In an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal Monday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says Florida's investment in reform is already paying off. But he isn't suggesting the state stop now; instead, he seems to be trying to build consensus for more reform, which is sure to be hard-fought in this year's legislative session.
In his article, Bush cites two examples of reform measures that were widely opposed, but now have proven effective in improving school performance. He said some fought against giving schools a letter grade, A to F, based on their performance.
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Just a few miles off the coast of Florida, China is reported to be investing $2.5 billion in a massive tourist complex near Nassau.
China is demanding that the Bahamas issue work permits for 8,150 Chinese workers, who would constitute roughly three-quarters of the work force needed to construct the Baha Mar facility.
The Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., takes a dim view of this latest Chinese export scheme, noting that the needed workers "could easily be drawn from the Bahamas labor pool."
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If George LeMieux runs for U.S. Senate in 2012, he shouldn't expect any support from the National Council of La Raza.
The Hispanic political group issued a warning to Republican lawmakers who voted against the DREAM Act, saying:
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Dear Charlie,
I'm going to miss you in Florida politics. Well, eventually. When you really do leave for good, I'll be the first one burying my head in a hankie. Nobody -- not even the dour Bill McCollum -- has provided me with more column fodder. In the meantime, Charlie, as Gov.-elect Rick Scott takes his oath to replace you, I offer this little bit of parting advice:
WASHINGTON -- New Republican legislators should come down Capitol
Hill to the National Museum of American History, which displays a device that in 1849 was granted U.S. patent 6469. It enabled a boat's "draught of water to be readily lessened" so it could "pass over bars, or through shallow water." The patentee was from Sangamon County, Ill. Across Constitution Avenue, over the Commerce Department's north entrance, are some words of the patentee, Abraham Lincoln:
A Leon County judge upheld the Legislatures ability to set tuition for the states 11 public universities, knocking down a challenge from former Gov. Bob Graham who thought the Board of Governors should control university costs.
While Florida is the fourth largest state and a battleground every presidential election, neither of the major parties has ever included a Floridian on its presidential tickets. There are plenty of reasons for this -- Florida was a member of the Solid South after Reconstruction and took decades to develop, for example. But one of those reasons is that rising political stars from the Sunshine State quickly fizzle.
Gov.-elect Rick Scott will roll into office on the heels of a series of inaugural events that will feature national news personalities, performance artists and high school bands from throughout Florida. The events will be a celebration of his electoral victory, but some will also be reminders of the states 12 percent unemployment rate and his recipe for recovery.
