Joe HendersonJune 8, 2020
3min354
Lee's top priority is his family.
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Joe HendersonJune 8, 2020Joe HendersonJanuary 14, 2020
6min283
Lawmakers will consider lots of interesting proposals, but will any become law? We'll get back to you on that.
Joe HendersonAugust 8, 2019
6min491
Tom Lee says he has no preconceived notions in seeking solutions against gun violence
Joe HendersonMay 20, 2019
4min723
Environmentalists lost this time, but remember what the Rick Scott years were like.
Joe HendersonJanuary 30, 20196min634
Many key players in Tallahassee know and trust her from way back.
Joe HendersonDecember 18, 20185min230
Hillsborough Circuit Judge Laurel Lee was formally asked Monday to recuse herself from hearing a lawsuit against the All For Transportation sales tax. A first-year law student would probably agree it’s the best way for Her Honor to avoid potentially messy legal optics. Why? Well, consider … Point 1: Lee’s husband, Republican state Sen. Tom Lee, […]
Joe HendersonApril 19, 2018
4min249
In preparing to run for the state’s Chief Financial Officer job, state Sen. Tom Lee had assembled a staff, game plan and a fundraising committee. But after waffling for several weeks about officially entering the race, Lee said Thursday family concerns “essentially caused me to re-evaluate my decision to run for CFO in 2018. I […]
Joe HendersonApril 17, 2018
5min398
The future of greyhound pari-mutuel racing in Florida will be decided right where it should be – at the ballot box. The Constitutional Revision Commission voted in favor of placing an amendment before voters in November to ban the, well, what is it exactly? It’s not a sport, despite what its supporters say. I guess […]
Joe HendersonMarch 3, 2018
6min229
Tom Lee is right. OK, it was more than a bit of hyperbole Friday when Lee, a Republican state Senator from Thonotosassa, said leadership in both chambers is running the Legislature “like a third world country” but he was right on point when his frustration with how bills are presented and passed became headline news. […]
Joe HendersonNovember 2, 20175min850
The proposal by state Sen. Tom Lee to phase out and finally end greyhound racing in Florida is sure to encounter lots of turbulence from lobbyists. Lee’s pitch to the Constitutional Revision Commission, of which he is a member, would put an amendment before voters in 2018. It would need 60 percent approval to become law […]