Best of the Blogs: The Eyes Have It

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 11-17-17
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 11-17-17
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Thousands of Military Veterans Barred From Voting
By Colonel Mike Pheneger
Blog Of Rights
More than 1.2 million Floridians are barred from voting because of a prior felony conviction — even though they have completed their sentence. 

In Florida, all eyes on Puerto Rican voters after Maria
By Pakalolo
Daily Kos
After Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms to have ever formed in the Atlantic, devastated the American islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John as well as parts of Florida, Donald Trump flew to Fort Myers to see the staggering damage first hand.

Hundreds of allies and farmworkers march in Miami, Washington DC in support of dignity for women in the fields!
Coalition For Immokalee Workers
This past weekend, the brisk fall weather drew hundreds of farmworkers and allies out onto the sidewalks in both Miami, Florida, and Washington, DC, for two high-spirited protests in support of Fair Food.