In another era, this probably wouldn’t qualify as news. In another state, it might go largely unnoticed. But here in Florida, amid the most secretive, duplicitous, unapproachable administration Tallahassee has seen in years, it’s darn near heroic. State Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, turned heads last week when he suggested a new formula for determining which […]
Turkeys – Tallahassee Democrat
When Florida TaxWatch unveiled its 2014 Budget Turkey Report recently, it wheeled out a new prop, Turkey Tina. Perhaps the lanky old Turkey Tom ruffled a few too many feathers. After TaxWatch published its list of questionable legislative expenditures last year, Senate budget chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart, called it “a tired media gimmick” and Senate […]