Rick Scott gives, but only after he takes away.
On Wednesday, Florida’s “education” governor announced that he’ll be asking the Legislature to allocate $480 million to fund $2,500 pay raises for every full-time public classroom teacher.
“I can think of no better investment for our state,” he said at a press conference, “than investing in those teachers who work on the frontline of Florida’s future every day by teaching our children.”
The governor was singing a very...
Barack Obama is not the fulfillment of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream.
His two successful campaigns for the White House signal that we are much closer than when King delivered his famous speech in 1963. But we still have a long way to go. Especially in Florida.
With Martin Luther King Day...
Gov. Rick Scott cannot be trusted.
In 2010, Floridians overlooked the fact that as the founder and former CEO of the nation’s largest hospital chain, Columbia/HCA, Scott resigned in the midst of a federal investigation that resulted in Columbia paying $1.7 billion in fines for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
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It defies logic that taking life honors life.
For the second year in a row, Florida has sent more convicted killers to death row than any other state.
And acting Palm Beach County State Attorney Peter Antonacci would like to send more. His office is now seeking the death penalty for all...
"I don't know why," Gov. Rick Scott said recently, "anyone is not a Republican.”
Has he looked in the mirror lately?
His is the face of a party that puts politics over people, caters to the rich, kicks the poor when they’re down and forces their religion on the rest of us....
Steel courage.
It’s what George Zimmerman, Michael David Dunn and Michael Jock have in common. That and the belief that Florida’s Stand Your Ground law allows them to use guns to solve problems their egos created.
Each of these men has been arrested for shooting – and killing in the case of Zimmerman and Dunn...
I waited three and a half hours – an hour longer than in 2008 but hours less than many Floridians -- to cast my ballot on the first day of early voting for this year’s general election.
There were several reasons for the long wait but I want Gov. Rick Scott, Secretary of State Ken Detzner and Florida’s lawmakers to admit to just one: The voter suppression law Republicans passed last year....
