The national political media is addicted to Jeb Bush. This week they gave the former Governor more attention than they did President Obama and Speaker Boehner. The media appears to be in awe of Jeb Bush without properly examining his record as a failed Governor of Florida but Bush’s words this week were truly shocking. …
The Florida Squeeze is running a three part series on school “choice” legislation. Part II was published today. Part I ran last week.
To those of us active in Palm Beach County politics at the time it was sold as our Disney World. A job creator to rival nothing else in the nation, Jeb Bush and local legislators, most of whom were Democrats used every little bit of hyperbole to sell the relocation of Scripps biotech research facility …
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Put this in the “obvious” file. Jeb Bush’s “Foundation for Excellence in Education” has according to emails obtained by In the Public Interest pushed school “choice” initiatives that directly benefit the corporate contributors that fund its policy initiatives. As the report describes Bush’s foundation has had an ALEC like influence in pushing state legislators to …
E-mails Show Jeb Bush Foundation Pushing School “Choice” Benefited Corporate Donors Read More »
Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Times ran an interesting piece on large landowners and the “Future Corridors” projects that will build toll roads in rural areas, while creating substantial Environmental issues. The project advocated by Jeb Bush and killed by Charlie Crist has been revived by Governor Rick Scott. In July, I editorialized about the Heartland …
Over the last two years, Rick Scott has had one of the lowest approval ratings in the United States. According the a CBS/New York Times poll conducted in late October, Scott only had a 39% approval rating, while 48% disapproved. The remaining 14% had no opinion. While in today’s political climate, 39% is considered a …
Opinion Polls: The Predictor of Nothing in Florida Politics. Read More »
Tonight Florida Democrats hold their annual self congratulatory dinner in Hollywood. But outside, TPH has learned of possible small protests and large discontent among education activists thanks to the continued unwillingness of the state’s Democrats to stand up for public education. Florida ranks 49th in the nation in public education funding per $1,000 of personal …
Possible Protests for Jefferson-Jackson Tonight Over Parent Trigger Bill Supporter Read More »
Florida has been at the forefront of the school “choice” movement over the past two decades. With a conservative, part time legislature, demographics representative of the nation as a whole and a champion in Jeb Bush, we became the national laboratory for different school choice initiatives. Beginning in the mid 1990s, Bush’s Republicans pushed school …
As our three part series last month chronicled the NRA and Marion P. Hammer have direct responsibility for Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law and the subsequent movement by ALEC and the NRA to push the law across the nation. The control established by the NRA over Florida’s legislative process has had serious ramifications on gun …
NRA Lobbying And The “Stand Your Ground Law” in Florida Read More »
This is part III (the final installment) of the series. Part I is available here Part II is available here With complete control of the state government, the Florida GOP was growing in arrogance and recklessness in the early 2000’s. The will of the voters clearly expressed by the Kendrick Meek -backed Class Size Amendment …
The Myth of Gun Control and Florida Voters Part III Read More »
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