Cool report from KATU in Portland.
The conflicts of interest involving Rep. Erik Fresen and charter schools have been well documented. For context here is a Miami Herald article from December 2011. I have previously editorialized extensively about Fresen and his conflicts of interest. Rep. Fresen was barely reelected this past November, defeating excellent Democratic challenger Ross Hancock who was unfortunately […]
The leading intellectual opponent of “Too Big To Fail” (TBTF) banks is likely economist Simon Johnson. Johnson declared victory recently by stating the debate on TBTF was “over.” In his New York Times column, Johnson declared, “(T)he decision to cap the size of the largest banks has been made. All that remains is to work […]
Florida has fallen to 29th in venture funding a bad sign just as other important indicators show a strengthening economy.
In our recent three part series on school “choice” legislation we dissected the funding mechanisms for the campaign to push school vouchers in Florida, particularly John Kirtley’s “All Children Matter.” I regret that we did not list those bankroll nor discuss “Parent Revolution” a California based group that implies it is a grassroots oriented movement […]
Anybody who has watched the critically acclaimed documentary Gasland knows what a threat fracking poses. Unfortunately, ALEC the most influential body on the Florida Legislature has once again asserted its will and we have a dangerous fracking bill on the House floor today. This is a model bill distributed both by (ALEC), as first revealed […]
In the home stretch of the 2013 Session, Governor Scott has decided to make $115 million in manufacturing tax breaks one of his biggest legislative priorities. But for years Republican legislators have nave promised tax breaks for industry and manufacturing and have produced very in little return for the state. Florida ranks 43rd in manufacturing nationally […]
With last week’s events in Boston in addition to several History Channel programs last week on the Ku Klux Klan reminded me of one of the darkest episodes in Florida’s history, the murder of NAACP leader Harry T. Moore. In 1951 when Moore was murdered in Mims, local Democrats in Orange and Brevard County were […]
Florida is alive with speculation that 70 year-old US Senator Bill Nelson will jump into the Governor’s Race thus potentially saving the Democrats from a messy primary process and the possible nomination of former Governor Charlie Crist. Concern grows weekly that Crist’s political baggage which continues to pile up could be fatal to any hopes […]
The “Trial of the Century” regarding BP and the Deepwater Horizon has been underway for a week now. The best coverage online is found at the Financial Times website. Florida just announced it is suing BP, more from the News-Herald.
