Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy rose to prominence in 1950 asserting he had a list of “members of the communist party” employed by the State Department. That list grew bigger over time. Florida appears to have…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ANTI-VAX MANIA
Florida Sen. Manny Diaz launched a broadside of late in suggesting that it’s time to review vaccination requirements for public school students. The Hialeah Republican’s words, as Chair of the Senate Health Policy Committee, are…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PASSPORT PENALTIES
Starting this past Thursday, the state of Florida can now penalize businesses $5,000 per violation for any business which requires proof of vaccination for entry. In personal terms, what that means is that I cannot…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: WITHHOLDING INFORMATION
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…
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…