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Guest AuthorAugust 3, 2014

Another week, another Hail Mary attempt by the Florida League of Women Voters to drag Florida’s redistricting lawsuit into a smoke-filled room to have the league’s congressional maps used for this year’s election. Judge Terry Lewis ruled that two of Florida’s congressional districts do not meet the standards set in the Fair Districts amendment to […]

Bob SparksJuly 21, 2014

Aug. 26 is primary election day, but this event may or may not take place on time, depending on a ruling, or rulings, yet to come from Circuit Judge Terry P. Lewis of Leon County. First, a little background. On July 10, Lewis ruled as unconstitutional two of Florida’s 27 congressional districts drawn and passed […]

Guest AuthorMay 28, 2014

Like a small handful of Floridians, I’ve been watching the redistricting hearing in Tallahassee over the U.S. Congressional district maps. As someone who drew and submitted maps, some of which were accepted by the Legislature, I am bemused by the efforts to focus on the politics surrounding the creation of the maps, but not on […]

Julie DelegalMay 5, 2014

It looks like my columns questioning the efficacy of school privatization in Florida have hit a nerve. Again. Voters might remember that I’ve long opposed voucher schools because, among other reasons, they don’t administer the same high-stakes tests to their students that public schools do. Without equal accountability, parents of mostly low-income children who now […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 15, 2013

There’s a phrase in Shakespeare that ought to be printed on every politician’s paycheck: Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed That he is grown so great? It might remind him or her that, all too often, it’s all too easy to forget who is supposed to be serving whom. So it is a […]

Tag: League of Women Voters

Jamie Miller: League of Women Voters loses credibility with redistricting case

Bob Sparks: Judge Terry Lewis is back in the election spotlight again

Henry Kelley: Tallahassee trial won’t result in fair voting districts in Florida

Julie Delegal: Let’s determine if Bush-brand education reforms are working

Martin Dyckman: Crucial court appointments face next governor