This post originally appeared at AFL-CIO. If awards were given for the sleaziest attack ad used in this year’s election, it’s difficult to see how the Committee to Protect Florida wouldn’t walk away with a first-place finish for its recent … Read More
This week, Broward County—one of the most populous counties in South Florida—became the second county in the state to pass a local wage theft ordinance, joining Miami-Dade County. In a 7-2 vote, the Board of County Commissioners voted to create … Read More
Originally published at AFL-CIO.org Americans faced with a tough economy face significant struggles when they lose their jobs. Since the 1930s, workers who are without jobs through no fault of their own have had the safety net of the unemployment … Read More
Apparently Mike Haridopolos and Co. don’t like it when one of their own steps out of line and doesn’t do what he’s told. Sen. Mike Fasano was relieved of his chair position on the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal & Civil … Read More
(Cross-posted at Examiner.com) In delivering his 2012 Florida State Of The State address, Governor Rick Scott kept pitching for less taxes and regulations. He said the best thing government can do to help millions of still struggling Floridians is to … Read More
Almost everybody has written about the fact that St. Petersburg Times’ Politifact project named the Democratic claim that Paul Ryan’s plan to end Medicare as we know it as its “Lie of the Year.” The obvious comments are that, by … Read More
As always, it seems Republicans have no idea of what they are talking about: In fact HISTORICALLY, it is has been Democratic presidents who have reduced the size of the federal government. The Republicans have lied to the people so … Read More
The answer seems to be “no.” Widespread reporting was issued today on the fact that Florida’s unemployment rate fell from 10.6 percent to 10.3 percent, the lowest number in 28 months. We knew the governor, the Chamber and other conservatives … Read More
Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich (D) sent out a release that said this month’s drop of 0.3 in unemployment was not sufficient considering the state’s rate, which is higher than the national average and still leaves a million Floridians out … Read More
(Cross-posted at Examiner.com) If nothing but bad news keeps coming for the Florida Democratic Party on the fundraising front, it’s the millions of middle class Floridians with something left to lose who’ll likely suffer the worst of the consequences. According … Read More
This isn’t surprising, but it is dangerous and it is a sign that Republicans aren’t doing their job and aren’t serving their constituents: [The] Republican leadership has continually blocked efforts by Obama and Congressional Democrats to invest in infrastructure improvements, … Read More
Originally posted at Crooks and Liars. The Orlando Sentinel has discovered that a “watch list” of Orlando residents handed out at a recent town hall meeting by Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR) likely originated in the office of Rep. Daniel Webster … Read More
From Florida Watch Action: Because of people just like you, we’ve got Pink Slip Rick’s attention – and he doesn’t like it. Hundreds of fed up Floridians have recorded their own robocalls to give Rick Scott a piece of their … Read More
State Representative Darren Soto (D-Orlando) and House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders (D-Key West) announced today their intent to file a bill to preserve the integrity of Florida’s investigatory state agencies. Recently, the Attorney General’s special counsel on foreclosure fraud resigned … Read More
Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich (D-Weston) on Tuesday sharply criticized the Republican leadership’s decision to accept $2.5 million in federal health care money for a controversial ‘abstinence only’ state program while repeatedly turning away millions of dollars in similar funding … Read More
Video of Floridians giving Rick Scott pink slips as he “works”: Florida Watch Action’s press release this morning: Gov. Rick Scott has launched a donut offensive, serving donuts to the press and to the public in a thinly-veiled effort to … Read More
From Progress Florida: It’s bad enough Gov. Rick Scott is hard at work dismantling key consumer protections, but now he has a partner: our own Attorney General Pam Bondi. She seems to think her first duty is to protect some … Read More
From Florida Watch Action: I have to tell you, these Pink Slip Rick Puppets are everywhere in the state legislature – and they’re doing everything they can to pass Rick Scott’s radical, job-killing agenda. One of the worst? Rep. Chris … Read More
Visit the full site by Florida Watch Action: Florida Watch Action announced the launch of “Pink Slip Puppet of the Week” on Thursday, June 30th. The site will feature Florida legislators who carried water for Rick Scott during the 2011 … Read More
Living in Florida? Then in addition to having a great time this Independence Day weekend, why not take a few focused minutes to recognize (and/or help others recognize) what’s happening to the state of Freedom in our state, starting today? … Read More
Peter Schorsch wrote a post questioning the logic of protesting Jeff Brandes recently, something that was backed up by Ben Kirby (also here). I’m going to say that I completely disagree with their logic on whether or not the protest … Read More
So why should the uninvolved general public join in active demonstrations of opposition to the Republican-dominated Florida government? Well, while it might have taken a little time to distinguish the pimps from the prostitutes swirling in and around Florida’s 2011 … Read More
Somehow or other, the word has to be spread to the general public that a great many of them, not only the poor & disabled, will pay dearly for what the Florida State legislature is about to do to Medicaid. … Read More
Senior citizens, workers and other residents from Congressional District 8 will hold a “Don’t Make Us Work ’Til We Die” event outside the office of Rep. Dan Webster to dramatize the harm that will come to Americans from budget cuts … Read More
