Democrats in the Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to name Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale to serve as their next leader. Smith will take the reins from current Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich of Sunrise after the 2012 elections.
I am proud of the confidence my caucus has shown in me said Smith. Florida faces many problems over the next few years and I look forward to leading the Democratic Caucus as we craft solutions.
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Former Winter Park City Commissioner Beth Dillaha has formed a coalition to press Gov. Rick Scott to veto the SunRail commuter train project.
VETO SunRail, whose members include former Osceola County Commission Chairman Fred Hawkins Jr., contends that the planned 61-mile Central Florida train project will be a terminal drain on taxpayers.
Projected to serve only 3,700 commuters -- roughly half the number carried by South Florida's money-losing Tri-Rail system -- SunRail was deemed "not cost-effective" by the Federal Transit Authority.
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A budget deal reached Tuesday does not include a controversial proposal to limit how much doctors can charge for dispensing drugs to workers' compensation patients.
Sen. Alan Hays, a Umatilla Republican who spearheaded the proposal, said it did not survive budget negotiations between the House and Senate. Former Gov. Charlie Crist also vetoed such limits last year.
Having killed 29 immigration bills in recent sessions, Republican leaders at the Florida Legislature have apparently figured a way to deep-six an E-Verify measure.
After a session-long delay, the Senate appears ready to pass a watered-down SB 2040 on Wednesday. But the bill may not even get a vote in the House, which now appears unlikely to even take up its own E-Verify enforcement package.
The gory details are upcoming in Sunshine State News.
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