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Monday Musings: FEA Endorses Crist, Matt Gaetz’s reefer madness, Infrastructure development, Anti-Americanism and Islam in India post election , RPOF (again) obstructs redistricting investigation
The Florida Education Association endorsed Charlie Crist for Governor on Saturday. The recommendation was long expected. The state’s teachers’ union has been concerned about the continued assault on public schools under the Scott Administration and the current legislative leadership. However, many activists have questioned the FEA’s endorsement based on Crist’s previous record on issues related […]
Governor Scott to veto speed bill – Our Take
While we did not publicly editorialize about SB 392 during the recently completed Legislative Session, our writers contemplated on multiple occasions coming out strongly against the bill. Not only did we have concerns from a public safety perspective but we were also concerned about the increased rate of energy consumption that will come with increasing […]
Monday Musings – Pinellas mess, Boko Haram, School “choice”, Indian elections, NBC, Manchester City and Baseball in Palm Beach
We led off last week’s column talking about the debacle in Pinellas County RE: CD-13. The hope was this situation would have subsided by now. However, the opposite has occurred as the fallout has only intensified over the last week as the Pinellas County DEC and its Chairman Mark Hanisee have reacted defensively about the situation. […]
Monday Musings – DCCC mess, Kelli Stargel’s maternalistic nonsense, RPOF failure to steward our Springs, Lenny Curry, Vouchers
Editors’ Note: This week we begin a new column, Monday Musings where our writers sound off on various topics related to the state of Florida. It is difficult in words to fully describe the mess the DCCC has made in Congressional District 13. Beginning with a campaign that flushed a double-digit lead down the […]
TFS Endorsement – Ross Hancock for State House District 114
Miami-Dade County’s demographics are shifting rapidly — in favor of the Democrats. Since 2008, the swings have become more pronounced as areas that were long untouchable in legislative elections have very quickly become winnable for Dems. One such district is House 114 where incumbent Erik Fresen, the poster child for the school “choice” movement in […]
Two big pieces of TFS News will be revealed tomorrow
Tomorrow morning we will have two major announcements regarding the future of this website. Stay tuned!
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