Someone should be going to prison in the Millennium Laboratories fraud scandal that was aided and abetted by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office. here
Sunday, January 24, 2016
DWS Has The Skin Of A Gator
"The party chair is going to absorb criticism from any candidates, partisans, and it's just the way it is,'' she said after a press conference on guns in the Florida Capitol. "These are people that simply are expressing the normal, understandable frustration over what they think is a sinister thing over every corner. I have to just block that
noise out and focus on doing my job.
I'm from Florida.
I'm from Florida.
Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare Package In Trouble
Tumbling financial markets are further clouding Gov.Rick Scott's push for $1 billion in tax cuts as the Legislature deals with a suddenly less rosy financial outlook and less money to divvy up. here
Saturday, January 23, 2016
After All The Shit! Floridians Still Want Alan Grayson
Grayson still holds a 7-point lead after months of negative press generated by the Patrick Murphy campaign throwing everything including the kitchen sink at him, while the former South Florida Republican has endured virtually no critical attention from the media. here
Florida Frakers: Ddisaster For The Everglades
Environmentalists are warning of a potential ecological disaster for the Everglades if state lawmakers approve a measure that would open the door to fracking in the sensitive wetlands. here
No Publix At USF
University of South Florida students, community members tell university administration: “Publix can’t set up shop on our campus until they respect farmworkers’ human rights!”
And they want you to help! Here’s how…info
Friday, January 22, 2016
Pam Bondi: Florida GOP Pawn
Bondi is a party pawn intent on carrying out partisan agendas through selective
legal enforcement Her failed political causes have mounted:
Taking a gay marriage challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting tooth and nail against medical marijuana and Obamacare, and even punting on taking on the banks responsible for Florida's historic foreclosure crisis. Her quixotic battles have made her a national darling of conservatives. She scans as a smart, sane version of Sarah Palin. here
"She is the most substantive attorney general we have had in recent memory," says state Rep. Dana Young, a Republican lawmaker from Tampa
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"You get the sense that rather than being the watchdog for the state, she is a mouthpiece for national political organizations," says state
Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez, a Democrat from Miami
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"You get the sense that rather than being the watchdog for the state, she is a mouthpiece for national political organizations," says state
Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez, a Democrat from Miami
Florida What’s So Bad About Fracking?
Besides leaking methane under and above ground, which makes people sick (ask Los Angeles), wasting millions of gallons of valuable water (ask California), causing earthquakes (ask Oklahoma), contaminated waste water no one wants, explosions that kill people (ask lots of places), there is one more big effect of fracking: undisclosed toxic chemicals put into our earth. here
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The current bills in our Florida legislation purport to “regulate” fracking, but as one representative stated, it is nothing more than a “welcome mat” to
promote fracking.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Peasants Of Florida INC.
With its low incomes and comparatively high cost of living, Florida ranks No. 5 on a list of states whose residents are most likely to live paycheck to paycheck.
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Florida trails only
Hawaii, California, New York and Alaska
on the list compiled by Go Banking Rates. here
Let's Get To Work
Hawaii, California, New York and Alaska
on the list compiled by Go Banking Rates. here
Let's Get To Work
Susan Smith To Talk Policy With Alan Grayson
"I'm very excited that Congressman Alan Grayson invited me, Nancy Carola Jacobson and Brook Hines to attend the Progressive Congress Strategy Summit in Baltimore next month. It's a great opportunity to network with other progressives and talk policy. Thank you, Congressman!" Susan Smith
Brand GOP
NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll
42 percent of registered voters said the primary race has made them feel less favorable about the GOP, compared to just 19 percent who said they feel
more favorable.
more favorable.
A third -Republican primary voters - 33 percent
say they view the party more favorably now,
Rick Scott Donors
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
TBX: One Of The 12 Worst Highway Projects In The Country
here
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These two are for it
These two are for it
Bob Buckhorn
Wants to be our governor.
And
Lisa Montelione
Is running for
Florida State House District 63.
Remember them when you vote!
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s First-Ever Primary Challenger: Tim Canova
Florida Frackers Attack On Environment Continues
Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush: Climate Change Is Distant Threat
Not 15 miles from the homes of Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush on the mainland, Miami Beach work crews elevate the streets, turning ground floors effectively into windowed basements, to try to stave off the implacable rise of sea water. Up comes the powerful ocean, threatening people, property and the underground freshwater supply. here
“I don’t have a plan to influence the weather, can’t control nature." Marco Rubio
“It wouldn’t be on my first page of things that wake me up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.” Jeb Bush
Florida's Fresh Water Crisis
Touted as an environmental breakthrough, the water policy bill passed last week by the Florida GOP Legislature is actually a major win for polluters and the politicians they own. The plan allows Big Ag operators to supervise their own waste releases, which is a fantasy come true for those who pollute.
Sympathetic legislators went even farther, inserting in the law a “cost-share” provision that directs water-management districts to use tax dollars to subside Big Ag’s anti-pollution efforts.
In other words, the public will be paying farm corporations to do something they should pay for themselves
— clean up their mess. here
— clean up their mess. here
Steve Crisafulli, whose dream of one day becoming state agriculture commissioner is closer to reality. The Brevard Republican has been an obedient little soldier for the special interests that divert and exploit the state’s fresh water supplies.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Tallahassee Open For Business
As Florida legislators begin their annual session in an election year, at least
$28.5 million
has been funneled into legislative political committees in the last six months, fueling progress on priority legislation for many industries, and blocking other ideas from advancing, according to a
Herald/Times analysis. here
$28.5 million
has been funneled into legislative political committees in the last six months, fueling progress on priority legislation for many industries, and blocking other ideas from advancing, according to a
Herald/Times analysis. here
Marco Rubio Buys Handgun To Fight ISIS
“I have a right to protect my family if someone were to come after us,” he said Sunday on Meet the Press.
“In fact, if ISIS were to visit us, or our communities, at any moment,
the last line of defense between ISIS and my family is the ability that I have to protect my family from them, or from a criminal, or anyone else who seeks to do us harm. Millions of Americans feel that way.” here
Monday, January 18, 2016
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Lobbyists Love Hillsborough County
They can come and go from the
County Center and face no punishment
for failing to meet minimum
disclosure requirements.
And here's what it has led to:
The fourth most lobbied person in the county in 2015 was "Incomplete."
The lobbying registry is the public's only window into who is trying to
influence government.
And despite mechanisms for the County Attorney's office to punish violators, action is rarely, if ever, taken. here
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