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A cordial House reception for Scottā€™s budget, despite off-stage rancor

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The House Appropriations Committee gave a respectful reception Tuesday to Gov. Rick Scottā€™sĀ $83.5 billionĀ state budget Tuesday, with chairmanĀ Carlos TrujilloĀ praising the spending plan as ā€œconservative.ā€ ā€œItā€™s a very fair budget,ā€ Trujillo told reporters following the meeting. ā€œIt was balanced. Some different priorities than weā€™ve expressed here in the House. But, overall, I think it was very fair, very reasonable, and very well put together.ā€ Of proposedĀ legislationĀ that would spike Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida ā€” two of Scottā€™s top priorities ā€” Trujillo…

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Universities, colleges paint depressing picture of dealing with 10 percent cuts

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Asked to prepare for 10 percent budget cuts, Florida’s state university and college leaders pledged to try to avoid affecting students but told the House Subcommittee on Higher Education Appropriations Friday the impacts would still be profound. “The target reductions are set at 10 percent for each entity,” Subcommittee Chairman Larry Ahern said after spelling out the challenges faced by the larger House Appropriations Committee of possible 10 percent budget cuts this year to deal with a $1.7 billion shortfall.…

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House budget chairman starts looking for programs to cut

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House AppropriationsĀ Committee ChairĀ Carlos Trujillo promised Tuesday to get to work this year on attacking budget deficits that loom during the next two years. Trujillo directed committee members to begin scrutinizing state spending and looking for programs to trim or cut. At the same time, he reiterated the House leadership’s determination to look for tax cuts, including to local property taxes. “The House is very interested in that,” he said of cutting local property taxes for schools, with the state providing…

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Amended state lands bill passes committee, heads to House floor

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A bill that would allow the Cabinet to give away state land passed its only committee stop on Tuesday with changes requested by environmental groups. HB 7135 would establish ā€œlow impact agricultureā€ as a management goal for state lands. The bill also would allow the Cabinet to give away state parks and other state lands to adjacent landowners under an agreement to conserve both properties. State Rep. Matt Caldwell, a Republican from Fort Myers, said the bill would allow the…

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The week ahead in the Florida Legislature

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This week in Florida Politics we shall seek clarity. By weekā€™s end we will know about the House and Senate’s competing budget proposals, how Rob Bradley intends to solve the Charlotteā€™s Web mystery and whether service in the Confederate Army is Hall of Fame material. The highlight of a busy week comes Wednesday when both the Senate Appropriations and the House Appropriations committees will work on their respective budget proposals. The Houseā€™s opening bid is $76.2 billion and the Senate’s…

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House Speaker replies to Times water bill editorial

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Benjamin Franklin delivered the memorable line, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Were he alive today, I believe Franklin would amend his short list of inevitabilities with a declaration that Florida Republicans can solidly count on negative editorials from the Tampa Bay Times. Such is the case with the Feb. 22 editorial, “Water plan is a step backward.” It was written with a lack of understanding of the complexities of Florida law…

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