Best of the Blogs: Struck Down

Progress Florida Education Center’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 7-24-15
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 7-24-15
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida Education Center’s popular free Daily Clips service.

How Florida’s congressional districts might change after court-ordered re-redistricting (with maps)
By Stephen Wolf
Daily Kos
Florida’s congressional map was struck down by the state Supreme Court earlier this month for violating the Fair Districts Amendment enacted via ballot initiative in 2010.

Florida House GOP Gets Go Ahead To Attend ALEC Conference On Taxpayers’ Dime
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Fresh from a legislative session cut short days early over disagreements on blocking Medicaid expansion, followed by a costly special session where they made their “no” votes official, Florida Republicans in the House are heading out to pick up a new round of cookie cutter legislation from the group who writes it for them: ALEC.

Miami WorldCenter: A Rose Is Not Always A Rose
By Carlos Ramos
Fight For Florida
At first blush…

Marco Rubio Says President Obama Has “No Class”? More On Rubio And The GOP’s “Class” Argument
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Florida Squeeze
Democratic President never have “any class” according to partisan ideological Republicans.

The Potential for Solar to Power Low-Income, Minority Communities
By Marvin Smith
CleanEnergy Footprints
Solar power is on the rise faster than a Steph Curry shot.