Best of the Blogs: Hot Water

Progress Florida Education Center's Best of the Blogs for the week ending 6-29-12
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida Education Center's popular free Daily Clips service.

The Ten Most Interesting Fla State Leg Races
By Steve Schale
Steve Schale
With qualifying over, there is now a chance to look at the field as a whole and the races to watch.

The One Percent's Efforts to Control the 99%
By Brughart
Hrrumph
Information can bring you choices and choices bring power - educate yourself about your options and choices.

Pro-Voucher Democrats Fundraising Helped By Out of State Right-Wing Interests
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
Political Hurricane
I have often been asked what happened on the school voucher issue to create a dynamic where the number of legislative Democrats who supported corporate tax credit vouchers grew from 1 to 24 between 2001 and 2011.

All the world in a grain of sand: how the Growth Machine ate the Florida Department of Community Affairs
By Gimleteye
Eye on Miami
John DeGrove was the father of land use planning in Florida and the principal architect of the state land use agency, the Florida Department of Community Affairs.

FL-16: Buchanan facing at least four investigations, including witness tampering
By Christian Dem
Daily Kos
Last night, CNN's Anderson Cooper dropped a bombshell--Congressman Vern Buchanan is in very hot water.