Florida universities told to hand over more records, this time on union talks

State University System Chancellor Ray Rodriguez

On March 1, State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues sent a request to presidents for details on the last round of negotiations with their two largest unions. He asked for the names of the bargaining units, the date of last the agreement, how long the negotiations lasted, the total cost of the effort and other information....MORE

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Are you $%#@$ kidding me????

"[Drug Free America Foundation] and its lobbying arm, Save Our Society from Drugs, sent state lawmakers a list of suggestions that it says will prevent Florida's medical cannabis program from being abused. About half of the 43 suggestions made it into HB 1397 pushed by the Florida House's majority leader and Florida Facker Ray Rodrigues of Estero."

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I'll ask again:

Are you $%#@$ kidding me????

It gets worse:

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"Chief among the Drug Free America recommendations that made it into Rodrigues' bill is one requiring doctors to have a three-month relationship with their patients before recommending marijuana to them. Patients and advocates say this needlessly delays treatment."

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Fracking In The Everglades

Florida Republican Ray Rodrigues 

of Ft. Myers has introduced two bills this session that would make it easier for this controversial oil and gas extraction process to take place in Florida.

While there are no planned fracking projects in Florida as of yet,

Rep. Rodrigues' two bills will cut off the public's right to know 

the details of what would be pumped into the ground during the fracking process.

Give Fracking Same Scrutiny As Medical Marijuana

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Florida Frackers Not Giving Up

Florida GOP House members say the possibility of a fracking ban is dead for the 2017 Legislative Session. here

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“You never say never, but now we’re saying it looks like that will be next year,” Florida GOP Mike Miller

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Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues says that a scientific study is required. Rodrigues has previously said that it would be “foolish” to ban the practice without any scientific evidence. 

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More about Florida Frackers here

Don't be fooled, it has already started here

Fracking Coming To Florida

A bill that would create a new regulatory structure in Florida for oil and gas drilling, including the controversial practice known as "fracking," easily passed a House panel Tuesday despite roughly 50 environmentalists on hand to oppose the measure.

The House Agriculture & 
Natural Resources Subcommittee 
approved the bill. 

Filed by Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, 

and Rep. Cary Pigman, R-Avon Park, 

on a straight party-line vote of 9-4. here

Estero and Avon Park

We got your back!

Florida Frackers Not Giving Up

Bills that would allow energy companies to frack in Florida died last spring, when the regular legislative session imploded over health-care issues.

But they’re back.

The two Republican lawmakers who sponsored the legislation, Sen. Garrett Richter of Naples and Rep. Ray Rodrigues of Estero, have filed new bills (SB 318 and HB 191) that would amend state laws on the exploration and production of oil and gas in the state.

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Democratic lawmakers, meanwhile, have put forward their own bills to ban fracking. The legislation (SB 166 and HB 19) is sponsored by Sens. Darren Soto of Orlando, Dwight Bullard of Miami and Jeff Clemens of Lake Worth and Reps. Evan Jenne of Dania Beach and Lori Berman of Lantana. Going a step further, Sen. Jeremy Ring, D-Parkland, wants voters to consider banning fracking through a constitutional amendment.

Florida approves ‘Classic Learning Test’ for college admissions

“The CLT places a strong emphasis on classical education, which includes a focus on reading, writing, and critical thinking skills,” Ray Rodrigues, Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, said in a statement, as reported by Reuters. “It is designed to align with a classical liberal arts curriculum, which some educators and institutions believe provides a more well-rounded and meaningful education.”....MORE

Right Wing Lovefest In Ft. Myers

The Young Republicans' annual convention

Welcome Ann Coulter 
Other notables guests and speakers
Sen. Lizbeth.Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers

Curt Clawson, Republican, the 19th District 

Byron Donalds, a Naples Tea Party leader

Leslie Dougher, chairman of the Florida GOP

Florida Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers

Lee County Commission Chairman Larry Kiker

Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples

Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott

92.5 FM Fox News radio host Drew Steele here

Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues, will be there.

The Awesome Collier County Commissioners

Collier County Commissioners 
decided Tuesday, June 10th, 

to stay the course and uphold their decision to file a petition against the consent order between the 

 Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the 
Dan A. Hughes Company.

