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Daniel TilsonJanuary 19, 2014

With Florida public policy and lawmaking controlled by Republicans since 1996 and by Gov. Rick Scott’s posse of hardcore GOP conservatives since 2011, Martin Luther King Day 2014 seems high time to ask: What MLK would make of the state of the Sunshine State these days? It’s safe to say he wouldn’t see eye to […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 15, 2014

First in a series. Fallacies are falling like raindrops in storm season, facts are being discarded like yesterday’s trash and fairness is a commodity fewer and fewer voters seem to value very much anymore. “Game On!” It’s time for Florida’s 2014 midterm elections!! Don’t all stand and cheer at once. Stand and cheer is what […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 9, 2014

Working and retired Floridians from all walks of life commonly flock together in long lottery ticket lines, dreaming of better days. But joining forces to vote for progressive political candidates who could help fulfill that dream … that’s another story. I get it that no politician or elected official, no matter how progressive, can make […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 8, 2014

Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of The United States, must be spinning in his grave and cursing up a storm this week. You see, to mark the 50th anniversary of LBJ’s landmark ‘War On Poverty’, congressional conservatives like Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio are taking turns trying to discredit it. First came […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 30, 2013

Given the tragicomedy characterizing Florida political theater in recent years, it feels right reaching for a Shakespeare quote when looking back at 2013 and ahead to 2014: “What’s past is prologue.” The state’s prevailing powers-that-be (richest individual and corporate residents acting through “supportive” elected officials) continued widening the income and economic opportunity gap between them […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 26, 2013

How’d you like your weekly salary to be 20 percent higher than it is now? How about knowing for sure that if you do your job well, you’re going to get a raise every year or two and have a shot at keeping up with cost of living increases? What about knowing you can’t get […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 23, 2013

Unless you’re one of the infamously rich and reactionary Koch Brothers or top dog of some other profits-over-people multinational corporate empire, or a hardcore right-wing politician, or a conservative media gun-for-hire, or just an Old School Scrooge… Chances are that at this time of year you’re feeling genuine sympathy for poor men and women who […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 17, 2013

Bells tolled, tears rolled and prayers rose toward the heavens on the first anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School gun massacre last Saturday, while the profound lack of progress in reducing gun violence weighed down many a mourning spirit. In the wake of that tragedy, the victims’ families and friends galvanized millions of new […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 15, 2013

Vroom, vrooom! That’s the sound of Gov. Rick Scott and fellow Florida GOP candidates revving their engines in hopes that cuts to motor vehicle fees can help drive them to victory in 2014. Question is, will reduced registration, tag and license fees make you forget the ways Scott and Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) legislators […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 10, 2013

The death of Nelson Mandela understandably overtook the news on Dec. 5. But there was another story unfolding that day, a story that were he still alive and well would have struck a chord deep inside him, where the passion for social justice burned so bright and long. From Miami to Tampa and more than […]

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Daniel Tilson: What would MLK make of Florida in 2014?

Daniel Tilson: Election 2014 Florida: Fallacies, facts and fairness

Daniel Tilson: The Florida GOP’s 2014 version of ‘Believe It or Not’

Daniel Tilson: The GOP’s impoverished anti-poverty platform

Daniel Tilson: Decoding Florida GOP’s 2013 words and deeds

Daniel Tilson: Most Florida workers wronged by “Right To Work” law

Daniel Tilson: Dear right-wingers: Ya gotta have heart all year long!

Daniel Tilson: The secret to gun safety in Florida

Daniel Tilson: Will Scott and GOP legislators drive voters to distraction?

Daniel Tilson: Fast-food workers seek to “strike” right chord with middle class