A toxic nightmare
May 20, 2016
Who would want more dangerous, cancer causing chemical compounds in Florida’s water? It would seem Gov. Rick Scott’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) does.
Author: Mark Ferrulo
Charter schools gone wild
May 12, 2016
Thanks to a stunning lack of basic oversight under Gov. Scott and his allies in the legislature, fiscal mismanagement and sudden closings have been the story at far too many charter schools.
Governor of California takes Gov. Scott to school
May 4, 2016
Gov. Scott’s latest lame PR stunt – going to California this week to try and poach jobs – is flaming out in an embarrassing way.
Meet Florida’s 2016 Middle Class Champions
April 7, 2016
It’s easy to be cynical about the Florida Legislature and its leadership that far too often puts special interests and campaign donors ahead of everyday Floridians. So today, we want to take a moment to recognize those legislators who championed our progressive values clearly and consistently throughout the 2016 legislative session.
Thousands of Floridians left behind
March 11, 2016
On Wednesday, Tea Party extremists in the Florida Legislature passed HB 1411, a bill that threatens to block access to reproductive health care for thousands of Floridians.
Victory: Fracking bill defeated
March 1, 2016
Thanks to the voices of thousands of Floridians, communities throughout our state will be able to protect their land and water by banning fracking.
Fracking in Florida – critical vote this week
February 23, 2016
As early as this Thursday, the dangerous pro-fracking bill SB 318 could be voted on in the critical Senate Appropriations Committee. That is SB 318’s final stop before going to the senate floor.
“The national laboratory for bad government”
February 15, 2016
The late author Molly Ivins once referred to her home state of Texas as the “National Laboratory For Bad Government.” Now Florida’s legislative leaders are looking to bring one of Texas’ worst Frankenstein experiments to our state.
This Valentine’s…have a heart for Florida’s parks
February 11, 2016
This Saturday, February 13, the day before Valentine’s Day, Floridians will be urging lawmakers to “Have A Heart, Save Our Parks” at events throughout the state to protest plans to turn our state parks into profit centers for timber harvesting, cattle grazing, and worse.
High noon for fracking in Florida
February 2, 2016
Last week, the Florida House, at the behest of Big Oil lobbyists, advanced a pro-fracking bill that would strip cities and counties’ legal authority to ban this dirty, dangerous, and environmentally destructive drilling in their communities.