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A roundup of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

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A roundup of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Saving money by hurting sick kids The state of Florida should not balance its budget on the backs of sick children. But that is exactly what state health officials have done since May, when they kicked about 9,000 children out of a health care program by using a deceptive screening tool. Department of Health officials should reinstate eligible children immediately. It is unconscionable that the state would…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Hard choices on climate change Midway through the climate talks in Paris, world leaders will make the uneasy transition this week from soaring rhetoric to hard promises. But with nothing on the table so far that achieves the goal of limiting future global temperature rises to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, negotiators will have to work creatively to keep a deal alive and at the forefront for both industrial…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — St. Petersburg should wait on spending most BP money St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has imaginative plans to spend BP settlement dollars to fight environmental calamity and enhance the city’s quality of life. But the City Council has wisely applied the brakes until it explores the more mundane task of making sure a leaky sewage treatment system does not overflow during heavy rainstorms like it did this…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — The right way for churches to help schools Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz should be commended for the work it is doing with the Hillsborough County School District. For years, the church has made a concerted effort to help students at one of Hillsborough’s most troubled schools, and it is extending its reach to assist principals throughout the district. The separation of church and state should be…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Florida cannot afford Scott’s corporate welfare Gov. Rick Scott is campaigning to make Florida the king of corporate welfare. He toured the state last week to promote his $1 billion tax cut that would primarily benefit big business. On top of that, the governor wants to set aside $250 million in corporate giveaways in case his out-of-state photo opportunities produce the jobs he brags about. This is…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Benghazi hearings aimed at politics, not policy The Republican show trial over Benghazi lived up to the worst fears this week as House conservatives pummeled former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a naked effort to damage her campaign for president. Nine hours of nasty questioning produced virtually no new information, beyond a stark picture of how low the political process has sunk and the lengths that…

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A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Let investigation play out before setting Hillsborough transit referendum If the Go Hillsborough transit initiative goes anywhere, city and county leaders have to quickly focus on the right priorities. They should concentrate on creating a robust, detailed plan they could sell to voters, not on meeting an artificial deadline next month for deciding whether to place a referendum on the 2016 ballot. To force a decision on…

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