welfare Since Rick Scott Took Office In 2011

He wants $80 million more! 

here
Check this out

Best States For Business: Florida #20

Rick Scott Where are those jobs?

Florida's Corporate Welfare Not Working

Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare State

Florida INC. Out Of Money 

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 The state's ability to attract high-wage manufacturing jobs has not increased alongside a sharp rise in taxpayer-funded economic incentives (Corporate Welfare), which are often designed to attract those jobs, according to the Legislature's top economist.

here

Florida INC. Approves FPL Hand Job

A House committee overlooked opposition by residential and commercial utility customers Tuesday and approved a proposal sought by Florida Power & Light to allow the company to expand its rate base by charging customers for investments in natural gas fracking operations in other states. here

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The bill, HB 1043 is by Florida GOP 

Rep. Jason Brodeur of Sanford.

Florida's New Human Health Toxics Criteria Rule

Allows Florida INC. to dump greater concentrations of toxins, including carcinogens, into Florida’s rivers and streams. It was approved on a 3-2 vote by the Environmental Regulation Commission in July. On Tuesday an administrative law judge dismissed a series of complaints because they missed the deadline for filing the challenge. here

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Florida Mayors Strike Back

Florida INC. is considering a bill that would limit cities’ ability to regulate businesses and industries. here
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Florida mayors voice their concerns in  Tallahassee
about bills under consideration by
 the Legislature that limit local control.

Florida Inc. Hits Tampa Bay

So as most of you have probably heard, we lost on Thursday. 3-1.

Desantis, Moody and Patronis all sided with their campaign donors, unsurprisingly. We did see progress in that Nikki Fried signaled to the community that she is here to stand up for Floridians on climate change. So there is hope beyond Thursday's vote.

It's tough when you are going against a quarter million dollars of reelection money and God knows how much more in "steak dinners". I know that we had the facts presented clearly in the room and Desantis chose to ignore those and let TECO get their gas plans approved.

I'll save the speech on fracking, which is IMO the worst ecological crisis facing us today. The fact that the Gov. cut voices short, ignored detailed evidence on the benefits of solar vs the downfalls of gas and held ZERO discussion on the issue tells you everything you need to know about Ron Dishonest.
This quote says it all:
“If you approve this, you have lower emissions. I mean, that's just the fact,” said DeSantis

But some, like Brian Lee with Rethink Energy Florida, argue methane, the primary fuel source for natural gas plants, is equally problematic.

“There are leaks at every point in the process that are equivalent to the CO2 emissions of all coal that is burned in the country,” said Lee. Governor Ron DeSantis, why do you continue to ignore the facts. Oh yeah, that's right. You are looking at your own reelection campaign instead of protecting FL. Don't even care about your hometown of Dunedin, Florida? A place that will be gone soon due to these types of projects you just approved. Well, keep voting against our future and we will make to see you at the voting booth! Believe that.

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Florida Dems $2 million Tax Breaks

A group of Florida senators -- including three from Central Florida -- voted Tuesday to give $2 million tax breaks to rental-car giant Avis Budget Group Inc. and a few other big companies that rent or lease cars. HERE

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Florida Dems Linda Stewart of Orlando and Victor Torres of Kissimmee voted for 
the tax break.

Avis and the rental-car industry have been lobbying Florida lawmakers for a tax break for more than a year. They want one to offset an increase to their state corporate income 
tax bill.

Florida Taxpayers Pay Pitbull A Million Bucks

$1,000,000

Visit Florida, (Florida INC's) tourism agency, refused to release how much they had paid him, calling it a "trade secret. But now the mystery is over, he posted the contract on Twitter. here

Florida INC. Taking Control

Of the nearly 1,850 bills filed this session, the Florida League of Cities has identified about 550 that affect cities in some way or another. The Florida Association of Counties is tracking 38 bills that pre-empt county rule, create unfunded mandates and carve out tax exemptions that sap projected revenues. here

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“This is an ongoing onslaught. A lot of times at council meetings we tell people we’d love to do that but the state pre-empts us from controlling our own destiny in some ways. When businesses don’t like what happens at home they turn to the state to get their way and pre-empt local authority. That’s an end run against our citizens and communities.”  Tampa City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione