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Staff ReportsJanuary 28, 2016

The state House on Wednesday rolled out a nearly $1 billion tax cut proposal. The proposal is similar to the proposal that Gov. Rick Scott pitched earlier this year. Among other things the proposal includes eliminating the tax on manufacturing equipment and credits for renewable energy investments. The House finance and tax committee has not […]

Guest AuthorMarch 26, 2015

While attending a college information program with my high school son recently, I heard an admissions officer say something that every Florida legislator ought to hear. “The three most important letters in the college selection process aren’t S-A-T or A-C-T,” the admissions officer observed. “The three most important letters are F-I-T.” The admission officer’s point […]

Bob SparksFebruary 20, 2015

Bill Clinton is known to use the term “dead-bang loser” to deride the policies or actions of political opponents. One of his more recent targets was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the latter’s epic fights with the state teachers’ union. Clinton described Walker’s success in those fights as a dead-bang loser for Wisconsin. With Walker’s […]

Bob SparksFebruary 20, 2015

Bill Clinton is known to use the term “dead-bang loser” to deride the policies or actions of political opponents. One of his more recent targets was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the latter’s epic fights with the state teachers’ union. Clinton described Walker’s success in those fights as a dead-bang loser for Wisconsin. With Walker’s […]

Bob SparksFebruary 19, 2015

Bill Clinton is known to use the term “dead bang loser” to deride the policies or actions of political opponents. One of his more recent targets was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the latter’s epic fights with the state teachers’ union. Clinton described Walker’s success in those fights as a dead bang loser for Wisconsin. […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 19, 2015

In his commentary this week for Context Florida, the Rev. H.K. Matthews draws parallels between the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama and the current effort, including a march Rev. Matthews led, in support of Florida’s corporate tax credit scholarships – also known as school vouchers. Rev. Matthews’ parallel is unseemly and […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2015

I recently went to see the movie Selma, which I was eager to do – you see, I participated in the first march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. The film certainly brought back many memories for me, and reminded me why that march holds such a prominent place in our nation’s […]

Ryan RayJanuary 12, 2015

Americans for Prosperity released a poll on Monday that shows substantial majorities of Floridians in favor of priorities backed by the Koch Brothers-funded political group. Among the top-line findings from the poll, available here: 73 percent of Floridians in support of school choice broadly construed, including 58 percent supportive of a voucher system in particular; […]

Daniel TilsonNovember 17, 2014

Like the excitement baseball fans feel every February when they hear the first crack of the bats in Spring Training, the creaking noises coming from Tallahassee this week are putting smiles on the faces of many a Sunshine State politico. Not so much everybody else, with good reasons. Yes, the new edition of the Florida […]

Guest AuthorNovember 3, 2014

Get out and vote. Who am I to suggest such a thing? The other day someone described me as a lobbyist. I’m not. Lobbyists form close relationships with lawmakers and encourage them to vote in ways that would benefit their clients. I recognize a lobbyist’s value, but would never consider myself one of them. First […]

Tag: School choice

Capitol reax: Renewable energy credits, public school choice, predatory public records requests, funding for sick children

William Mattox: Legislature should empower parents to enroll child in school that best fits

Bob Sparks: Tax credit scholarship lawsuit a “dead-bang loser”

Bob Sparks: Tax credit scholarship lawsuit a "dead-bang loser"

Bob Sparks: Tax credit scholarship lawsuit a ‘dead bang loser’

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Parallel between Selma, school vouchers is strained

Rev. H.K. Matthews: March for tax credit scholarships echoes Selma

AFP Poll: Floridians want more economic, educational opportunity

Daniel Tilson: 2015 Florida Legislature begins preparing for more of the same

Catherine Durkin Robinson: We citizens are the solution so get out and vote today