01/14/16 – By Diane Roberts OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – David Bowie is dead, Rick Scott is alive, and the whole idiocracy is back in town, hell-bent on pimping for polluters, arming students, and destroying Florida’s Sunshine Laws. Legislators don’t think you should trouble your pretty little head over what they’re doing with your money. The governor […]
High court hears redistricting appeal – Tallahassee Democrat
Tinkering with districts of two members of Congress did not cleanse a “tainted” process that Republican legislative leaders used to tilt the political playing field, two lawyers told the Florida Supreme Court Wednesday. David King, representing the League of Women Voters of Florida, and John Devaney, arguing for a group of voters opposed to the revised […]
Credit card hides Fla. insurance chief’s bills – The Tampa Tribune
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty uses a credit card issued to him by an outside insurance group to fund travel, enabling him to avoid state transparency requirements on bills he racks up traveling the globe to industry-related conferences and events. It is not uncommon for the heads of state departments and agencies to travel to […]