To celebrate, we confetti’d him and then Vined him. In other Billy Manes-related news, today we learned that Billy is up for an award from the Association for Alternative Newsweeklies in the Breaking News category for his ongoing coverage of the Orange County sick-time debacle. You can read the various stories he’s being recognized...
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It’s Billy Manes’ birthday today! And he’s up for an award!
I’m Every Woman: Sick-time advocates send Mother’s Day video to Gov. Rick Scott appealing for pre-emption veto
In the spirit of Mother’s Day (which is this Sunday, deadbeats), the sick-time advocates behind a current petition effort aimed at getting Gov. Rick Scott to veto HB 655 – the anti-local-control, anti-sick-time measure passed by the Florida House and Senate last week – have put together a YouTube video of their own iteration...
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The space between us: Rocketman Sen. Bill Nelson may not want to be governor, but he wants to tell the governor to fight for health care
Now that Tallahassee – and, by proxy, the entire state of Florida – has been deprived of the oxygen required to accept more than one million people onto Medicaid insurance rolls via $51 billion in free federal money, everybody’s favorite personification of beige (space beige, but still beige) is joining state Democrats in pressing...
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Hammer to fail!: Politics (finally) imitates life as the parent-trigger bill dies in the Florida Senate
In a repeat of last year’s down-the-middle reasoning from the Florida Senate, today the smarter side of the legislative coin decided to knock Jeb Bush’s corporate education volley out of consideration just before this year’s session closes on Friday. You may recall that the shoot-em-up state House hadn’t been nearly as thoughtful earlier this...
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Why a statewide domestic partnership registry matters to me.
This morning, Equality Florida published the testimony I had intended to give before the Florida Senate Committee on Children, Families and Elder Affairs in support of Senate Bill 196 on March 12. That hearing was postponed when Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, fell unexpectedly ill. Today, the bill will have another hearing at 3:15 p.m....
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One of OW’s finest to star in Little Miss Parliament House Talent Show
Saturday, March 30 – Little Miss Parliament House Talent Show 7:30 p.m. The Parliament House 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail 407-425-7571 wanzie.com $12-$15 Don’t miss the glitz and glamour of this showcase, as a collection of (ahem) 7-year-old girls competes in a live talent show, which is sure to be wildly competitive. Hosts Jeff...
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Breaking: Gov. Rick Scott to endorse Medicaid expansion this evening. Related: Scott has already ruined Florida
Today’s been a big fat wad of Florida depression, which you probably already know. You’re probably also aware that today whiny gubernatorial gumball Rick Scott got his way on the second of his Medicaid waiver requests from the feds, prompting him to release the following blast of ridiculously wronged optimism in the face of...
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Why everybody should be disappointed in today’s Jim Greer anti-moment
By now, you’re already aware that windbag former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer didn’t exactly squeal like a pig – not yet, anyway – when he accepted guilt on four grand theft charges at the Orange County Courthouse this morning. The prospective trial of the century ended with a whimper and not...
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A shot fired across the bow: Florida Theatrical Association launches DPAC plea in the direction of the city and the county
As expected, the Florida Theatrical Association is kicking its New Year off in passionate survival mode, following the December revelation that the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts would officially NOT be using the organization’s 25 years of Broadway experience with the city in the new venue. Sure, there are talks about a...
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Just Desserts! So, Vice President Joe Biden walks into a Dairy Queen in Orlando and…
This is what happens when you stay in on a Friday night. According to a VPOTUS pool report from this evening, Joe Biden popped by a Dairy Queen in Orlando (doesn’t specify where in Orlando, but PROBABLY near the interstate) sometime around 7 p.m. and “ordered a chocolate and vanilla swirl, then chatted with...
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