Orlando Sentinel by Barbara Petersen, Guest Columnist August 31, 2017 One of the big controversies swirling around Tallahassee during the 2017 legislative session centered on House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s vow to slash funding for Visit Florida, the statewide tourism council. Corcoran pitted himself against Governor Rick Scott who initially sought an increase to Visit Florida’s budget. The two […]
Half-step into the Sunshine – Miami Herald
In March, Gov. Rick Scott admitted he could have handled “better” his needlessly duplicitous firing of FDLE chief Gerald Bailey. Indeed, if he had, neither he nor his Cabinet members would now have to endure what we presume is the embarrassment of being elected state officials who must be reacquainted with — or, worse, introduced […]
Legislature’s’ midnight madness redefines ‘transparency’ – Tampa Bay Times
The paper flew. One handout, then three, then six, then nine, 12 and finally 15. Just before midnight at Florida’s Capitol, legislators reappeared in public to put the finishing touches on an $80 billion-or-so budget that now awaits the formality of an up-or-down vote by lawmakers and a review by Gov. Rick Scott. Vendor-driven language […]
