Progress Florida Education Center’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 12-6-13
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida Education Center’s popular free Daily Clips service.
Progress Florida Education Center’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 12-6-13
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida Education Center’s popular free Daily Clips service.
Newly Uncovered Documents Expose ALEC’s Anti-Gay Past
By Calvin Sloan
Right Wing Watch
Throughout the 1980s, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — now infamous for its work on behalf of “stand your ground” laws and restrictions on voting rights — was instrumental in pushing anti-gay policies throughout the country, according to documents recently uncovered by People For the American Way and the Center For Media and Democracy.
At A Minimum
By Mustang Bobby
Bark Bark Woof Woof
Fast food workers in South Florida are joining the protest for higher wages.
Rubio Wants People To Make More Money, But A Minimum Wage Is Not The Answer
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Marco Rubio, who hasn’t accomplished anything in his short career in Washington beyond contributing to gridlock, making speeches and publishing a book about his inaction, just went abroad to bash President Obama, America, and pretend to have foreign policy cred.
From the Field: Health Care Law’s Positive Impact on Women
By Leah Barber-Heinz
Every Woman Southeast
Lost in all of the political wrangling over the Affordable Care Act is the fact that Florida’s women, an astounding 1.4 million of whom are uninsured, will see a huge positive impact thanks to these reforms.
The Debate is Over
By Steve Schale
Steve Schale
In late September, Representative Ray Pilon, a Republican legislator from Sarasota, filed a piece of legislation that makes an interesting, and probably unintended statement about the state of Presidential politics in Florida.