The 'Gunshine State': Six Awful GOP Laws That May Harm Florida Forever

Florida Republicans bring gun mayhem, Jim Crow, teacher firings, insurance industry payoffs and misogyny to the Sunshine State.

April 11, 2012

While millions of residents and visitors are working on their tans, shady politics are prospering in the Sunshine State. What residents are now learning is that the negative impact of the work of the Republican-dominated legislature and Republican Gov. Rick Scott will haunt them for years to come.

Most of the new measures were approved over the past 12 months, but as we are all learning, seven-year-old legislation is causing excessive pain, heartbreak and anger in 2012.

 

1. Stand Your Ground

2. The Gunshine State

3. Resurrecting Jim Crow

4. Who Needs Public Schools?

5. Limiting Car Insurance Claims and Payments

6. Florida's GOP War on Women

And the List Goes On 

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Jim Crow 2.0: Disenfranchised by Design

Max Eternity, Truthout: "President Obama has chosen to remain silent on the death penalty question, making no comment on the Davis decision. Yet for decades, advocates around the world have been pressing America to swear off the death penalty forever. And now that the nation finds itself at a truly grim crossroads, resonating outrage and disgust at America's distorted sense of equality and justice, Michelle Alexander - attorney, legal scholar and author - continues her quest."
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