FLORIDA INC. Searches For New CEO

The Tampa Bay Times recently speculated that termed-out GOP Gov. Rick Scott may try to recruit a wealthy political outsider to succeed him in 2018. here

FLORIDA INC. IS COMING FOR OUR SPRINGS (AGAIN)

An Austrian/Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach is preying on Marion County to build a massive grass-fed beef operation called Adena Springs Ranch. When you think “grass-fed” beef, it brings up images of scattered cattle, lazily chomping on grass until their final hour. That’s not what this is. This is a ginormous, densely-packed industrial cattle production site that has for years petitioned governmental entities to divert as much as 13.2 million gallons of water per day to water the grass. That’s more than the city of Ocala uses. here

Florida INC. Sugar Cane Farms

Sugar cane farms repeatedly failing to meet Everglades pollution cleanup goals can continue business as usual thanks to an accommodating landlord — the state of Florida. here

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 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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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.

Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare

Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott wants $85 million to give to his corporate buddies. He apparently has given up on the idea that he can create jobs, which he claimed he would do in his election campaigns. Scott’s strategy to lure jobs from other states ignores the facts of job creation. Most new jobs are homegrown, not lured from elsewhere. here

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Florida already has one of the lowest tax burdens in the nation and lax

 environmental regulations.  

Florida INC. 50,000 Gallon Phosphoric Acid Leak

A 50,000-gallon leak of phosphoric acid at a Mosaic plant on County Line Road occurred Saturday. here

Florida INC. Offering Us A Nickel Raise

On Monday, October 17th the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is expected to announce a trivial increase to the state’s minimum wage from $8.05 per hour to $8.10 per hour. 

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10.17 - 10:30am

Press Conference

St. Pete City Hall

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Feds Scold Florida INC.

The White House on Friday warned Rick Scott against any effort to "impede" the rights of voters. here

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"Generally speaking, the president thinks we should be making it easier for people to vote, not harder." Presidential press secretary Eric Schultz

Florida INC. Water Making People Sick

Florida INC. Destroys Tourism Industry

Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott announced the Zika transmission zone on Miami Beach had tripled in size to encompass two-thirds of the tourism jewel. The zone now stretches from Eighth Street to 63rd Street, wrapping in with it hotels in Middle Beach, such as the historic Fontainebleau Miami Beach, the Eden Roc and
the Faena district. here

Florida INC. Radioactive Water

Mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant in Mulberry may have dumped at least 215 million gallons of contaminated water into the Floridan Aquifer over the past three weeks. it could be months before the hole is plugged.  Neither Mosaic nor DEP officials notified the public about the spill. here

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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Rick Fernandez Smacks The Corporate Media

"What do Florida Politics, TBX and Star Trek have in common? Only you, Mr. Jackson. And a tortured, ill informed connection at best." here

Well said Mr. Fernandez.

Bob's barricades or Pat Kemp? Protect Tampa!
We are under attack from the Florida INC DOT. 
The destruction has already started. here

Florida INC. Corporate Schools

Teacher Maria Sanabria of Orange Brook Elementary in Hollywood started a  fundraiser page to help pay for books, letter sets, and word games that she needs to teach her students. Teachers are  so underpaid, and Florida INC is spending taxpayers money on charter schools and administrators. So Sanabria is one of thousands of South Florida teachers who are waiting on more than $1.3 million from sites such as DonorsChoose, GoFundMe, and Adopt-a-Classroom to pay for everything from textbooks to jump ropes to robot-building kits.
here

Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott

It’s unmistakable who Gov. Rick Scott’s biggest fans are if you look at his political fundraising over the 
last two years.

Associated Industries of Florida

 The Florida Chamber of Commerce

Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts

U.S. Sugar Corporation

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeffrey Vinik

here 

Florida INC. Keep Cancer-Causing Chemicals Out Of Our Water!

 Florida INC. Environmental Regulation Commission just voted in favor of increasing the amounts of cancer-causing chemicals allowed in the waterways, higher than the limits set for the rest of the US by the EPA. here

Florida INC. Tourist And Mosquito Crisis

Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott bashes feds over Zika funding, but slashed mosquito control money. 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