Posted in Fair Enough on Jul 4th, 2008 No Comments »
The Tampa Tribune reports that Charlie Crist got engaged on Thursday to a dirvocee woman from NY who has two kids.
She’s special in every way. She’s brilliant, beautiful and sweet. I’m very, very lucky,” Crist told the St. Petersburg Times in an exclusive interview.
Crist said he picked out the sapphire and diamond ring on [...]
Posted in Take it back on Jun 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
The mayor of New York, Mike Bloomberg, attended former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s education summit.
While Bloomberg supports charter schools and more public choice he opposes vouchers.
Why?
I’ve never been a big believer in vouchers,” Bloomberg added. He said that’s because “what invariably will happen with vouchers is those who are sending their kids to private schools [...]
Posted in Take it back on Jun 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Rabbi Merrill Shapiro of Temple Beth Shalom in Palm Coast, the vice president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said his organization joined in the lawsuit because it will take tax dollars from Jewish Floridians and use it “to fund institutions that teach that we have no access to salvation, that we’re [...]
Posted in This is bullshit! on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
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Posted in Take it back on Apr 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday I blogged about Sun-Sentinel’s terrible opinion on school vouchers. Personally, I found their opinion filled with loopholes.
However, the Miami Herald’s opinion had substance and provides examples unlike the Sun-Sentinel. However, I still disagree with them.
Here is their logic on not removing the state’s Blaine Amendment in order to get school vouchers.
The 120-year-old ”no aid” [...]
Posted in This is bullshit! on Mar 31st, 2008 No Comments »
On Sunday’s paper, the Sun-Sentinel discussed one of the many recommendations of the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission — a constitutional amendment that would establish a publicly funded school voucher program by removing the Blaine amendment from the state constitution.
The editorial board says:
This week, the commission took a step toward putting [...]
Posted in This is bullshit! on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »
The latest from the City of Hollywood, Broward County–Ft. Lauderdale area.
A state appeals court on Wednesday ruled the city of Hollywood can take a family’s downtown property and give it to a private developer.
Why did the the judges allow this?
Because the property in question is in a historic area.
…historic preservation is an acceptable reason for [...]
Posted in Sweet on Mar 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Charlie Crist office, in response to my open records request:
A search of our files revealed an electronic file responsive to your request. These files are contained on a CD. We can provide this CD via U.S. Postal Services. There will be no cost for this service. Please send [...]
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