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Florida Times-Union: Surveying tough solutions for city’s pension hole
There are several tough choices facing the people of Jacksonville when it comes to the steep job of funding police and fire pensions. These aren’t the only pension costs facing the city, but they represent the bulk of the unfunded portion. This coming budget year, for instance, about $122 million of the $150 million in […]
Sunshine State News: School in Session, STEM in Focus
By: Ed Moore, Ph.D. | Posted: August 28, 2012 3:55 AM Across Florida, kids are donning back packs and hopping on yellow buses heading back to school. This school year brings with it an increased focus on accountability, especially in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) – important building blocks for research, development and economic […]
Sun-Sentinel: Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist, the talk of Tampa, shake up convention
WASHINGTON — They’re both retired (for now, anyway) pols, but former Florida Govs. Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist rocked the political world this week, one by thumbing his nose at the Republican Party, the other by generating buzz that he may be angling to become its presidential nominee in four or eight years. As the Republicans […]
Florida Voices: Vital Vaccines Made Easy
During an often combative legislative session earlier this year, leaders put their differences aside to enact this common-sense proposal that will keep people healthy and reduce health costs. Until this year, Florida was one of a handful of states that did not permit pharmacists to offer these vaccines. According to the Centers for Disease Control […]
Daytona Beach News-Journal: Striving for accountability in public schools
Florida has been at the cutting-edge of education reform since implementing the A+ plan for education in 1999. In just a little over a decade, we have moved from a public education system that had no consistent method for assessing how our students were performing in school to a system which has demonstrated — through […]
Miami Herald: Citizens is subsidized by private insurance holders
THE READERS’ FORUM The 77 percent of Florida homeowners that have private homeowners insurance are paying the full amount that their insurers believe is necessary for their own risk. In addition to paying 100 percent of their own premium, these Floridians are subject to the threat of additional hurricane taxes and assessments to cover for […]
Orlando Sentinel: Some regulations OK but this is overkill
Some regulations OK but this is overkill President Obama must address the burden of federal over-regulation. If the current administration does not comment on this issue, it will lose the support of small-business voters in our state and nationwide. These regulations are stifling Florida’s small-business community. I am the owner of Restaurant Equipment World in […]
Sunshine State News: Public Employees’ Salary Packages Breaking Florida Cities
Public Employees’ Salary Packages Breaking Florida Cities By: LLOYD BROWN | Posted: August 7, 2012 3:55 AM There are reported instances of retired public employees being paid more than those still working 40 hours per week, and if current trends persist, there will be more. While earning more than the governor, as a Miami Beach police sergeant did, […]