The leaders of the Florida Legislature have responded properly to a judge’s order by calling a special session this week to redraw two congressional districts that do not meet the constitutional requirements approved by voters. Now lawmakers should make a good-faith effort to redraw the districts without regard to protecting incumbents or political parties. Leon […]
Carl Hiaasen: Bought and paid for with a Texas hunting trip – Miami Herald
Back when he first ran for governor as a self-styled outsider, Rick Scott lambasted his opponent in the Republican primary for taking campaign money from U.S. Sugar, one of the worst corporate polluters of the Everglades. Scott indignantly squeaked that Bill McCollum had been “bought and paid for” by U.S. Sugar. He said the company’s […]
Morgan: Florida politicians never learn – Tampa Bay Times
You might think our elected officials could learn from their mistakes. But time and time again they display a brand of stupidity — and arrogance — that seems to haunt the state capital. When I went to Tallahassee at the end of 1985 to cover the governor and Legislature, it wasn’t long before I began […]