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Florence SnyderMarch 14, 2017

Just in time for Sunshine Week, Tampa Bay Times environmental reporter Craig Pittman reminds us how focused, how ruthless, how relentless Gov. Rick Scott’s flacks are in their taxpayer-financed efforts to keep information out of the hands of taxpayers. Florida’s Ministries of Disinformation have been around since the Chiles administration, but “paranoia about the press” […]

Florence SnyderApril 1, 2016

There’s a dreary predictability to the cycle of corporate child abuse funded by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). It matters not whether the governor is a Democrat or a Republican. DJJ’s patience with well-connected private contractors is limitless, no matter who’s in office. The evidence is succinctly summarized by The Palm Beach Post’s Pat Beall […]

Florence SnyderMarch 31, 2016

There’s a dreary predictability to the cycle of corporate child abuse funded by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). It matters not whether the governor is a Democrat or a Republican. DJJ’s patience with well-connected private contractors is limitless, no matter who’s in office. The evidence is succinctly summarized by The Palm Beach Post’s Pat Beall […]

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Florence Snyder: Ain’t no Sunshine where Scott’s gone

Florence Snyder: State dumps company that lied about care for troubled kids

Florence Snyder: State dumps company that lied about care for troubled kids