Daniel Tilson, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Daniel TilsonFebruary 10, 2015

He’s baaaack…Jeb Bush in Tallahassee that is, and he’s taking the Florida political news cycle by storm. And a crowd of parents, teachers and concerned citizens was there, and in other cities statewide too, protesting Bush’s badly hidden agenda to further destabilize and privatize public schools in Florida and across the USA (hence the twitter […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 8, 2015

There goes President Barack Obama again, being all intelligent, nuanced, thought-provoking and downright provocative. Don’t you love it, or at least respect and admire it? I do. I’m imagining a lot of heads nodding. Am also imagining a lot of heads shaking back and forth. Maybe some gnashing teeth and foaming at the corners of […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 5, 2015

Jeb Bush stepped through the public-policy looking glass this week, sharing his inside-out “new vision” for America, where undeniable facts slip through the cracks and fall harmlessly by the wayside of his 2016 presidential ambition. Posing as some sort of newfangled conservative populist, Bush stepped up to the podium to address the Detroit Economic Club […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 3, 2015

Keep a close eye on your financial future, ’cause it’s tax-cutting season again in Florida. Maybe this is the year that “Main Street” starts seeing through the tax-cutting game politicians and elected officials play. That would take a whole lot of people getting just a little savvier about the subject, then speaking up and out […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 1, 2015

It’s time we heard what Charlie Crist thinks about Rick Scott’s latest scandals. It might help us make better sense of the mess Scott made out of firing Gerald Bailey, longtime and widely respected commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), not to mention new whistleblower allegations that Scott ignored and covered up fatal failures of […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 29, 2015

Think many Election 2014 nonvoters are following these already tumultuous first weeks of Gov. Rick Scott’s second term? Doubtful. Think many are following these final weeks of preparatory action before the hardcore conservative, Republican-dominated Florida Legislature starts its 2015 session on March 3? Probably not. And what about their annual income levels going down or […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 26, 2015

President Barack Obama urged employers to “give working families a fair shot,” as part of national conversion to the “middle-class economics” he called for in last week’s State of the Union Address. He reminded us that basic necessities of economic survival for working people worldwide, including living wages, paid sick-leave days and affordable child care, […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 21, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has all the answers…if you know the right questions. Yet there remain few if any answers (that make sense) to questions from a persistent press corps doggedly digging deeper into “Baileygate” and the latest misdeeds and dysfunction of his scandalized administration. Intrepid reporters are still treated to the same evasive tactics […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 19, 2015

Our worst worries about Florida Gov. Rick Scott were well-founded. The bombshell of BS he unintentionally dropped in a press conference early last week has exploded in his face, revealing just what a bloody mess his governorship really is. By repeatedly pressuring highly esteemed, veteran Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Commissioner Gerald Bailey to […]

Daniel TilsonJanuary 13, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott’s mishandling of Florida’s deadly prison system dysfunction continues. The latest example came early this week, when Gov. Scott announced appointment by the Cabinet of Florida (him, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam) of Rick Swearington as new Commissioner of Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). […]

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Daniel Tilson: Public schools plus private profiteering equal #JebFailsEd

Daniel Tilson: President Obama Prayer Breakfast furor is teachable moment

Daniel Tilson: Jeb Bush in Motown: Hypocrite of the week

Daniel Tilson: Tax-cutting season again in Tallahassee

Daniel Tilson: Charlie Crist should weigh in on Gov. Scott's scandals

Daniel Tilson: Florida Democratic Party task force is key to Election 2016 victory

Daniel Tilson: Fighting for “middle-class economics” can put Fla. Dems back on track

Daniel Tilson: Rick Scott doubles down on bad government agenda

Daniel Tilson: Independent counsel needs to probe Scott administration

Daniel Tilson: Fixing Florida's prison system once and for all