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	<title>Lamar Thames &#187; Legislature</title>
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		<title>The Legislature&#8217;s shameful behaviopr</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/the-legislatures-shameful-behaviopr</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the state&#8217;s editorial writers and columnists have expressed despair at the possibility the Legislature will OK drilling for oil a short distance from Florida&#8217;s shorelines, including Derek Dunn-Rankin of the Charlotte Sun.
Here is what he said:
It does seem ironic that the Florida Legislature should propose drilling for oil 3 miles off our beaches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yacht owners to get some relief, thankfully</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/yacht-owners-to-get-some-relief-thankfully</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yachts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY HOWARD TROXLER
Yachts! The Florida Legislature is going to pass a new tax break for buying luxury yachts and private airplanes.
Let&#8217;s hope this passes in the same year that the Legislature hurts the K-12 schools, guts the universities, makes it harder for Floridians to vote, drains the Lawton Chiles tobacco trust, kills Florida Forever, weakens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hasty election reform bill attracts varied opponents</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/hasty-election-reform-bill-attracts-varied-opponents</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By BRENT KALLESTAD

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TALLAHASSEE &#8211; An elections bill introduced by Republicans that could make it more difficult for thousands of Floridians to vote was condemned Monday by public interest groups and legislative Democrats who decried the measure as &#8220;draconian&#8221; and &#8220;unconscionable.&#8221;
Democrats were further angered by how the House version zipped through its first committee stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public doesn&#8217;t understand how Legislature operates</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/public-doesnt-understand-how-legislature-operates</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grand jury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Examiner.com writer Derek Newton blasted the Legislature&#8217;s attitude about a grand jury&#8217;s presentment criticizing the way Tallahassee handles budget proposals. Here is what he said:
Yesterday I wrote about the indictment of Republican former Speaker of the Florida House, Ray Sansom and how newer, greener Republican Legislators are already following his example. 
Today, two leading Republicans offered comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature isn&#8217;t sole source of education problem in Florida</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/legislature-isnt-sole-source-of-education-problem-in-florida</link>
		<comments>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/legislature-isnt-sole-source-of-education-problem-in-florida#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This letter to the editor appeared on tcpalm.com
Michael Lannon, superintendant of St. Lucie County Schools, stated recently, “We’re going to become a Third World country here in Florida. People should consider leaving Florida for their children.”
I was appalled that I, a native Floridian and a Realtor welcoming people to our beautiful state, should even consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats urge Florida to tap into stimulus money</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/04/democrats-urge-florida-to-tap-into-stimulus-money</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tallahassee]]></category>

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It appears that Congress wants Florida to tap into the federal stimulus money, too,
according to a story in the Miami Herald.
Democrats in the Florida delegation criticized some House Republicans in Tallahassee
who have been reluctant to spend about $444 million to extend unemployment 
benefits because the state may have to boost unemployment spending at
Florida businesses to qualify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature dawdles while education suffers</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/legislature-dawdles-while-education-suffers</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sales tax exemptions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an editorial today, the Miami Herald blasts the idea of a 1-cent sales tax hike as regressive. According to the Herald: &#8220;As to K-12 funding, legislative leaders have said they will consider everything put on the table. So far they have been lukewarm to: raising the tax on tobacco products; lifting any sales tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report from Tallahassee by Liz Crane</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/report-from-tallahassee-by-liz-crane</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a note sent from Liz Crane, president of the Clay County Education Association, the negotiating arm for the Clay County teachers:
 Liz Crane and Lea Rhoden made the trek to Tallahassee yesterday with three bins of pennies. Thank you to the schools that participated and donated pennies. 
The display of pennies were originally to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deaf ears to education funding?</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/deaf-ears-to-education-funding</link>
		<comments>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/deaf-ears-to-education-funding#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Wise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, has a proposal in the Legislature for a constitutional amendment to raise the state sales tax by a penny, from 6 percent to 7 percent, to fund education.
The idea is to let state residents decide by vote whether they want to tax themselves an additional penny to pay for the shortcomings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the voice of the parents about budget cuts?</title>
		<link>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/where-is-the-voice-of-the-parents-about-budget-cuts</link>
		<comments>http://www.lamarthames.com/2009/03/where-is-the-voice-of-the-parents-about-budget-cuts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lamar Thames</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talk of the Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[athletics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supplements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
School districts across the state of Florida are wrestling mightily with the tasks of making draconian cuts in their budgets. School Board members are losing sleep, superintendents are visibly depressed and teachers are all on edge, wondering if they will have jobs in the coming months.
 
But what are the parents saying? In one county, at [...]]]></description>
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