As has been reported for several weeks, the ailing Tribune Company may be the buyer for eight daily newspapers around the country. These papers include the Florida based Orlando Sentinel and the South Florida ( Fort Lauderdale ) Sun Sentinel. The Tribune Company has never been particularly liberal or objective. “Colonel” Robert McCormack the publisher […]
From the Orlando Sentinel.
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 […]
From Adam Smith in the Tampa Bay Times.
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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More from the Tampa Bay Times.
HT to Amy Ritter for this!
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