Dan A. Hughes is the applicant for exploratory drilling in Golden Gate Estates - 1,000 feet from residences and less than one mile from the
  Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
They are also the company involved in using
illegal fracking techniques
at the Collier-Hogan well
within the
Big Cypress Swamp Watershed. here

There's only one Everglades   

Check out Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues

Pro-Palestine USF group sues DeSantis, university officials over deactivation order

 

The University of South Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state university system over an order aiming to disband the group.

USF’s chapter joins the University of Florida’s group in suing the state, claiming the Chancellor of the State University System, Ray Rodrigues, is violating the First Amendment rights of an organization that promotes peace.

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Read the Complaint HERE

Rick Scott’s GOP Propaganda

His public relations event on Pine Island touting our “pristine waterways” was yet another feeble attempt to convince the public that he and his policies are making Florida a better place to live. The supporting cast of Representatives Matt Caldwell, whose legislation is frequently a gift to big sugar, and Ray Rodrigues now sponsoring legislation to remove home rule on oil and gas fracking were there singing the same tune.

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Florida Frackers: Counties Fight Back

Dozens of Florida cities and counties oppose a plan to give the state control over the oil and gas exploration process known as fracking. Two Republican legislators, Rep. Ray Rodrigues of Estero and Sen. Garrett Richter of Naples, have proposed bills that would give the state authority to regulate oil and gas exploration, production, processing, storage and transportation. here

State orders shut down of pro-Palestine groups at universities

Gov. Ron DeSantis is shutting down pro-Palestine groups on college campuses in Florida.

In a note sent to state university system presidents, Chancellor Ray Rodrigues ordered the deactivation of groups connected to the National Students for Justice in Palestine organization. According to the memo, within the State University System of Florida, at least two campuses have active chapters, including the University of South Florida.

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Florida Who's Going To Trump's Inauguration?

Rick Scott

Pam Bondi

Richard Corcoran

Joe Negron

Carlos Trujillo

Ray Rodrigues

Jose Felix Diaz
Jackie Toledo

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Hearing Set In Florida ‘Students For Justice In Palestine’ Case

A federal judge has scheduled a hearing Jan. 26 in a lawsuit filed by the group Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida after state university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues issued an order targeting such organizations.....Read More

Florida INC Culture Of Corruption

Florida Power & Light. was so intent on influencing the implementation of a constitutional amendment expanding solar installation in Florida, it drafted legislation designed to create new requirements for homeowners and businesses that install rooftop solar and sent it to the legislator who was authoring the language. here

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The proposal, HB 1351 by Florida Fracker Ray Rodrigues, was passed Wednesday by the House Ways and Means Committee, it contains sections that include verbatim language supplied by NextEra Energy, the parent company of Florida Power & Light.

Florida's 29 Trump Electors

Pam Bondi

Carlos Trujillo

Ray Rodrigues

• Sharon Day
• Ade Aderibigbe
• Larry Ahern
• Brian Ballard
• Kristy Banks
• Michael Barnett
• Lizbeth Benacquisto
• Robin Bernstein
• John Browning
• Dena DeCamp
• Nick DiCeglie
• Jeremy Evans
• John Falconetti
• Peter Feaman
• Kat Gates-Skipper
• Joe Gruters
• Debbie Hannifan
• Blaise Ingoglia
• Mike Moberley
• Tony Ledbetter
• Susan Moore
• Joe Negron
• Clint Pate
• Robert Watkins
• Susie Wiles
• Christian Ziegler
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Florida Frackers

File bills that would prevent communities from regulating fracking.

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On Sept. 17, Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, introduced SB 318 (aka, "Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources"). The bill summary is completely blunt about what it's proposing: "Preempting the regulation of all matters relating to the exploration, development, production, processing, storage, and transportation of oil and gas."

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Meanwhile, over in the House, Rep. Ray Wesley Rodriques, R-Fort Myers, filed a bill the same day that would do essentially the same thing as SB 318. Rodrigues' bill, HB 191, declares that it's the state's job to regulate all things relating to the oil and gas industry, "to the exclusion of all existing and future ordinances or regulations relating thereto adopted by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state.

Hey, Ft. Myers and Naples. We got your back!