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Beyond abortion: Tart reform - Florida fights floozies

Cross posted at BlogWood: Norwood's Nattering Moving to consolidate their growing control over the bodies of women, Florida lawmakers passed a well publicized anti-abortion parental notification bill,...

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FL: School REsegregation: Separate and Failing

Cross posted at BlogWood: Norwood's Nattering Hillsborough County Schools achieved a long term goal this year: resegregation. In a nutshell, the school system implemented a school choice plan which...

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FL: Local pols protect the kids

(Cross-posted at BlogWood: Norwood's Nattering)Ronda Storms (R - Homophoburbia) is continuing her remarkable crusade to  rid our libraries of objectionable material.

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FL: Welcome to Homophoburbia

Tampa's Hillsborough County declares war against gays. (Compiled from various posts at BlogWood) A few weeks ago, one of our strident moralist politicians started channeling Anita Bryant and making...

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FL Tampa School Board Candidate Running Stealth Campaign

Terry  Kemple, the Bell Shoals Baptist based Christian crusader against  everything from bikini bars to bathrooms is running for a seat on the  Hillsborough County (where Tampa is located) School...

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FL Sen: Meek Needs Us Now

Charlie Crist is no  progressive. "I'm as conservative as any governor. I'm chain  gang Charlie. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro life,"There is a true  progressive in the Florida Senate race, and he is being all...

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FL: Thousands Disenfranchised Every 2 Years

Florida’s statewide  filing deadline for November races fell on Friday and news reports  highlighted a great example of the kind of behavior that  disgusts voters who say that they are just fed up with...

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FL Sen: Chain Gang Charlie Crist is Born

XPosted @ BlogWood."I'm  as conservative as any governor. I'm chain gang Charlie. I'm pro-gun.  I'm pro life,"That's Charlie Crist way back in 2009 before he made a sincere and heartfelt decision to...

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FL Sen: I'm Not Afraid of the Big Bad Rubio

I’m Not Afraid of the  Big Bad Rubio, and Jeff Greene is a Real Schmuck: Why We All Need to Get  Behind Kendrick Meek Right Now Xposted @ BlogWoodI keep hearing folks say that they have  given up on...

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FL Sen: No Longer Beating a Dead Horse

XPosted @ BlogWood.I give up - there's really no reason to rally behind the only real Democrat in the Democratic primary race. No Party Charlie Crist is with us on everything except what he's not with...

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FL: Happy 4th! You Have 21 Days Left to Fix Your Voter Status

Florida  voters face a July 26 registration deadline for primary races.  A new  website from the Florida Division of Elections allows us to check on our  status quickly and easily:ACTION:  Check  your...

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FL: Editing the Constitution

Note: This week I'll spend several days and diaries discussing the constitutional amendment process in Florida as well as the specific amendments that are on the November ballot this year.Florida's...

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FL: Editing the Constitution - Amendment 1

Note: Over  the next week or two I'll spend several days and diaries discussing the  constitutional amendment process in Florida as well as the specific  amendments that are on the November ballot this...

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FL: Editing the Constitution - Developing News

Note: The Florida Constitution series of diaries is officially veering slightly off course with this post on developing news.  However, upcoming posts on all the individual amendments are still...

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Teach Your Children Hell: Fundie Winning Money Race - Tampa Schools

A divorced family man who believes that teachers should have the academic freedom to bring God into the classroom but that they should never, ever, be allowed to mention the theory of contraception, is...

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FL: Editing the Constitution - Amendment 3

Note: Every 2 years, Florida voters get a chance to literally edit the state constitution, as proposed changes to the actual text of the document are placed on the ballot.  This post is part of a...

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Unions 101 - Words Have Meaning

LaFeminista posted a good diary about unions recently, and reading the diary and comments reminded me that despite my avid pro-union stance, until about 5 years ago when I lucked into a union job, I,...

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Unions 101 - Stickin' To The Union

Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union. Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die....

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Unions 101 - We Are All Working Class

Having just left Las Vegas - a trip I set out on with the trepidatious goal of avoiding as much of the traditional Vegas Strip experience as possible, I've been ruminating on the efficiency of the...

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Unions 101 - Which Side Are You On?

"There’s no such thing as neutral. You have to be on one side or the other. Some people say, “I don’t take sides - I’m neutral.” There’s no such thing. In your mind you’re on one side or the other. In...

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