thebrinkofNov 13, 20172 min readSpending’s Gotta GiveGovernor Rick Scott Last week, the Palm Beach Post carried two stories on the same day. The headlines were: 1) “Scott seeks tax cuts...
thebrinkofJan 22, 20173 min readRhymy Ryan-y Valentine IronySomeone suggested sending a Valentine card to the Wisconsin home of Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the Republican-controlled House, calling...
thebrinkofJun 7, 20153 min readDone deal: Florida Republicans reject $78 billion for MedicaidFellow Floridians, have you read the newspapers today? Tax cuts that you would have received aren’t going to happen. Florida Gov. Rick...
thebrinkofMay 31, 20153 min readFlorida Leaders Play Politics, Sacrifice PeopleIt looks like the bad guys in the Florida Legislature and the governor are going to win the battle over whether to grant health care to...
thebrinkofMay 25, 20153 min readScott’s politicking fleeces FloridiansFlorida Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli are hell-bent on plunging the state into a fiscal and environmental morass....
thebrinkofMay 2, 20153 min readExtremism in the pursuit of pragmatism is no vice.Barry Goldwater Notwithstanding Barry Goldwater’s mantra “Extremism in the cause of liberty is no vice,” it has dire consequences. Look...
thebrinkofApr 25, 20153 min readThe Scott scamIt wasn’t a prominently placed story in the Palm Beach Post – an inside page, three-column headline: “Scott, ACLU end fight over state...
thebrinkofJan 25, 20152 min readIt Hurts So Good!Florida’s Republican Legislature and governor, Rick Scott, are in a pickle. The people whose boneheaded obeisance to an idiotic ideology...