Best of the Blogs: No Shortage

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 3-18-16
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 3-18-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

For Big Sugar, a very bad GOP primary outcome in Florida
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
All the money growing sugarcane, all the political money spread like fertilizer across the electoral landscape, all the public relations and message machinery, all aims to one result: predictability.

The Democrats Turnout Problem In Florida Is Serious and Could Get Worse
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Florida Squeeze
As we discussed Tuesday night on our Rabble.TV Election Coverage  and on this site, Democrats cast approximately 700,000 fewer ballots in Florida this Presidential Preference Primary (PPP) than Republicans did. 

“If you’re going to make an impression, come to the place where the chairman is on holiday”…
Coalition Of Immokalee Workers
Ethel Kennedy joins workers from Immokalee, consumers from across Florida, as Workers’ Voice Tour rolls through Palm Beach calling on Wendy’s board chair and part-time resident Nelson Peltz to support farmworkers’ fundamental human rights!

The Shady Backstory Behind The Florida Attorney General’s Endorsement Of Donald Trump
By Aaron Rupar
ThinkProgress
A day ahead of the crucial Florida primary, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump at a rally in Tampa.

Coastal voices win out over Big Oil’s influence as plans for Atlantic drilling are cancelled
By Chris Carnevale
CleanEnergy Footprints
Today is a a day to celebrate.