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Never mistake environmentalism for spending gobs of tax dollars to clean up pollution that never should've been allowed in the first place. Also, corpses can't be repaired. With a disturbing death count, a federal judge says Florida didn't do its job.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/18/f...
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Maxwell: Manatee corpses ā the price of the āfreedomā to pollute in Florida
Maxwell: Hundreds of manatees have starved to death in Florida waters, due to pollution. A federal job says Florida didnāt do its job protecting them.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/18/florida-manatee-deaths-pollution-maxwell/
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Meanwhile, in Florida, it seems that public money meant to help struggling Floridians access health care was redirected by team DeSantis to fund political campaigns.
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Maxwell: DeSantis stresses his wife ādevisedā Hope Florida
Maxwell: DeSantis stresses his wife ādevisedā Hope Florida while foundation chair says: āWe have no monitoring procedures. We have no staff.ā
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/16/desantis-hope-florida-andrade-uthmeier-maxwell/
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Our students' SAT scores are among the worst in America. Our insurance rates are among the highest. So Florida's GOP legislators remain laser-focused on their true policy priorities ... pronoun laws.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/03/25/s...
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Senate committee OKs misgendering of trans people in government jobs ⢠Florida Phoenix
A hotly contested proposal that would prohibit the use of preferred pronouns in state and local government workplaces, and limit gender identity training for state and local government employees, won ...
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/03/25/senate-committee-oks-misgendering-of-trans-people-in-government-jobs/
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The fact that Florida is the only state in America with a 'free kill' law should be a bright, red flag. It's part of a systemic effort by lawmakers and Florida's business lobby to strip you of your ability to sue companies that do you wrong.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/25/s...
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Scott Maxwell: Florida should repeal āfree killā law
Scott Maxwell: Florida is the only state with a āfree killā law that says family members canāt sue negligent doctors for the deaths of adult loved ones without spouses or young kiā¦
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/25/scott-maxwell-florida-should-repeal-free-kill-law/
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It's time for change. These bills would finally allow Orange County to spend hotel-tax money on things like transit and workforce housing. And they'd force tourism interests to contribute $1 to Visit Orlando for every $1 taxpayers do. Both are way overdue.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/04/m...
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Florida's hotel-tax laws would get major overhaul under new law proposed by Orlando senator. Columnist Scott Maxwell says it's way past time.
Scott Maxwell says proposed changes to Floridaās hotel-tax laws are way overdue. They would allow spending on local needs and force tourism interests to contribute as much to Visit Orlando asā¦
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/04/maxwell-hotel-taxes-for-transit-housing-new-florida-bill-would-allow-it-commentary/
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11 months ago
From
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: The guy slated to be Florida's next attorney general has spent the last two years fighting to keep hidden phone records connected to his role as Ron DeSantis' chief of staff. A conservative judge said he had no right to do so
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/28/u...
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Scoott Maxwell: Floridaās new AG has a history of hiding public records
James Uthmeier is a political operative who has been fighting in court for 2 years to hide public records connected to Gov. Ron DeSantisā migrant flights to Marthaās Vineyard
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/28/uthmeier-florida-attorney-general/
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Notice whatās missing here. Itās whatās *always* missing from the Florida GOPās supposed crackdowns on immigration - any crackdown on the employers that exploit and profiting off illegal labor. That is intentional. 1/3
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