Stop This Inhumane Madness
I’m mad as hell and I want to do something about it. Children don’t belong in cages. Children shouldn’t be separated from their families. Children shouldn’t be trapped in a van for 39 hours...
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Is There More to the Story of Florida’s 2018 Election?...
The FBI recently met with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and then with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott to brief them on the election office breaches mentioned in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. They purportedly were...
read moreLackluster Session Fails to Make Florida Cleaner, Safer or Smarter...
The 2019 legislative session came to an anticlimactic end. Was it a success? It depends on whom you ask. Pundits and some in the news media create lists of winners and losers, touting those...
read moreLegislature Should Boldly Take First Step in Criminal Justice Reform...
The annual Florida legislative session is nearing its end. All the committee meetings have ended and all that’s left are the bills that made it to the floor. Bills must pass both chambers in...
read moreLegislature Unlikely to Pass True Fracking Ban...
The history of fracking bills in the Florida Legislature offers a better understanding of what’s happening this legislative session. Since at least 2013, the Florida Legislature has proposed legislation dealing with the use of...
read moreNo Legislative Interference Needed on Voting Rights...
Here we go again. It’s a familiar routine. Florida voters ask the Legislature to change a law, which they refuse to do year after year. The voters take it upon themselves to put the...
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