It’s starting to seem like George Orwell’s “1984” in Florida these days, at least according to Rep. Guillermo Smith and the Florida Center for Government Accountability, which filed suit against the DeSantis administration for refusing…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: EMPHASIZE PUBLIC SAFETY
The ongoing narrative in Florida suggesting vaccination mandates – such as for COVID-19 – are intrusions on personal freedom is a false dichotomy. Today, the country requires vaccinations for diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, polio, measles-mumps-rubella, chickenpox, smallpox,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DESANTIS LOSSES
It’s been a rough week for Ron DeSantis. A judge ruled that the governor’s argument that an elected official can prohibit independent businesses from requiring vaccinations for the protection of their own customers and staff…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SUPPLY CHAIN REVISITED
It’s not that President Biden’s task force to address bottlenecks in supply chains on essential components is ill-advised; it is appropriate and needed. The problem is that it is 50 years too late. We started…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to join 21 other states in no longer distributing the $300 per week federal supplement was the right move in the nick of time. Government assistance at a time in which…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FIXING JOB OPENINGS
The decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Dan Eagle, Secretary of the Department of Economic Opportunity, to reinstate the job-hunting requirement as a condition of receiving unemployment benefits is a step in the right direction….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
While the American Rescue Plan of 2021 ushered in a massive stimulus, it also disrupted the labor market for employers across the state. With an “economic impact payment” of $1,400 for individuals ($2,800 for a…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: GRIDLOCK
The Boulder, Colo., shooting rampage once again highlighted the perennial battle over gun legislation, where one side of the aisle lines up in favor of legislation and the other side lines up in favor of…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: VOTING RIGHTS
Florida voters should armor up against assaults on voting rights, with GOP legislators attempting to level the playing field by restricting voting from segments not known to lean Republican. After the “Stop the Steal” narrative…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TWO WOLVES
As I read that Republicans refused to condemn Texas Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an active QAnon conspiracy theorist, yet retain as a GOP leader Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who voted to impeach Donald Trump, I…