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Daniel TilsonApril 29, 2014

I’m guessing that about six of every 10 Floridians have no idea the state’s legislative session is in its final days. Probably the same percentage of people know what’s been done in the session, by whom, to whom, for what reasons, and to what possible effect. Mind you, no finger wagging here. I’m not looking […]

Peter SchorschMarch 2, 2014

No one’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session, Mark Twain famously remarked. Unfortunately for many Floridians, the Florida Legislature has taken Twain’s words more as a challenge, rather than a warning. A recent Tampa Bay Times editorial was right when it said that under the current regime in Tallahassee, “it is […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 19, 2014

Here they go again. A determined cohort of elected officials in our Legislature is trying to turn working and retired people against each other, to better the odds of a dangerous bill becoming destructive law. As reported in The Florida Current, the Senate Community Affairs Committee Tuesday passed a bill by a 5-4 vote that […]

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