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Today on Context Florida: Politics of make-believe, psychological slack, collective autism and a public safety crisis

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Today on Context Florida: In the eyes of Daniel Tilson, this week’s “Economic Growth Summit” hosted by Florida Gov. Rick Scott is all about the politics of make-believe, so anything goes. If life was fair, Scott’s summit would feature explanations and apologies to middle-class Floridians who’ve remained loyal to his hardcore conservative economic policies for years now. But life is often as tricky and unfair as…well, as hardcore conservative economic policies. Dale Brill says those of us with the financial resources…

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Today on Context Florida: Long hot Florida summer, fix-it plans, semester goodbyes and the truth

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Today on Context Florida: With the special session imminently upon us, it is only a warm-up to what Peter Schorsch says will be a hot political summer in Florida. He ponders 10 questions that will shape the immediate future for the state and – in some cases – the nation, including: What does Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign roll-out look like? Can Marco Rubio remain in the top-tier of presidential candidates? Is Florida ready for Hillary? Daniel Tilson says it’s time to…

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Today on Context Florida: Jeb’s fumble, festering unrest, community worth and anger

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Today on Context Florida: Campaigns are not foreign to Jeb Bush, says Bob Sparks. However, while Jeb is not an official candidate for president yet, he spent precious time trying to recover a surprising fumble. He dropped the ball on the national stage not from a hard-hitting question by a reporter seeking a “gotcha” response, but from Fox News prime-time star Megyn Kelly. Marc Yacht says the seeds of anarchy and civic instability are rooted in poverty, unemployment, poor education, lack…

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

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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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Today on Context Florida: Everglades water, anti-science politicians, flying a horse and racism

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Today on Context Florida: Former Martin County commissioner Maggy Hurchalla, in a speech to the Tropical Audubon Centennial on April 26, said that anyone willing to say “climate change” out loud knows that if we don’t send the water south from Lake Okeechobee that used to flow south through the Everglades, that the Everglades National Park will die. Miami will lose its drinking water aquifer. The coastal estuaries east and west of Lake Okeechobee will die. Marc Yacht finds it amusing…

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Today on Context Florida: Save Our Rivers, Palestinians & Israel, education reform and custodians

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Today on Context Florida: Floridians want the state to buy sugar industry-owned land south of Lake Okeechobee to store and clean water, says Sally Swartz. Unfortunately, that is not what the sugar industry wants. The “Save Our Rivers/Buy the Land” advocates are not giving up, and Stuart Republican Joe Negron offers a glimmer of hope. Marc Yacht notes that Israelis and Palestinians are weary of conflict. The Palestinians need a contiguous land of their own, as did Israel, he adds. The…

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Today on Context Florida: John Morgan, Obamacare, student privacy and sexual assault

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Today on Context Florida: John Morgan is a serious person, says Peter Schorsch. He certainly spent serious money trying to pass Amendment 2 in 2014. He sounds serious, sometimes even emphatic. And sometimes sounding serious is all one needs to get their friends and enemies to act the way they want them too. At least that is what Morgan hopes. Obamacare covers 16 million but an additional 32 million remain unprotected, writes Marc Yacht. Although it addresses insurer abuses such as…

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