State House Speaker to step down!
From a news report filed at 6 pm today, the House Speaker… … said in an interview this afternoon that he will resign from the Legislature on Tuesday, saying he is proud of his record and is leaving with his ”head high”… … has endured public scrutiny because of influence-peddling allegations involving close his friends […]
Ron Matus drinks the kool-aid
Aaaiiiieeee! One of the local, well-trusted education beat reporters for the St. Petersburg Times has bought into the bright students still bored criticism of NCLB. I’ve explained before why that’s an ugly argument against No Child Left Behind, as well as why it’s bad for what’s good about enrichment/advancement programs but I’ll repeat the gist: […]
Minimal Sansom blogging for a while
At least for a few weeks, there will be little discussion here about Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom because there are multiple investigations under way, from a grand jury in Tallahassee to an ethics commission and maybe others. While others such as Howard Troxler are having fun, I’ll enjoy their work and wait for the […]