Political Ponderings - One Woman's Opinion
Love it or hate it, social media provides an outlet for political opinions — some incendiary, some provocative and some sensible, sound and rational. The beauty of soliciting comments on Facebook is that the...
read more— Ci-vil-ity (noun): politeness, courtesy. — Civ-i-lize (verb): to raise from a primitive state to an advanced and ordered state of cultural development. — Civil War (noun): a war between opposing groups of citizens...
read moreOn Feb. 11, with the utterance of three words, “Guilty, Your Honor,” Jim Greer prematurely ended an ugly and convoluted chapter in the Republican Party of Florida’s history. The disgraced former party chair also...
read moreOne idea floating around the current legislative session is to turn Florida’s part-time Legislature into a full-time job. To be fair, in reality, most of those serving in the Florida House and Senate are...
read moreMuch has been written since Gov. Rick Scott released his budget – that’s right, the $74.2 billion budget. You got it, the budget that includes more than $4 billion in spending above the prior...
read moreThe last few years have been tough on Florida’s court system. While the judicial branch is to be separate but equal to the other two branches of government, its budget is at the whim...
read moreFlorida’s legislature has started its committee meetings in advance of the 2013 legislative session. The big news out of Tallahassee so far has been the Senate’s desire for ethics reform. I am cautiously optimistic...
read moreSome of the state’s strongest protectors of our natural resources were recently expelled from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Fifty-eight of the most knowledgeable and long-serving employees were let go in order...
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