Anne GeggisFebruary 27, 2023
5min0
The bills are a redux of last year's effort that failed to gain traction.
Tag: state constitution(L-R) Bobby Powell and Leonard Serratore. Images via the candidates.
Anne GeggisFebruary 27, 2023
Guest AuthorOctober 22, 2020
5min541
It will make exercising the public's will more difficult and expensive.
Drew WilsonJanuary 29, 2020
2min369
About 13,000 signatures to go.
Ryan NicolApril 5, 2019
3min378
The proposal is inside a budget implementing bill.
Drew WilsonMarch 18, 20194min386
A political committee known as Keep Our Constitution Clean wants to up the bar for constitutional amendments to pass from 60 percent to two-thirds. The group filed the proposal with the Florida Division of Elections on Thursday. If Keep Our Constitution Clean is successful in collecting the 766,200 signatures required to make the 2020 ballot, […]
Jim RosicaApril 5, 2018
3min384
Barring any last minute turbulence, get ready for a long ballot in November. The Constitution Revision Commission’s Style and Drafting Committee on Thursday OK’d 12 proposed amendments to the state’s governing document. (A meeting packet for Thursday is here.) They would be in addition to five amendments, either from the Legislature or citizen initiatives, already […]
Jim RosicaJuly 13, 2017
4min720
Former state Rep. Tom Grady will take Jimmy Patronis‘ place on the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC), Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday evening. In picking Grady, a Naples attorney and a friend of Scott’s, the governor passed over the three alternates he previously selected to fill an empty seat on the commission, which will review the state’s governing document […]
Julie DelegalMay 1, 20169min316
John Kirtley is at it again. The Tampa businessman who created Florida’s voucher school program is out spinning again for school “choice.” According to the Tampa Tribune, he told a group gathered at the Florida State University Alumni Center that the lawsuit challenging the voucher program’s constitutionality could undo all the good that he says […]
Julie DelegalApril 28, 2016
10min247
Florida’s approach to improving public education is getting serious scrutiny on several fronts. Now is the time to take a good look at whether the changes we’ve endured — mass privatization, real-dollar funding decreases, high-stakes testing, and loss of local school board authority — gets us closer to carrying out our constitutional duty to our […]
Bruce RitchieMarch 24, 2015
3min168
Backers of a solar energy ballot initiative said Tuesday they’ve collected enough petition signatures to have the measure reviewed by the Florida Supreme Court. Floridians for Solar Choice says it wants to encourage solar energy production with a constitutional amendment that would prohibit governments or utilities from placing barriers on the sale or distribution of […]