Tag Archives: Rick Scott

Rick Scott: I Had Nothing To Do With That Bill I Signed Into Law

Posted on January 16, 2013 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

As you may recall, voting in the state of Florida on election day was a convoluted mess. Some people reportedly waited in line until nearly 2 a.m. to cast their votes. And now Governor Rick Scott would like you to … Continue reading →

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Governor Rick Scott is a Lying Liar

Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

Publicly, Governor Rick Scott opposes the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid because of ideology, but privately he’s providing dishonest analysis to state officials to justify not expanding the program. Florida, which has one of the highest rates of uninsurance in the … Continue reading →

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Florida GOP Deliberately Engaged in Voter Suppression

Posted on November 27, 2012 at 9:18 am by Bob Cesca

A former top GOP official in Florida has confirmed our suspicions: Jim Greer, the former head of the Florida Republican Party, recently claimed that a law shortening the early voting period in the state was deliberately designed to suppress voting … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Whiny Diaper Tantrum Continues

Posted on November 21, 2012 at 7:15 am by Bob Cesca

My Wednesday column digs into the roundelay of GOP screeching in reaction to the election, including something called “Barack O’Fraudo”: We’ve all known a kid who upon losing a board game would freak out, hurl the game across the room … Continue reading →

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Time to Decide

Posted on November 16, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Joe Heller In other news, a new report from Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute has concluded that expanding Medicaid under Obamacare would actually save the state of Florida $100 million per year. And Rick Scott says no.

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Six Hour Lines and Voter Suppression in Florida and Ohio

Posted on November 5, 2012 at 7:07 am by Bob Cesca

My Monday column. Voter suppression and Voting Rights Act violations in Florida and Ohio: For the last year or so, I’ve been tracking the Republican effort to suppress voting rights by passing various Jim Crow style “Voter ID” laws. The … Continue reading →

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Paging Rick Scott

Posted on September 28, 2012 at 4:20 pm by JM Ashby

Earlier this week it was revealed that a firm hired by the RNC was producing fraudulent voter registration in Florida, but what was previously limited to an isolated incident in Palm Beach County has now spread to 10 counties according … Continue reading →

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Today in Voter Disenfranchisement News

Posted on August 15, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Bob Cesca

A judge ruled in favor of the ridiculous Pennsylvania Voter ID law. In a blow to voting rights advocates, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson upheld the state’s restrictive voter ID law, which could disenfranchise as many as 750,000 citizens … Continue reading →

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Best Healthcare System in the World!

Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:00 pm by JM Ashby

This is criminal. JACKSONVILLE — The CDC officer had a serious warning for Florida health officials in April: A tuberculosis outbreak in Jacksonville was one of the worst his group had investigated in 20 years. Linked to 13 deaths and … Continue reading →

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Rick Scott's Purge List is a Fraud

Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:08 am by Bob Cesca

Florida, Florida, Florida. Via Joan McCarter: Only 41 registered voters residing in 13 counties–this is out of the 2,625 names flagged by the Florida SOS as “potential noncitizens”–were removed from the rolls. In other words, 98.4% of the 2,625 people … Continue reading →

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