Best of the Blogs: Right At Home

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 3-4-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 3-4-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

We’re Being Invaded! (Apparently. I Guess. According to These Guys.)
By Emily Chow
Blog Of Rights
The lives of Floridians could be changed forever.

When charity that begins at home, wrecks the home: US Sugar Corporation and the Charles Stuart Mott Foundation
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
1300 miles separates Flint, Michigan where mostly poor African Americans have been exposed to toxic amounts of lead in drinking water, and Clewiston, Florida – home of US Sugar Corporation.

Marco Rubio Has His Own “Trump University” Hypocrisy Problem
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
During last week’s GOP debate, many of us in Florida were surprised to hear Marco Rubio attack Donald Trump over his Trump University scandal and the ongoing lawsuits against him over it. 

Bill Banning Fracking Bans Gets Shut Down In Florida Senate
By Samantha Page
ThinkProgress
It wouldn’t have been the first time something like this happened.

Rep. Eisnaugle’s vendetta against school boards
By Kathleeno2014
The Edvocate Blog
HB 1155 by Rep. Eisnaugle is a hostile payback directed at the Florida School Boards Association (FSBA) for joining others to sue the state over the legality of using diverted public funds for private school vouchers.