Florence Snyder, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Florence SnyderFebruary 3, 2017

By age six, our daughters have internalized the belief that they are not as smart as boys. Boys think so, too. That works well for the bipartisan coalition of Men Who Like Things The Way They Are, but makes for “a pathological system that rewards men for their incompetence while punishing women for their competence […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 30, 2017

The Senate Subcommittee on Justice Appropriations is well-pleased to be “on track” in clearing the backlog of unprocessed sexual assault kits. Before you break out the celebratory cupcakes, consider that “the track” requires nothing more than processing about 25 percent of the backlog in a year. We don’t know how many rapists are eyeing their […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 27, 2017

How many adults does it take to get a 4-year-old girl from day care to her “destination?” Quite a few for a 4-year-old in the “care” of the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) and its “community partners” at Eckerd Kids and Camelot Community Care. We don’t know the child’s name because #PrivacyLaws. But […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 26, 2017

Naika Venant kept a journal and hoped one day to write a memoir. Instead, her life story will be told by the Miami Herald. Eight of the paper’s most experienced reporters collaborated Tuesday to piece together the last hours of the last chapter of the 14-year-old foster child’s life. But it was old news to […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 25, 2017

For voters who want to piss their politics into the wind, there’s Facebook. For voters who want to change the hearts, minds, and votes of elected officials, the telephone is the easiest, most effective way to go. Every officeholder from Carrabelle to Congress employs human beings whose primary job is to lend a respectful ear […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 24, 2017

Finland lacks a “culture of apology,” but sucked it up anyway and joined the growing number of western countries owning up to the suffering of generations of children whose lives went from bad to worse in state care. You can cross your fingers and pray, but you’re probably never going to see Florida apologize to Victor […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 23, 2017

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Mike Sallah, a Pulitzer Prize-winning member of the Miami Herald Brain Drain, may be working for Gannett in Washington, but he’s still looking out for the folks in Florida. Sallah and Naples Daily News staffer Kristyn Wellesley teamed up to add some important context to our understanding of airport security following the mass shooting in […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 20, 2017

Between the lingering ethical stench of Brian Williams and the high hysteria quotient of the rest of the “talent” at NBC, it’s easy to forget that the network still has some working journalists on the payroll, producing some remarkable work. Eight of them joined forces to create this thoughtful piece of multimedia reporting that goes […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 18, 2017

In Leon County, the median household income is $47,000, and people who are lucky enough to have a full-time job are generally expected to work that job, you know, full-time. At $75,829, plus benefits, Leon County Commissioners’ compensation is well above what most of their constituents earn, but it’s less than what Commissioners Nick Maddox […]

Florence SnyderJanuary 16, 2017

Sasha Obama wasn’t in Chicago to see her dad’s farewell address, and the internet went crazy at the deprivation of its Right to Know how she reacted to the president’s touching tribute to his wife and children. Turns out the 15-year-old Second Daughter was back in Washington, studying and getting a good night’s sleep ahead […]

Florence Snyder

Boys are smarter. Even six-year-olds know that.

Rape kits delayed is justice denied

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell, part 3

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell, part 2

The room where it happens just a phone call away

Florida’s children live and die at the crowded corner of Dickens & Orwell

Sobering news surfaces about security at Fort Lauderdale Airport

Corporate media leaves the Republic in the lurch

Commissioners get two fat salaries; public gets half their time, all the bill

We missed you, Sasha, but you were in the right place

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.