The St. Pete Times has found 18 other current and former lawmakers that are employed by state colleges…none of them are from our three districts. Rep. Ed Homan, R-Tampa, a physician who…
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Boone Report: GOP retreat
By IN reporter Sean Boone According to Florida State Rep. Greg Evers, the Republican state lawmakers that met in Destin two weeks ago for a four-day retreat, focused primarily on the budget…
Radio: Sir Harry Kroto
Nobel Prize winner Sir Harold Kroto – also a Florida State University – talks about how the Florida legislature would be making a big mistake if it mandates that public schools must…
Ford suggest deep cuts to commission salaries
According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators. In Escambia County that would mean a pay cut of about 44…
Greyhound track may get more regulations
Florida is No. 1 in greyhound racetracks. According to the Miami Herald, state regulators want more inspection power and penalties for animal abusers. The industry has had problems from dog-doping with cocaine…
Budget sinks, leaders asleep
The Miami Herald reports that Florida’s sagging economy is giving lawmakers $2.9 billion less than they expected. State economists said Tuesday that all state revenues — from sales taxes to documentary stamp…
Property taxes articles – statewide
Miami Herald: Taxes cut; more may come Legislators ended a special session by approving a huge property-tax cut — and giving voters the opportunity next January to cut them even more. St….
State government has higher revenue, too.
With all the finger pointing by the state lawmakers over how local governments are growing and just keep absorbing property tax increases, the NY Times reports that Florida has the second largest…
Whitehead thinks he’s doing great
The word we’re getting at the paper is that Escambia County Commissioner Mike Whitehead truly believes that his confrontations with State Rep. Dave Murzin and Speaker of the House Marco Rubio are…
Presiding officers’ letter to lawmakers
Rubio and Pruitt have sent this letter to their fellow lawmakers about the upcoming special session on property taxes Read: Presiding Officers letter
State Veto List
Dave Murzin emailed over the pdf of Gov. Crist’s line-item vetoes. Read: Â 2007 veto list
Explain this Dave Murzin
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: The Florida Legislature ended its annual session without achieving its No. 1 goal: reducing property taxes. Legislators did, however, vote to increase property taxes by $546 million. It happened…
We thought we did well
Our local legislative delegation has been bragging about how well Escambia and Santa Rosa counties did in the past session. Well, what we got from the state budget pales to the $150…
Want to see the pork by county?
The Legislature has sent a $72 billion budget to the governor. Crist has line-item veto power to delete any items that he believes are pork. Here is a pdf of the pork…
Last day of state legislature
Miami Herald has put together a list of important legislation that’s still on the table for the state House and Senate to resolve on the last day of this session: PROPERTY TAXES:…
Here’s a twist
There is actually a Democrat in the state House who dares to question the 2007-08 budget because of all the “turkeys” hidden in the bill. It’s Ron Saunders (D-Key West). Of course,…
More gambling – Instant Bingo passes
This Florida Legislature loves gambling – in one form or another. It has sent Gov. Crist a bill that legalizes instant bingo. What’s instant bingo? The pull-tab tickets are sold similar to…
State cuts out local government again
On Gov. Crist’s desk awaiting his signature is a new Cable franchise bill that gives telephone companies easier access to the cable TV market. Also cable companies will be able to opt-out…