This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 5 Florida political blog posts about Florida-related stories. They are ranked according to quality, importance of the story and relevance to Florida and the present.
1. The Reid Report – Florida GOP elite show the ‘baggers who’s boss: ethically sketchy Thrasher is new chair: “For Florida Republicans, it’s a good day to hug a lobbyist.”
2. Ray Seaman – For Florida, A Time for Leadership: “The first item, reforming Florida’s antiquated and regressive tax structure that harms working families and lets the wealthy get away with quite a bit is correctly put at the top of the list.”
3. Why Now? – Can They Pick Them?: “So, this past Sunday Former Speaker Ray Sansom finally resigned from the Florida House just before the start of hearings on his alleged “ethics violation”. You would think that with that mess still on people’s minds, as well as the recent replacement of the head of the party for various reasons, the Republicans would find a new Speaker who was as pure and new fallen snow. Well, this is the Republican Party of Florida, so you would be totally wrong.”
4. Buck Banks – Who Broke the Florida Republican Party?: “Members of the party had been suspicious of Greer’s oversight of the party’s accounts for many months before his ouster as chairman in December. He had repeatedly assured them that things were under control, and even let some folks look at the books, or at least some of the books … OK, he let them “spot-check” the books, but not audit them. Remember, Big Jim’s the kind of guy who knows how to hide a secret $260k contract.”
5. Steve Schale – Want to run for Congress? Move to Central Florida.: “With the census about to start in earnest, I wanted to take a look at the likely winners and losers from the next reapportionment and redistricting.”
