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Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott, the Sopranos and underwater Floridians

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Gov. Rick Scott, in his latest tirade against the Obama administration, compares the federal government to a famous fictional organized crime family. “This is the Sopranos,” Scott said during an interview with Fox News. “They’re using bullying tactics to attack our state. It’s wrong. It’s outrageous … they’re not worried about poor.” In the eyes of editorial cartoonist Bill Day, what is truly outrageous is Scott’s intention to sue the federal government for withholding the federal Low Income Pool – the…

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Bill Day’s latest: Love, marriage and denied adoption for gays

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First comes love … then comes marriage … but with the Florida House, no baby carriage exists for same-sex couples. Bill Day sharpens his gaze today on a bill passed Thursday by the House, which allows private adoption agencies the option to turn away gay couples, either on religious or moral grounds. The measure was in response to a bill the House passed last month removing a gay adoption ban – rarely enforced — out of state law. Passed by a 75-38 vote, the law…

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Bill Day’s latest: Let the poor (and lawmakers) eat Medicaid cake

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Florida news flash: Gov. Rick Scott is a double flip-flopper. While that in itself may not be surprising to some, this time it is significant why he reversed course – Medicaid expansion for healthcare to nearly one million low-income and uninsured Floridians. Now, like Marie Antoinette, he tells the poor to “eat cake,” in Bill Day’s latest. That’s putting it nicely. Others see it as something else: Scott simply cannot be trusted to keep his word. He lied. And they…

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Bill Day’s latest: Rick Scott’s Florida-shaped salt-water pool

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Gov. Rick Scott’s “unwritten rule” banning certain words in his administration did not stop with the term “climate change.” In addition, Scott also prohibited the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from using the terms “global warming” and “sea-level rise.” The governor would prefer the latter be called “nuisance flooding.” No matter what you call it, sea-level rise is more than a nuisance, and is expected to threaten nearly one-third of the state’s beaches within the next 85 years. As…

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Bill Day’s latest: Daniel Tilson and the FDLE Keystone Cops

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In his newest editorial cartoon, Bill Day takes on the state’s “Keystone Cops,” otherwise known as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FDLE, in a rare moment of self-reflection, acknowledged it “could have better evaluated” the “threat” from Boca Raton-based blogger Daniel Tilson. Tilson’s transgression? Using a Beatles lyric in a recent Context Florida post criticizing Gov. Rick Scott’s tax-cut proposal. Tilson’s column mocked Scott’s tax-cut plan, comparing it to the album Magical Mystery Tour. A Facebook post linking to…

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Bill Day’s latest: Welcome to the Gunshine State

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As Bill Day sees it, you know it’s springtime in Tallahassee when gun bills begin floating around the Florida Legislature. It’s the Gunshine State, after all. Last week, a bill advanced allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons during emergencies such as hurricanes. Backed by the National Rifle Association, the measure gives gun owners a 48-hour exemption from needing a concealed weapon license during an evacuation. Supporters cited Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged New Orleans in 2005, as the reason to…

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Bill Day’s latest: Pam Bondi, Allen West for Senate?

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When U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate, he set off an unusual chain of events among Florida Democrats. First, speculation flourished over a potential Democratic primary, with a number of leading contenders, such as former Gov. Charlie Crist, as well as U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Alan Grayson. Since then, both Crist and Wasserman Schultz have bowed out. And the chatter is growing that Grayson will possibly enter the race to replace Marco Rubio, particularly…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

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