House Speaker Steve Crisafulli said no Friday to the request from members of the state’s congressional delegation to conduct “hearings across our great state” on redistricting before a special session. “We are responding to a specific court order under a very tight time frame,” Crisafulli told the Herald/Times in a statement. “The court did not […]
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 […]
