Integrity Florida

Senate redistricting bill clears last review panel

Published on March 9, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

A bill aimed at streamlining the handling of political redistricting court cases cleared its last committee Thursday. The legislation (SB 352) was OK’d by the Senate Rules Committee on a 7-3 party-line vote. It’s now ready for the full Senate. It also “encourages” courts “to follow certain procedures to maintain public oversight when drafting a remedial redistricting plan,” the bill’s analysis says. That’s because bill sponsor Travis Hutson, an Elkton Republican, was concerned that previous redistricting cases were decided “behind…

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Bill changing single word of public records rules could have “disastrous” effect on Sunshine Laws

Published on January 11, 2016 in Peter/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Florida Sunshine Laws, which dictate transparency in government, could be significantly threatened — all with the change of a single word. As reported by Noah Pransky of WTSP, a new bill by Sarasota Republican State Rep. Greg Steube is generating concern among open government advocates, who see it as “legislators trying to further erode citizens’ only avenue” of accessing public records. The proposals (HB 1021 and SB 1220), would give judges the discretion to award attorney’s fees in public records…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.26.15 — Alan Grayson thriving with small-dollar donations

Published on August 26, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday shows that none of the Democratic or Republicans running for the U.S. Senate next year in Florida are well known enough to ask voters who they would vote for next year. That seems hard to believe when one of those candidates is Alan Grayson, but so be it. With more than a year to go before the Senate primaries in both parties, on the surface of it, the Grayson-Murphy fight should be a battle royal. However,…

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Mitch Perry Report for 2.26.15 – Is GOP divided on whether income inequality is a partisan issue?

Published on February 26, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

As anyone paying attention to the rhetoric of some of the leading GOP presidential candidates this year, the term “income inequality” is no longer strictly the province of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. “The opportunity gap is the defining issue of our time,” Jeb Bush said in his first major speech of the year in Detroit last month. “More Americans are stuck at their income levels than ever before.” Paul Ryan (not running for president) said that President Obama’s policies have “exacerbated…

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