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Phil AmmannAugust 10, 2015

With barefaced demagoguery, Rick Scott once again shows his inner Pinocchio. The latest from Bill Day highlights the Florida governor — here called “Scottocchio” — and his changing rules on abortions, part of the shameless effort to demonize Planned Parenthood. Last week, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration ordered three of the state’s Planned […]

Phil AmmannAugust 5, 2015

In five years as Florida governor, Rick Scott has not made many fans among those who protect Florida’s environment, are concerned about climate change of the state’s environmental community in general. As Tim Elfrink reports in the Miami New Times: “by most expert accounts … Scott’s tenure in Tallahassee has been a flat-out catastrophe for […]

Phil AmmannAugust 3, 2015

As Republican White House hopefuls prepare for the first official GOP presidential debate, most of the attention – good or bad – will go to Donald Trump over what he will, or won’t, say. As for politics, however, the real interest isn’t what Trump ultimately does on the Cleveland debate stage Thursday night, but who […]

Phil AmmannMay 8, 2015

Everyone has one, and few can deny that the most cherished figure in a person’s life is their mother. Bill Day’s latest observes Mother’s Day, a holiday honoring maternity in all of its forms — especially our own Mother Earth, mother to us all. Held in the U.S. on Sunday, Mother’s Day is a holiday with a history […]

Phil AmmannMay 1, 2015

Editorial cartoonist Bill Day sharpens his pencil to mark the “official” sine die of Florida’s 2015 Legislative Session. While Friday would usually be filled with post-hanky drop celebrations throughout the Florida Capitol and along Adams Street, there is no joy tonight in Mudville (otherwise known as Tallahassee). On Tuesday, the House abruptly adjourned its session, hightailing […]

Phil AmmannApril 19, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott, in his latest tirade against the Obama administration, compares the federal government to a famous fictional organized crime family. “This is the Sopranos,” Scott said during an interview with Fox News. “They’re using bullying tactics to attack our state. It’s wrong. It’s outrageous … they’re not worried about poor.” In the eyes of […]

Phil AmmannApril 9, 2015

First comes love … then comes marriage … but with the Florida House, no baby carriage exists for same-sex couples. Bill Day sharpens his gaze on a bill, HB 7111, passed Thursday by the House, which allows private adoption agencies the option to turn away gay couples, either on religious or moral grounds. The measure was in response to a […]

Phil AmmannApril 7, 2015

Florida news flash: Gov. Rick Scott is a double flip-flopper. While that in itself may not be surprising to some, this time it is significant why he reversed course — Medicaid expansion for healthcare to nearly 1 million low-income and uninsured Floridians. Now, like Marie Antoinette, he tells the poor to “eat cake,” in Bill […]

Phil AmmannApril 1, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott’s “unwritten rule” banning certain words in his administration did not stop with the term “climate change.” Scott also prohibited the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from using the terms “global warming” and “sea-level rise.” The governor would prefer the latter be called “nuisance flooding.” No matter what you call it, sea-level […]

Phil AmmannApril 1, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott’s “unwritten rule” banning certain words in his administration did not stop with the term “climate change.” Scott also prohibited the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from using the terms “global warming” and “sea-level rise.” The governor would prefer the latter be called “nuisance flooding.” No matter what you call it, sea-level […]

Tag: Bill Day

Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott shows his inner Pinocchio

Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott and his Looney Tunes environmental award

Bill Day’s latest: Donald Trump shields Jeb Bush from the debate storm

Bill Day’s latest: Mother’s Day

Bill Day’s latest: Gone fishin’

Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott, the Sopranos and underwater Floridians

Bill Day’s latest: Love, marriage and denied adoption for gays

Bill Day’s latest: Let the poor (and lawmakers) eat Medicaid cake

Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott’s Florida-shaped salt-water pool

Bill Day's latest: Rick Scott's Florida-shaped salt-water pool