Florida GOP Costing Taxpayers $11 Million

In what may be one of the most expensive do-overs in Florida political history, lawmakers return Monday in special session to complete something they failed to get right three years ago.  The three-week redistricting session comes after legislators admitted in July that they violated the new anti-gerrymandering provisions of the Florida Constitution. here

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Rick Scott: Mostly False

 "We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state." 

Rick Scott

The state's total education budget is at an all-time high of $19.7 billion. But enrollment is also higher than in years past. Per-pupil spending is still below historic dollar totals and remains far below equitable levels when adjusted for inflation. We rate the statement Mostly False.

Marco Rubio Comes Clean On Minimum Wage Apathy

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Marco Rubio Has Already Won The Billionaire’s Primary

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Patrick Murphy Contributions

Small Individual Contributions $179,724 (7%) Large Individual Contributions $1,744,286 (65%) PAC Contributions $761,200 here ----------- Alan Grayson  Small Individual Contributions: $1,755,295 (57%)  Large Individual Contributions: $882,803 (28%) PAC Contributions: $295,675

Marco Rubio Will Cripple The Regulatory Power Of All Federal Agencies

At his first major speech on energy policy at BOC Water Hydraulics in Salem, Ohio, where he spent considerable time criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency. if elected, 

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He will immediately stop the Clean Power Plan, a set of carbon pollution standards for existing power plants issued by the EPA

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He would simplify the permitting process for oil and gas pipelines.

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The EPA isn’t the only federal environmental agency that Rubio aspires to bring down in size and scope. The Florida senator mentioned that there are at least 10 agencies that regulate the energy industry, which he says are way too many. That’s why he’d attempt to “cripple” the regulatory power of all federal agencies. 

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"Marco Rubio’s plan promises to protect big oil and the Koch brothers, instead of growing clean energy and protecting the environment.” Jessica Mackler

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Florida Class Warfare

 Rick Scott, and the state’s economic development arm, Enterprise Florida, recently teamed up to promote Florida’s business climate to Kentucky businesses. In a radio ad, they asked Kentuckians if they were tired of unions and high taxes, and touted Florida as a place that has neither “as a right-to-work state,
with no income tax.” 

While Scott and his 

corporate functionaries 

tout these as state assets,  they are actually liabilities for the majority of Floridians. here

Bethune-Cookman University: We Got $15 Million

THE HELL WITH EVERYBODY ELSE

In an open letter Friday, Chairman Joe Petrock says that Scott was selected as one of five honorees for the 3rd annual Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy Awards Gala based on his ability to deliver needed resources to the university. Petrock says Scott’s support has included more than $15 million in funding allocations over the past three years. here

Ferry Linking Tampa And St. Pete

A commuter ferry service may be still years away but weekend ferry rides across Tampa Bay could be running in as little as a year through a pilot program pushed by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman. He plans to pitch the idea to Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn at a meeting next week. (Good luck with that!) He said he has no qualms about working with Turanchik, whose failed attempts to bring the 2012 Olympics and commuter rail to Tampa have led some to dub him a dreamer. here

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“I think if you’re not dreaming and shooting for the stars, you’ll certainly never reach them. You’ve got to try new things and see if you can put it together.” Rick Kriseman

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A ferry has been running between the cities of Havana and Regla 
in Cuba since the 1940's. here

Feds Say No To Florida GOP

In a stinging blow to opponents of the state's anti-gerrymandering amendments, a federal court this week has thrown out a lawsuit filed by two Florida Republican Party officials who claimed the new law violated the constitution because it had a "chilling effect" on their free speech and petition rights.

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Tim Norris, the Walton County Republican Executive Committee Chairman and Randy Maggard, the Pasco County Republican Executive Committee Chairman. sued the Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner in August, demanding that he not enforce the Fair Districts provisions of the state constitution. here