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Today on Context Florida: Tallahassee twerps, Crisafulli rants, family intrusions and stormwater

Published on May 5, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: Florence Snyder says that Rep. Matt Gaetz isn’t the only Tallahassee twerp to publicly disrespect his elders and betters, but he’s the first in memory to be called to account in the court of public opinion. Gaetz is better known as a master of the Twitterverse, where he spends a lot of time burnishing his credentials as the Eric Cartman of the lower chamber. Speaker Steve Crisafulli criticized a recent Supreme Court finding that the House adjourning…

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Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Unelected Supreme Court chastises House members for unelecting themselves

Published on May 4, 2015 in Top Headlines by Jac VerSteeg

Politicians who disagree with Supreme Court rulings frequently point out that the justices are “unelected.” That’s true on both the federal and state levels. Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli echoed that disdain with comments after a majority of Florida Supreme Court justices agreed with an opinion written by Justice Barbara Pariente, who wrote that the House, under Crisafulli’s leadership, “clearly violated the Constitution” when it adjourned three days early. That ruling came in response to a lawsuit by Democrats. Crisafulli…

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Today on Context Florida: Hunt & fish, FDLE, empathy and unsolved murders

Published on April 1, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: Former state Rep. Rick Dantzler asks legislators where Florida children will now learn to hunt and fish. Hunting leases in Florida are too expensive, so gone are the days when a group of families from Central Florida could lease a big piece of land within a two-hour drive and find the kind of Florida in which Dantzler grew up. Jac Wilder VerSteeg offers a quick word about the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s decision to investigate whether…

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