Category Florida Legislature
Charlie Crist finding his voice on GOP’s culture of entitlement
The 60-day legislative session began today in Tallahassee. This is the time of the year when Florida’s citizens are most under threat from over reaching hand of ideologues in state government whose mantra of “less government and lower taxes,” usually means the opposite. As the session approached former Governor Charlie Crist, the Democratic front-runner in […]
American Conservative Union 2013 Florida Legislative Ratings
Somehow after checking the The American Conservative Union (ACU) site for months looking for new Florida legislative ratings they were released without me noticing a month or two back. The ACU is the group that was long run by David Keene (pictured to the left of George W. Bush) that runs the CPAC conference. (As a […]
Florida House Elections: Five steps towards solving the Democrats Insanity
Last week we discussed the failings of House Democrats in winning elections the past several cycles especially after the favorable 2012 redistricting under the “Fair Districts” map which put many House Republican incumbents suddenly into competitive districts. Today let’s look at how we would propose to make campaigns for the House more efficient and ultimately […]
Florida House Elections: The Democrats’ Insanity
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein As we discussed earlier this week, Florida’s House Democrats left countless opportunities to pick up new seats on the table in 2012. But the party did make progress towards becoming more relevant in a legislative process which has been able to […]
HB 255: Rep. Gaetz’s ‘Red Meat for Gun Nuts’ Act
Whether you’re begrudgingly supportive of Charlie Crist, optimistically still backing Nan Rich, quixotically hoping for Bill Nelson to jump in, or one of those sociopaths that voted for Gov. Scott, one thing we can all agree on: Florida faces many problems. Real problems that affect people’s lives in real ways. Some of which can be […]
Rick Scott’s Tax Abatement: #itsnotworking
Rick Scott and his Republican allies in the legislature have given tax break after tax break to companies on the premise of bringing new jobs to the state. The companies that get tax breaks are usually the ones that contribute most to political campaigns or that hire the best connected lobbyists in the capital. The […]
Rick Scott’s Florida: #ItsNotWorking – Manufacturing Jobs
During the 2013 Session, Governor Scott decided to make $115 million in manufacturing tax breaks his biggest legislative priority. But for years Republican legislators have naively promised tax breaks for industry and manufacturing and have produced very in little return for the state. Florida ranks 43rd in manufacturing nationally despite having the nation’s 6th biggest […]
Rick Scott’s Florida: Examples of why #ItsNotWorking, with Commentary
We here at the Florida Squeeze have long planned on doing a series regarding Rick Scott’s unfulfilled job promises and misleading job claims in early 2014. A simple narrative had developed that Governor Scott has put Floridians to work after Governor Crist cost the state jobs. This, however, is a simplistic way of looking at […]
The State of Rick Scott’s Florida – TFS Presents: #ItsNotWorking
Over the past 2 years, Floridians have been subjected to the grandiose bragging and credit taking of Governor Rick Scott, RPOF Chairman Lenny Curry and RPOF leadership, claiming that Florida has turned a corner- that we’ve created hundreds of thousands of new jobs and Florida’s economy is on the right track. Thats all well and […]
House District 44 Special Election: District Overview
As many of you know, Florida House District 44 is now up on the auctioning block. And as some of you may know, this is the place in Florida that I consider home. For nearly 20 years, I would go to Disney, I-Drive, Dr. Phillips football games (and see them destroy West Orange), any do […]
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