OPIOID CRISIS Governor DeSantis signed Executive Order 19-97 on April 2nd establishing the Office of Drug Control and the Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse to combat Florida’s substance abuse crisis. SUNPASS CONTRACTOR The conversion of software for SunPass billing has not gone smoothly since its implementation began last year. Hundreds of complaints still pour Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
Bills That Are Most Likely Dead for Session FINANCIAL LITERACY It appears the financial literacy bill championed for years by former Senator Dorothy Hukill, will not pass as it has stalled in the House. TRAFFIC CAMERAS The repeal of red light cameras is once again on the agenda for the Legislature. Previous attempts to implement Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Bills of Interest AMENDMENT 4 Debate continues on whether Amendment 4, which grants voting rights to certain ex-felons, is self-implementing The Senate Criminal Justice Committee and Representative J.W. Grant (R-Tampa) filed bills that establish certain rules and regulations before voting rights would be restored. The main issue is whether full financial restitution should be made Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
Florida has a long and rich history which we often tend to overlook. On April 2nd we celebrated the 506th anniversary of Juan Ponce de León’s landing in Florida which was the first known exploratory expedition in the new world. Although many scholars now claim that he was not the first European to visit, he Read more about Ponce de León[…]
Dave Hood Former Representative Dave Hood (R-Ormond Beach) died March 15th after a long battle with brain cancer. Hood, a former mayor of Ormand Beach, was elected to the Florida House in 2012. Former Governor Rick Scott appointed him as a judge on the Seventh Judicial Circuit in 2014. Hood was 64.