Stop This Inhumane Madness

Jun 4, 2019

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?...

May 26, 2019

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...

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Lackluster Session Fails to Make Florida Cleaner, Safer or Smarter...

May 12, 2019

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...

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Legislature Should Boldly Take First Step in Criminal Justice Reform...

Apr 28, 2019

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...

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Legislature Unlikely to Pass True Fracking Ban...

Apr 15, 2019

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...

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No Legislative Interference Needed on Voting Rights...

Mar 31, 2019

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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