Maxwell: Manatee corpses — the price of the ‘freedom’ to pollute in Florida Maxwell: Hundreds of manatees have starved to death in Florida waters, due to pollution. A federal job says Florida didn’t do its job protecting them.

Never mistake environmentalism for spending gobs of tax dollars to clean up pollution that never should've been allowed in the first place.
Also, corpses can't be repaired.
With a disturbing death count, a federal judge says Florida didn't do its job.
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Maxwell: DeSantis stresses his wife ‘devised’ Hope Florida Maxwell: DeSantis stresses his wife ‘devised’ Hope Florida while foundation chair says: “We have no monitoring procedures. We have no staff.”

Meanwhile, in Florida, it seems that public money meant to help struggling Floridians access health care was redirected by team DeSantis to fund political campaigns.

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Senate committee OKs misgendering of trans people in government jobs • Florida Phoenix A hotly contested proposal that would prohibit the use of preferred pronouns in state and local government workplaces, and limit gender identity training for state and local government employees, won ...

Our students' SAT scores are among the worst in America.

Our insurance rates are among the highest.

So Florida's GOP legislators remain laser-focused on their true policy priorities ... pronoun laws.
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27.03.2025 09:55 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Scott Maxwell: Florida should repeal ‘free kill’ law Scott Maxwell: Florida is the only state with a ‘free kill’ law that says family members can’t sue negligent doctors for the deaths of adult loved ones without spouses or young ki…

The fact that Florida is the only state in America with a 'free kill' law should be a bright, red flag.
It's part of a systemic effort by lawmakers and Florida's business lobby to strip you of your ability to sue companies that do you wrong.
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25.03.2025 19:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Florida's hotel-tax laws would get major overhaul under new law proposed by Orlando senator. Columnist Scott Maxwell says it's way past time. Scott Maxwell says proposed changes to Florida’s hotel-tax laws are way overdue. They would allow spending on local needs and force tourism interests to contribute as much to Visit Orlando as…

It's time for change.
These bills would finally allow Orange County to spend hotel-tax money on things like transit and workforce housing.
And they'd force tourism interests to contribute $1 to Visit Orlando for every $1 taxpayers do.
Both are way overdue.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/04/m...

05.03.2025 12:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Scoott Maxwell: Florida’s new AG has a history of hiding public records James Uthmeier is a political operative who has been fighting in court for 2 years to hide public records connected to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

From @scottmaxwell.bsky.social:

The guy slated to be Florida's next attorney general has spent the last two years fighting to keep hidden phone records connected to his role as Ron DeSantis' chief of staff.
A conservative judge said he had no right to do so

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/28/u...

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Remarkable video: As DeSantis relocates migrants from Texas, GOP reps beg them to keep working in Florida As Gov. Ron DeSantis spent more Florida tax dollars flying migrants out of Texas, Republican lawmakers back home were begging migrant workers to stay in their jobs here in Florida. In a remarkable …

And when they thought nobody was listening, they begged immigrants to keep working in the fields, promising them that their supposed immigration crackdown was all for show.

They described their own bill as “more of a political bill than it is policy.”
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27.01.2025 21:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Maxwell: In their immigration crackdown, DeSantis and Florida's GOP lawmakers passed a law that goes easy on employers caught breaking the law As Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida legislators discuss rushing to convene a special session on immigration, there’s something key to remember: These politicians want undocumented workers in this stat…

DeSantis and GOP lawmakers gave their donor buddies a pass last time.
They passed an E-Verify law that forced the state to catch law-breaking companies 3 times before being punished – and gave them 30 days to stop breaking the law before accruing fines.
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27.01.2025 21:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Notice what’s missing here.
It’s what’s *always* missing from the Florida GOP’s supposed crackdowns on immigration - any crackdown on the employers that exploit and profiting off illegal labor.

That is intentional.
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