Category 2017 legislative session
Parents and educators urge Governor Scott to veto HB 7069
Republican legislative leaders particularly House Speaker Richard Corcoran won a major battle with the passage of HB 7069 in the legislative session’s dying moments on Monday May 8. Today educators and parents across the state urged that the Governor veto the legislation. Normally, there would be faint hope that Governor Rick Scott would veto such […]
What we are reading: Governor Scott’s veto options
A full column on these issues is coming, likely this weekend but for now the Tampa Bay Times outlines Governor Scott’s options to veto either the entire budget, portions of the budget or specific bills tied to funding that have arrived at his desk. My sense is that at this point Governor Scott cannot afford […]
The Florida Squeeze 