Category Florida Legislature
Heard it Through The Groves: Some Investors Feel Office Depot Needs to Remake Image
Editors Note: Heard it Through The Groves is a section of the Florida Squeeze strictly for rumors and gossip. We require two sources to verify information before we publish it but these are NOT news stories but simply rumors. We urge our readers to treat rumors with a pinch of skepticism as we do. Earlier […]
Legislator of the Week: Rep. Randolph Bracy
Today, we begin a new weekly feature during session honoring the best progressive legislator from the previous week. In this particular case, our first award, this is a cumulative award from the first three weeks of the 2013 Legislative Session. Orange County Freshman Rep. Randolph Bracy III came through a highly competitive mulch-candidate House primary […]
Kurly’s Kommentary: Carroll resignation shows true qualifications, not pedigree, should be top priority
Time to ditch the Ferrero method of picking candidates By Steven Kurlander Much of the analysis of the resignation of Florida’s Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll last week is being framed as yet another ethics failure of Governor Scott’s administration and the need for campaign financing reform and better financial and business disclosure by public officials. […]
Parent Trigger in California: False Promises and Failure
Since “parent-trigger” is making its way back through the process this week, it is important Floridians watch this video from California and recognize the failures of this same legislation in that state. In other school “choice” news, Bill Moyers has identified a number of voucher schools teaching creationism. Click on the map- it is no […]
Zest of the Day: Florida College System Brings Billions into State’s Economy
Interesting story about the Florida College System rom WCTV.
Memories of Larcenia Bullard
Senator Larcenia Bullard who passed away yesterday was always a pleasant figure and someone whose easygoing personality allowed figures of all political persuasions and both parties to work well with her. During Bullard’s House tenure she worked well with the Democratic Leadership, handling several pieces of legislation that passed. When my mother was the Legislative […]
3 Ways The Sequester is Hurting Military Families
Well, here we are two weeks into the dreaded sequester, 1.2 trillion dollars in discretionary spending cuts with 85 billion set to be slashed just this year. DoD takes the biggest hit at 46 billion in cuts for 2013. While national security is adversely affected due to a reduction in training and military readiness, […]
Guest Op-Ed: Senator Nan Rich, Health Care For Floridians: Race to the Bottom?
Florida’s legislators faced a critical moral decision as they began the 2013 Legislative Session. The question was would they engage in a “race to the bottom” in health care by refusing to take the federal funding for Medicaid expansion to almost 1 million low-income Floridians? Or would they take the high road of compassion and […]
Kurly’s Kommentary: Domestic Surveillance: Spy vs. Spy, American vs. American
By Steven Kurlander Spy technology continues to become ever more sophisticated-and deadly too. That’s sparked a major debate about how domestic spying should be limited to ensure constitutional safeguards of US citizens. And while it is indeed a very important discussion to be had in terms of limiting a fresh wave of unrestrained government intrusion […]
Lt. Gov. Carroll Resigns: Progressives Need to Make Cronyism and Corruption a Major Issue
By Kartik Krishnaiyer Last night I spoke to a conservative friend in Jacksonville who told me this scandal would soon engulf the state. I didn’t really believe it would be as far and wide as he claimed but he was on the mark. Lt. Gov. Carroll’s resignation is just the latest example of the continued […]
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