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Florence SnyderDecember 26, 2016

Now that Pitbull has opened Pandora’s Box, all sorts of corporate welfare stories are flying around where Richard Corcoran can see them. Last week, the University of Central Florida (UCF) put itself on the radar with its unprecedented decision to turn a private, not-for-profit outfit called Limbitless into a university direct-support organization (DSO). Limbitless is by […]

Florence SnyderDecember 26, 2016

Like a teenager who wants Daddy’s money, but not Daddy’s directives, Gov. Rick Scott is not embarrassed to throw tantrums when the feds fail to pony-up fast enough whenever it rains, even as he sticks his fingers in his ears at unwanted advice like “try rolling up your windows.” Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) director Craig […]

Florence SnyderDecember 25, 2016

Jackie Pons is the kind of public official who gave Florida’s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) a very bad name. After 30 years with the Leon County school system, ten of them as Superintendent, and a DROP-enrollee since 2014, Pons jumped several sharks and was kicked to the curb on election night. The blow to Pons’ ego is cushioned by […]

Florence SnyderDecember 23, 2016

With apologies to Band Aid… [Paul Young] In Legoland … there’s no need to cry Adam Putnam’s watching over our food supply [Boy George] And in our State of Sunshine, we give thanks for this Wonder Boy Raise your glass of Martini flavored with a big Key lime! [Phil Collins on drums] [George Michael] But […]

Florence SnyderDecember 19, 2016

Loneliness is an “epidemic” affecting 8 million older Americans and the newest addition to America’s epidemic of Awareness Campaigns. In recent months, we’ve been flooded with Awareness of senior citizens bringing up grandchildren whose parents are dead or in jail. The rest of the old people are isolated and depressed in unprecedented numbers, says AARP, […]

Florence SnyderDecember 17, 2016

In 1962, a legislative “initial operating money” appropriation plus private donations for “architect fees, salaries and other expenses” added up to $400,000 in seed corn for Florida Atlantic University. It still adds up to more money than most working folks will see in 10 years, but it’s less than half of what the school will […]

Florence SnyderDecember 15, 2016

With 11 shopping days ‘til Christmas, Yahoo dropped a lump of coal into the stockings of 1 billion of its users with news that their accounts had been “breached.” That’s tech-speak for “bad guys forged your cookies” — and they are not talking about the sweets you leave next to Santa’s glass of milk. Worse, […]

Florence SnyderDecember 14, 2016

Vladimir Putin may be the highest-tech mass murder on the planet, but he has not been able to silence the men, women and children in Syria who are writing their last wills and testaments on Twitter. One of them is a seven-year-old girl named Bana. With a little tech support from her mom, she tweeted […]

Florence SnyderDecember 13, 2016

Anyone who has ever dressed a toddler knows that “consumer choice” has its limits. “Empowering” the little ones to “shop the marketplace” of their own closet predictably ends up in tantrums, tears, cranky goodbyes at daycare and late arrivals at work. Florida’s “repeal and replace” crowd spends little time dressing toddlers, and no time plowing […]

Florence SnyderDecember 13, 2016

Senate President Joe Negron was a kindly headmaster at this week’s orientation for committee chairmen and staff directors, offering excellent time management tips that everyone in #TheProcess should take to heart. “Don’t pass flawed bills” seems like something that should go without saying. But in recent years, legislative committees have gotten into the annoying habit of advancing half-baked bills as a […]

Florence Snyder

Hold the door on the DSOs

Craig Fugate fumes while Florida sinks in a sea of bulls**t!

Jackie Pons to taxpayers: DROP dead

For your holiday enjoyment: Adam Putnam’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

AARP fights ‘loneliness epidemic’ with awareness campaign

FAU puts its money where its priorities are

Christmas is a-‘comin’ and the geese are gettin’ hacked

#NeverAgain is the lie that’s always trending

Randy Fine’s consumer choice: Let us pay for his doctors

Timely advice from Joe Negron: Don’t waste time