Best of the Blogs: Bait and Switch

Progress Florida Education Center's Best of the Blogs for the week ending 4-20-12
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Rick Scott Signs His Bait And Switch "Education Budget"
By Inkberries
Beach Peanuts
Today Rick Scott signed what he's calling his "education budget" at an elementary school during FCAT testing time and using kindergartners as a backdrop.

Senate's Defense On Redistricting Shows Continued Arrogance
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
Political Hurricane
The Senate continues to misfire in the reapportionment debate. In their brief to the Supreme Court the Senate lawyers have claimed that the chamber fixed every objection of the court in the initial plan which met with court rejection.

Orlando Rising
By Steve Schale
Steve Schale
On Election Night 2008, my usual elecction night jitters ended immediately at  7:05 PM EST, when the early vote in Orange County had us up by some 60,000 votes.

The Truth About Taxes
By Kenneth Quinnell
Florida Progressive Coalition
In honor of National Tax Day, I wanted to say a few things about taxes and the way conservatives talk about them.

Governor Rick Scott and John DeGrove: gone
By Gimleteye
Eye on Miami
Most Floridians never heard of John DeGrove, who passed away recently at age 87.