Broward Schools & Property Tax Edition: Capitol to Courthouse Headliners — Tuesday, August 16
Aug 16, 2011
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No property tax? Idea has fans, foes
With property-tax notices coming out this month, it might be tempting to imagine what you’d do if you didn’t have that expense.
Column: Public schools must adapt to choice or die off
Public schools today are like newspapers 10 years ago.
Senate President: Teachers Don’t Deserve Guaranteed, Lifetime Jobs
Before the Tiger Bay Club of Polk County Monday, Senate President Mike Haridopolos said “every teacher should not have a guaranteed, lifetime job” and that comment has rattled the teachers’ union president.
Ex-Florida education commissioners still on payroll
Florida doesn’t have one, or even two education commissioners earning a paycheck right now.
Lawmakers approve boarding school for at-risk kids, but agencies can’t find money to build it
Several state agencies are trying to figure out if they can afford to create a college preparatory boarding school for at-risk youth that was mandated by Florida lawmakers this year.
Public Broadcasting System stations expecting a reprieve from state budget cuts face another shutout
When Republican Rick Scott vetoed $4.8 million for Florida public broadcasting stations, program supporters mocked the governor as a penny-pinching enemy of Big Bird and other familiar Public Broadcasting System figures.
Editorial: Florida must join online tax pact
State Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda reminds – or attempts to remind – her tax-resistant colleagues in the Florida Legislature that collecting a sales tax on purchases made online is not the same as raising taxes.
Blog: Despite Governor Scott talking point, Florida still adding debt
In the wake of the federal debt debate, Governor Rick Scott has found a talking point: “We’re not doing any new debt.”
Public workers form their own Political Action Committee
It won’t be a big political-action committee with millions of dollars to spread around among powerful legislators and the political parties, but a group of public employees is forming a Political Action Committee to speak out for government workers in Florida.
Column: Hate tax hikes? Then get ready for toll roads
We took a family road trip to Maine and spent the kids’ college funds on interstate tolls.
Carl Hiaasen: We don’t need no stinkin’ U.S. tax dollars
Earlier this summer, a panel of low-wattage trolls known as the Legislative Budget Commission spurned $2.1 million of a federal grant designed to transition ill and elderly Floridians out of nursing facilities and back to their homes.
Texas area school districts watching what they spend
Central Texas school districts are still in belt-tightening mode, mothballing schools and increasing class sizes and teacher workloads.
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