Monthly Archives: May 2013
Throwback Tuesdays: “Bicameral Syndrome”
That’s what the late Senator Fred Karl called it: when insipid vanities like the one above stop anything useful from happening in Tallahassee. In 1972, government in Florida was so different it’s hard to believe it ever existed that way. In this antediluvian age the Governor, a populist reformer, worked with moderate Republicans and rural […]
Zest of the Day: Improving economy fueling Scott campaign effort
From Adam Smith in the Tampa Bay Times.
TFS House Scorecard: Freshman Democrats moved caucus to the right in 2013
Our inaugural TFS House scorecard which was released yesterday showed that the most conservative members of the Democratic Caucus were in fact members of the new class. The five most conservative members of the caucus according to our ratings were freshmen: Reps. Katie Edwards, Mike Clelland, Mark Danish, Jared Moskowitz and Dwight Dudley all voted […]
2013 TFS House Scorecard – The votes scored
The following votes were used to determine the ratings for our House scorecard. We are developing a graphically enhanced publication that will show each legislator and each of the votes cast, but for now we are printing the votes we used to determine the scores. The scores for each House member can be found here. […]
2013 TFS House Scorecard – The Ratings
Vote descriptions found here. —– The ideological splits in the House have been evident since the original post redistricting session of 2001 when termed long-term moderate Democrats and Republicans were replaced by more ideological members many of whom never had or would face competitive general elections. But what has happened in the era of Republican […]
Zest of the Day: Charlie Crist on PolitiFact’s Flip-o-Meter
Check it out here.
Zest of the Day: Scott to veto tuition increases?
More from the Tampa Bay Times.
Mothers Day video message to Governor Scott
HT to Amy Ritter for this!
TFS House Scorecard sneak peek: Palm Beach, Miami-Dade & Orange Democrats far more loyal than Broward Democrats
We will release our first annual scorecard of all 120 Florida House members on Sunday. The scorecard is based on 17 key votes in the recently completed legislative session (three votes were double weighted to bring the total votes scored to 20) and it yielded some interesting results. Without giving away scores of specific legislators, […]
Zest of the Day: Florida adding mostly low wage jobs
No question that Florida’s economy has been growing but it has been mostly low wage jobs according to Wells Fargo. Full report here.
The Florida Squeeze 