Best of the Blogs: Become a Boondoggle

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 5-13-16
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 5-13-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service. 

Charter School Boondoggle
By Rick Outzen
Inweekly
Last week, an Escambia County Grand Jury indicted Newpoint Education Partners, LLC; School Warehouse, Inc.; Red Ignition, LLC; and Epiphany Management, LLC for grand theft, money laundering and aggravated white collar crime in relation to the charter schools Newpoint ran in Escambia County.

The South Florida Water Management District Should Stick To Science, Not Propaganda
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
Since historic January rainfalls deluged and overwhelmed South Florida, the South Florida Water Management District has launched an unprecedented public relations effort, including direct attacks on critics.

FL, GA, and AL Failing to Properly Regulate Coal Ash
By Adam Reaves
CleanEnergy Footprints
Environmental regulators in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama have so far failed to strengthen state policies to at least match EPA’s federal minimum standards for coal ash handling and storage.

Verizon Strike Solidarity In The South
By Curtis Hierro
Fight For Florida
On April 13, after almost a year of negotiations, Verizon workers from Virginia to Massachusetts represented by the CWA and IBEW, officially went on strike.