Best of the Blogs: Owning It

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 7-22-16
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 7-22-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Rick Scott Discussed Orlando During His RNC Speech. He Didn’t Mention The LGBT Community Or Guns.
By Aaron Rupar
ThinkProgress
Florida Gov. Rick Scott began his RNC speech on Wednesday by expressing his “gratitude to everyone who has kept us in their prayers after the horrific and hate-filled terrorist attack in Orlando a month ago.”

Watching Algae Politics? Here Is A Race To Watch
By Steve Schale
SteveSchale.com
In the last two weeks, I’ve gotten more calls from reporters and political types wanting to talk about the political implications of the Everglades than I’ve gotten in the last ten years.

Scott, Trump And Big Sugar To Hold A Make Florida Algae Great Again Fundraiser
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Last week the RNC announced that Rick Scott would be among the speakers at their Donald Trump hate and bigotry-fest convention this week.

Obama to Gov. Rick Scott: this toxic water emergency is yours, own it
By Gimleteye
Eye On Miami
When Gov. Rick Scott recently asked President Obama to declare a federal emergency over the toxic algae catastrophe coating South Florida’s shoreline, my head nearly exploded.

Florida Elections Voter Survival Guide
By Salandra Benton
Fight For Florida
You can feel it in the air and see it on the airwaves, a hurricane is brewing.