Rep. Dwight Bullard, D-Cutler Bay, is demanding that the state Department of Education investigate the costs of the annual summit of Charter Schools USA, held in Orlando last week and attended by Gov. Rick Scott.
Gov. Rick Scott — a strong supporter of publicly funded, privately run charter schools — speaks today at the annual summit of Charter Schools USA in Orlando.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said she’s ordering an independent investigation into the controversial firing of prosecutors who were going after foreclosure mills. Plus: five more important items!
Mark Kaplan, former chief of staff to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has been announced as the new vice president of public affairs for The Mosaic Company, one of the top dogs in phosphate and nutrient production in the country.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be making two Sunday show appearances this week.
Monday was a good day for Adam Hasner.
Though originally projected to go live at the end of September, a statewide prescription drug monitoring program will now be implemented on Oct. 17, according to recent projections.
The creation of a statewide prescription pill-monitoring database is well underway, with a new name and new requirements. Though E-FORCSE (Electronic-Florida Online Reporting Controlled Substance Evaluation) wasn’t without its initial opponents (Gov. Rick Scott among them), the database has successfully passed its hurdles and will soon go live.
Senate President Mike Haridopolos has raised millions so far this year despite having to focus his energy on the legislative session, while former Sen. George LeMiuex has assembled a big-name finance team and enlisted the fundraising help of a gang of sitting senators. Former Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner’s campaign has done neither, and sees that as a selling point.
Gov. Rick Scott was gong to take heat from someone, no matter what he decided to do about SunRail. Business groups and Central Florida politicians wanted the project to move ahead, but Scott also risked rankling his tea party base, which is now doing some soul-searching. Like many of Scott’s sometimes quixotic decisions, it’s hard to chalk this one entirely up to politics. As the hometown editorial board put it, this project “had too much going for it.”
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